Dutch (1991)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Peter Faiman

Writer (WGA):

John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

They're the best of friends... And they've got the scars to prove it.

Plot:

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

Plot Keywords:

Thanksgiving | Road | Meat Cleaver | Prostitute | Fireworks

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Dutch Dooley
Ethan Embry	...	Doyle Standish (as Ethan Randall)
JoBeth Williams	...	Natalie Standish
Christopher McDonald	...	Reed Standish
Ari Meyers	...	Brock
Elizabeth Daily	...	Hailey (as E.G. Daily)
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Homeless Woman
Kathleen Freeman	...	Gritzi
Lisa Figus	...	Party Woman
Cedering Fox	...	Party Woman
Shelby Leverington	...	Party Woman
Kyle Fredericks	...	Maid
David James Alexander	...	Man #1
Ross Borden	...	Man #2
Joe Baker	...	Party Butler

Also Known As:

Driving Me Crazy

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Berry College - 2277 Martha Berry Highway, Rome, Georgia, USA

Company:

Hughes Entertainment

Trivia:

Prior to filming, director Peter Faiman and writer/producer John Hughes and producer Richard Vane took a road trip throughout the Georgia, The Carolina's (North and South), Mississippi and Tennessee to scout the route the film's characters, Dutch Dooley and Doyle would take to drive back home to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Faiman liked most of the places that he'd seen during the trip and they ended up in final film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When stopped at the gas station, the one hooker says to the other, "Brooke, do you want to wake up your friend?" Moments later, Doyle says, "I'll come in with Brock." Her name is also listed as Brock in the closing credits.

Quotes:

Dutch: Can you say I'm sorry I hit you in the head with a golf club? Kicked your face? Mashed your testes? Shot ya twice. If that's too much, a simple hello would do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Married with Children: Dial B for Virgin (#9.7)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

A great team re-unites!

The chemistry between Ed O'Niel as 'Dutch' and Ethan Randall as 'Doyle' is excellent. It makes the movie work, whereas other lesser talents would have produced a ho-hum movie. The excellence is not always found in the script, and these two actors bring a mediocre script up to the level of excellent. The young actor 'Ethan Randall' that played Doyle is in reality none other than 'Ethan Embry', the actor who played 'Frank Smith' on the circa-2003 version of 'L.A. Dragnet', costarring with Ed O'Niel once again!

Unfortunately, Ethan Embry was replaced in the second season of 'Dragnet' by an entire roster of new (and boring) actors...including the yet-to-be-desperate housewife Eva Longoria!

Those two work well together.