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:

The Smart One Isn't Wearing Any Pants.

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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

At the end of the movie, the uniform of the prison guard escorting Talia to his cell, is similar to the uniform of the guards in The Green Mile. Michael Clarke Duncan, who portrays Murdoch in this film, also starred in The Green Mile, as John Coffey.

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Goofs

When Agent 11 is in the park, hiding behind the tree, he has a collar on, but when he's running away, he has no collar.

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Quotes

Gordon: Why don't you watch television or something? And keep it on cartoons, don't try to get smart!

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Soundtracks

For Once In My Life
Written by Ronald Miller (as Ronald N. Miller) and Orlando Murden
Performed by Stevie Wonder
Courtesy of Motown Record Company L.P.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Surprisingly Entertaining and Funny

As a child I loved watching this movie and regarded it as one of my favourites, though recently I watched it again it was actually a delight to watch, the jokes are quite varied and usually funny, the slapstick style of humour can get a bit dry at times as David Arquettes keeps running into mishaps.

The storyline it self is relatively boring and generic though this does not mean it cant be an enjoyable experience, the humour (especially for a kids movie) is spot on (get it? spot on?... anyway) and surprisingly the acting is not the worst, in my honest opinion it is underrated sometimes due to it's relatively not well known cast.

Definitely a movie I would recommend.