Joe Dirt
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| Joe Dirt | |
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| Image:Joe dirt.jpg | |
| Directed by | Dennie Gordon |
| Produced by | Robert Simonds |
| Written by | David Spade Fred Wolf |
| Starring | David Spade Brittany Daniel Christopher Walken |
| Release date(s) | April 11 2001 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Joe Dirt is a 2001 comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Adam Beach and Kid Rock. The film was written by David Spade and Fred Wolf.
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[edit] Plot
The film revolves around white trash classic rock fan Joe Dirt (David Spade) who is discovered by a disc jockey Zander Kelly (Dennis Miller) at the radio-station where he works as a janitor, and is encouraged to recount his life-story. This involves being abandoned by his parents at the Grand Canyon when he was 8, and having searched for them since.
Joe Dirt's stories include being born without skin covering top of his head resulting in his mother covering it with a mullet wig which he had kept ever since; befriending a meteor (which turns out to be a frozen chunk of human feces); meeting a Native American fireworks salesman named Kicking Wing (Adam Beach); working at the carnival; working as an alligator baiter; befriending a strange janitor called Clem (later Gert B. Frobe) on a witness re-location program (Walken); and being held captive by serial killer "Buffalo Bob" (in a scene parodying Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs).
Dirt also meets Brandy (Daniel) who adores him, but Dirt is oblivious of this, believing she would be better suited to Robby (Kid Rock).Eventually after broadcasting his search on TRL a woman calls in and claims to be his mother. After a brief argument from Carson Daly, she utters "Is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back? Making fun of..." when she is interrupted by a shocked Joe Dirt. He realizes that she and his father (and Zander Kelly) are the only ones who could possibly know the emponymous phrase. He goes to the location of the caller only to find out that his parents are impossibly greedy and only looking for financial support from allegedly wealthy Dirt. After an outburst and an attempted suicide Joe Dirt is reunited with his new found family: Brandy, Clem (now Gert), his wife (the owner of the alligator farm he had worked for), and Kickin' Wing.
[edit] Cast
David Spade ... Joe Dirt
Brittany Daniel ... Brandy
Dennis Miller ... Zander Kelly
Adam Beach ... Kickin' Wing
Christopher Walken ... Clem, Gurt B. Frobe
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
Kevin Farley ... KXLA Security Guard
Bob Zany ... Bullying Man #1
Bean Miller ... Bullying Man #2
Lee Walker ... Zeke
Blake Clark ... Farmer Fran
Lenny Schmidt ... Bill
The film is unusual for Spade as he does not play his usual ruthless, sarcastic character. This role is instead given to Miller, while Spade plays the more likable role of Dirt.
The film was produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison.
[edit] Popular Culture
- When Joe Dirt first meets Kicking Wing at Wing's trailer, the two huge arrows in the ground are from the abandoned Twin Arrows rest area, a famous Route 66 landmark.
- When Joe Dirt awakens from being knocked out from the bungee jump, the scene with everyone gathered around him is a take-off on Dorothy waking up at the end of The Wizard of Oz.
[edit] Sequel
Joe Dirt 2 is the working title of a planned sequel to Joe Dirt, with Spade reprising his role as Joe Dirt.[citation needed] The film will be produced by Happy Madison, as was the first.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
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