Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Scénariste (WGA):

Rawson Marshall Thurber (written by)

Release Date:

18 juin 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Sport

Accroche:

Grab Life by the Balls (Australia & Europe)

Plot:

A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.

Plot Keywords:

Gym | Dodgeball | Tournament | Pirate | Cheerleader

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Go Team Slapstick!

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12	7:00 PM	FX
Mon. July 13	12:01 AM	FX

Ensemble

Vince Vaughn	...	Peter La Fleur
Christine Taylor	...	Kate Veatch
Ben Stiller	...	White Goodman
Rip Torn	...	Patches O'Houlihan
Justin Long	...	Justin
Stephen Root	...	Gordon
Joel Moore	...	Owen (as Joel David Moore)
Chris Williams	...	Dwight
Alan Tudyk	...	Steve the Pirate
Missi Pyle	...	Fran
Jamal Duff	...	Me'Shell Jones (as Jamal E. Duff)
Gary Cole	...	Cotton McKnight
Jason Bateman	...	Pepper Brooks
Hank Azaria	...	Young Patches O'Houlihan
Al Kaplon	...	Tournament Referee

Autre(s) titre(s):

Dodgeball (USA) (short title)
Dodgeball: The Movie (USA) (working title)
Underdogs (USA) (working title)
Untitled Dodgeball Movie (USA) (working title)
Untitled Dodgeball Project (USA) (working title)
Voll auf die Nüsse (Germany)
Ballon chasseur - Une vraie histoire de sous-estimés (Canada: French title) [fr]
Même pas mal! (Dodgeball) (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language.

Durée:

92 min

Pays:

USA | Germany

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #40832) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18SX | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15PG (orginal rating) | South Korea:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Sweden:7 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:10 | Canada:G (Québec) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A (original rating) | USA:Unrated (DVD version)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Calling ESPN 8 "The Ocho" is a reference to the fact that when ESPN 2 was still a relatively young network, at least one of the announcers referred to it as "The Deuce".

Goofs:

Continuity: While the Average Joes are playing White Goodman's team, the ref calls White on a line violation, while a few scenes before, White is entirely over the line and no foul is called.

Guillemet:

Dwight: We're still missing the teenage love puppy and Steve the Pirate.
Owen: Who's Steve the Pirate?
Dwight: The only guy on our team that dresses like a pirate!
Owen: Wait, there's a guy on our team who dresses like a pirate?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Night at the Museum (2006)

Soundtrack:

We Will Rock You

Go Team Slapstick!

Once every few years, you're presented to a slapstick comedy so hilarious you instantly forget how LOW this form of entertainment actually is. I can't give a scientific explanation to state how come it's funny to see someone (preferably wearing glasses) getting hit in the face by a ball…it just is. Dodgeball is vulgar, crude and without substance…but your stomach will hurt from laughing and don't we all need that from time to time? In case you really want to defend this film, you can always say it features tons of unsubtle criticism towards modern American image of exaggerated health-obsession. Ben Stiller's character is the personification of the obnoxious fitness guru: 'We're better than you, and we know it'. Opposed to him, there's Vince Vaughn as the chilled-minded, lovable guy who owns a fitness center for the underdeveloped wimps. Due to his financial situation, he risks losing his gym to Stiller except if he and his teams of misfits manage to win the world-famous dodgeball tournament. The film is a series of cheap chuckles, eccentric characters and outrageous one-liners. It's pretty funny to hear Stiller yell out lines like: 'You're a skid mark on the underpants of society'. Or the always-amusing Rip Torn encouraging his team with the words: 'you're as useful as a cock-flavored lollipop'. The acting is great as it can be with Ben Stiller and Rip Torn who go delightfully over the top and lots of enthusiast cameos (Chuck Norris, David Hasselhof, William Shatner and even Lance Armstrong). It sure isn't Schindler's List but Dodgball is great entertainment and stress releasing.