See Spot Run (2001)

A mailman takes care of a dog that, unbeknownst to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing superdog that has escaped from the witness protection program after becoming the target of an assassination.

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers:

George Gallo (screenplay), Gregory Poirier (screenplay)

Stars:

David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Arquette	...	Gordon
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Murdoch
Leslie Bibb	...	Stephanie
Joe Viterelli	...	Gino
Angus T. Jones	...	James
Steve Schirripa	...	Arliss (as Steven R. Schirripa)
Anthony Anderson	...	Benny
Paul Sorvino	...	Sonny Talia
Kim Hawthorne	...	Cassavettes
Kavan Smith	...	Ricky
Peter Bryant	...	Cop
Fiona Hogan	...	Cop
Roger Haskett	...	Michaels
Fulvio Cecere	...	Lawyer
Stephen E. Miller	...	Danvers

Storyline

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

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Plot Keywords:

lost pants | postal worker | police officer | stuffed animal toy | voicemail message | 

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Taglines:

Unleashed March 2

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for crude humor, language and comic violence

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros.

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

2 March 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spot

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,715,102, 4 March 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$33,357,476, 13 May 2001

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (Digital DTS Sound) Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Martin Lawrence was originally cast as Gordon but departed over creative differences.

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Goofs

When Gordon is trying to teach Spot how to be a dog, he throws a red ball that hits Spot and rolls away. In the next shot, Gordon has the ball again.

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Quotes

Neighbor: Hey, shutup down there!
Gordon: I'm covered in ca-ca!

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, J.B. Bivens' character is misspelled as "Desk Sargent".

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Mexican/Enemy at the Gates/See Spot Run (2001)

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Soundtracks

The Hampster Dance Song
Written by Roger Miller, Rob Deboer (as Robert DeBoer) and Tony Grace (as Anthony Grace)
Performed by Hampton the Hampster
Courtesy of Koch Records, A Koch Entertainment Company

User Reviews

Some movies are for kids

"Apparently a lot of people like to watch little kid's movies and then complain because they aren't cinematic masterpieces. How ridiculous. This is a film that was made to entertain young kids,"

I couldn't agree more with one of the previous commenters that I quoted above. It is not the first time I've read reviews putting down a film because it is not Masterpiece Theatre (or Sesame Street). My little one had fun watching this. Sometimes that is all that matters.

It like teletubbies. Adults (most anyway) just don't get it, except for the producers of it. I can't tell you how excited my little girl was (at age 2) the first time she saw the teletubbies. She couldn't stop singing "teletubbie bye bye" in her broken English for hours that night.