Saving Silverman (2001)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers (WGA):

Hank Nelken (written by) &
Greg DePaul (written by)

Release Date:

9 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Crime

Tagline:

They swore nothing could come between them. Then she came along.

Plot:

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Nun | Kidnapping | Hostage | Trapeze

Cast

Steve Zahn	...	Wayne
Jack Black	...	J.D.
Jason Biggs	...	Darren
Amanda Peet	...	Judith
Amanda Detmer	...	Sandy
R. Lee Ermey	...	Coach
Neil Diamond	...	Himself
Kyle Gass	...	Bar Dude
Norman Armour	...	Minister
Colin Foo	...	Old Man
Chris Logan	...	Vageet
Esme Lambert	...	Raccoon Woman
Max Fomitchev	...	Mime
Tony Parsons	...	Newscaster
Brett Armstrong	...	Brett

Also Known As:

Evil Woman (Australia) (Europe: English title) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, and thematic material.

Runtime:

90 min | Argentina:92 min | USA:93 min (special edition) | USA:96 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Canada:14A (director's cut) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Canada:18A | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (#37631) (original rating) | USA:R (longer video version) | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The Coach's motto to his students, "If you can dream it, you can do it" is actually a quote originally said by Walt Disney.

Goofs:

Continuity: Darren calls out "B-17" as a bingo number. This would be impossible as the numbers only go up to 15 in the "B" column.

Quotes:

Darren: You're a lot stronger then you were in high school.
Sandy: Yeah, well, the convent's got a great gym.

Movie Connections:

References Coming to America (1988)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Caroline

Jack Black & Steve Zahn are totally hilarious

Dennis Dugan the director of great comedies such as Problem Child, Happy Gilmore, Beverly Hills Ninja, Big Daddy & National Security brings to us "Saving Silverman" which is a lot better than your average teen comedies. First of all the movie has 4 top stars, Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn & Amanda Peet who are all hilarous in their own way, Black & Zahn do stand out the most they are ridiculously funny. I've seen this movie about 5 times and i never get sick of it. I don't really wanna go into details about the movie just to let everyone know that this movie is better than your average comedy. In Australia & some other countries this movie is known as " Evil Woman" so don't be confused about the different names. The story to this movie is a little weak but it still works because of the fact the humor is great through to the end. 8 / 10.