Joe Dirt (2001)

Director:

Dennie Gordon

Writers (WGA):

David Spade (written by) &
Fred Wolf (written by)

Release Date:

11 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Keep on Moppin' in the Free world.

Plot:

David Spade stars as Joe Dirt, an idiot who works as an oil weller who is on the search for his parents who abandoned him when he was a baby at the grand canyon.

Plot Keywords:

Grand Canyon | Janitor | Father Child Reunion | Wig | School

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 4

12:00 PM

HBO

Cast

David Spade	...	Joe Dirt
Brittany Daniel	...	Brandy
Dennis Miller	...	Zander Kelly
Adam Beach	...	Kicking Wing
Christopher Walken	...	Clem
Jaime Pressly	...	Jill
Kid Rock	...	Robby
Erik Per Sullivan	...	Little Joe Dirt
Megan Taylor Harvey	...	Joe's Little Sister
Caroline Aaron	...	Joe's Mom
Fred Ward	...	Joe's Dad
John Farley	...	Security Guard
Bob Zany	...	Man
Bean Miller	...	Man
Lee Walker	...	Zeke

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Joe Dirt (Canada: English title) (TV title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37628)

Filming Locations:

Dead Horse Point State Park - State Highway 313, Moab, Utah, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The part about the dog's kibble getting frozen to the porch and thawed with warm water and a spatula is from comic Tom McGillen's act. McGillen is a friend of writer Fred Wolf and also has a small part in the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Joe is doing his alligator show, the wiring harness that picks him up when he is in the alligator's mouth is visible.

Quotes:

Joe Dirt: And you'll be sticking your head out the window and check out chic dogs saying 'what's up, baby?'

Movie Connections:

References Billy Jack (1971)

Soundtrack:

I Just Want to Make Love to You

Surprise surprise

I'm no huge fan of David Spade and I tend to find the whole ex-SNL-star feature film genre lame and unfunny, but I happened to catch JOE DIRT while flipping through the channels yesterday afternoon and was intrigued enough to watch. And oddly enough I stayed intrigued for the next 90 minutes. The humor was crude, but rarely so much so as to turn me off, and the cast was very good (sure Dennis Miller was obnoxious, but isn't that his shtick?) but what surprised me the most was how caught up in the story I became. Sure it's farcical and impossible to take seriously, but for some reason I couldn't turn it off --- I kept hanging in there to see what would happen next. Even the slightly lame-ass ending didn't ruin things for me. I'd have to say JOE DIRT beats the crap out of similar, more favorably received movies like TOMMY BOY (which I found simply unbearable). Give it a chance.