Snow Day (2000)

When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.

Director:

Chris Koch

Writers:

Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi

Stars:

Chevy Chase, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Elliott	...	Snowplowman
Mark Webber	...	Hal Brandston
Jean Smart	...	Laura Brandston
Schuyler Fisk	...	Lane Leonard
Iggy Pop	...	Mr. Zellweger
Pam Grier	...	Tina
John Schneider	...	Chad Symmonz
Chevy Chase	...	Tom Brandston
Zena Grey	...	Natalie Brandston
Josh Peck	...	Wayne Alworth
Jade Yorker	...	Chet Felker
Damian Young	...	Principal Weaver
Connor Matheus	...	Randy Brandston
J. Adam Brown	...	Bill Korn
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Claire Bonner

Storyline

When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.

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Plot Keywords:

meteorologist | snowed in | snowplow | weather | snow | 

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Taglines:

Roads closed. Schools shut. Rules were made to be frozen!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild peril and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un día de nieve

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,331,819, 13 February 2000, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$60,020,107

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$62,464,731

Company Credits

Production Co:

MFF Feature Film Productions, New Faction Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

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Goofs

When Tom Brandston bets his wife Laura Brandston $1 she won't answer the phone, you'll notice on the first shot that he has his wallet and is thumbing through it. Then in the next shot of him, he gets the wallet from his coat and pulls the bill out.

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Quotes

Random Claire-Stock Attendee: I love you, Claire; I want to stroke your hair.

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Connections

Spoofed in The Amanda Show: Crazy Courtney (2000)

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Soundtracks

Lifetime Affair
Written by Mark Sheehan (as Marc Sheehan), Danny O'Donoghue, Terry Daly, Wayna Morris & William Guice
Performed by Mytown
Courtesy of Cherry Entertainment/Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

User Reviews

If only the Plot were as Deep as the Snow.....

Key Words: Cute / Kid Flic / So-So

There are some belly laughs for the adults in this one, and a plethora of snowball attack and "fart joke" situations that the kids in the audience all loved. But the plot was not as deep as the snow, and I longed for some more good situations that could have been worked into the action. All in all it was a light diversion with some cute kids and one nasty, dirty, "snow-plow man" that was more comic strip than reality.