The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000) (V)

Note Générale:

3,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Peter MacDonald

Scénaristes (WGA):

Bob Einstein (characters) &
Allan Blye (characters) ...

Date de sortie:

11 janvier 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

Accidents Happen

Intrigue:

Super Dave Osborne, our accident-prone stuntman hero, comes out of a self-imposed retirement to raise money for his new girlfriend's son's heart operation.

Plot Keywords:

Stuntman | Based On Sketch Comedy | Sketch Comedy | Based On TV Series

Avis des utilisateurs:

The cult film for a cult clown

Ensemble

Bob Einstein	...	Super Dave Osborne (as Super Dave Osborne)
Dan Hedaya	...	Gil Ruston
Gia Carides	...	Sandy
Don Lake	...	Donald
Art Irizawa	...	Fuji
Brett Miller	...	Randy / Fire chief
Mike Walden	...	Michael
Carl Michael Lindner	...	Little Timmy
Steve Van Wormer	...	DJ
Ray Charles	...	Ray Charles
Michael Buffer	...	Michael Buffer
Evander Holyfield	...	Himself
John Elway	...	Himself
Daniel Raymont	...	Hairdresser
Pamela Paulshock	...	Manicurist

Autre(s) titre(s):

Be the Man (USA) (working title)
Be the Man (Super Dave) (USA) (working title)
Super Dave (USA) (working title)
Super Dave: The Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude language and humor.

Durée:

91 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

DTS

Classification:

Spain:T | USA:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Club Ed Film Set - 150th Street E, Lancaster, California, USA

Société:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Anecdotes:

This film was supposed to be released in the summer of 1998, then it got pushed to winter 1998, then spring 1999, summer 1999, and winter 1999, before MGM finally released it straight to video and DVD in January 2000.

Goofs:

Continuité: The pad Super Dave is using to sign the fat ladies' son's autograph changes colors between yellow and blue between shots.

Connexions:

Suite de "Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular" (1995)

The cult film for a cult clown

I suppose the reason this film has such a low rating is that the Super Dave character is definitely a cult phenomenon. It helps to have seen the original short sketches on the old "Bizarre" comedy show with John Byner, and the later TV shows, because the film does depend somewhat on the audience having a sense of the history of the character. Originating as a satire on Evel Knieval, the character explored the same 'comedy of pain' terrain as Jim Carrey's 'Fireman Bob.' with the important difference that Carrey's character could be down right cruel and sick on occasions, while Super Dave proudly insists on being virtuous and good natured regardless of the disasters that confront him. But there's no doubt that what we are laughing at is, just how much pain can this character accidentally inflict on himself? Since this tells us more about ourselves than we wish to know, the producers of the film wrap it up in a story that certainly borders on the saccharine. But fortunately, the story isn't taken seriously at all. It's mere excuse to develop an alternative universe that is as absurd as the character of Super Dave himself - a necessity if the character is going to be allowed 90 minutes of comic pain without becoming obviously absurd himself. I've always found Super Dave hilarious, so I enjoyed the movie. The one real quibble I have for with it is the background music, which is excruciatingly banal. But if in comedy timing is everything, the film is superbly structured for what it is trying to accomplish - hence my own high rating for it.