Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Guionista (WGA):

Rawson Marshall Thurber (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 junio 2004 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Deporte

Frase comercial:

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

Premios:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

superior slapstick comedy - tightly scripted, it gets immense mileage out of the flimsiest of gags

US TV Schedule:

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

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

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 (Alemania)
Pelotas en juego (Argentina) (video title) (Chile) [es]
Cuestión de pelotas (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

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

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Clasificación:

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)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

After the credit, when the extremely obese White does a little dance to 'Kelis'' Milkshake song, it's a reference to viral video clip that circulated on the internet of an extremely large black woman doing the same dance.

Errores:

Sin sincronía de Audio o Visual: In the scene where the team requests an overturn of the chancellor's decision for forfeiture, the crowd begins to chant "Let them play!" The audio doesn't match the hand gestures nor their mouth movements.

Citas:

White Goodman: Do you smell that fitness? I do.

Conexiones de Película:

References Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Banda de Sonido:

Still in Me

superior slapstick comedy - tightly scripted, it gets immense mileage out of the flimsiest of gags

Go and see it. It's one of the best comedies of the year and a lot funnier than it should be given the flimsy premise. Ben Stiller has a big 'Globo' health club worth millions (it even includes cosmetic surgery facilities - they know that 'fatness is genetic, like baldness or necrophilia'). The lovely Christine Taylor is his lawyer, charged with getting rid of the 'Average Joe' gym across the road so they can build a parking lot for Globo customers. She takes a liking to the 'underdog' owner of the Average Joe gym though, and helps them in their plan to win a Dodgeball contest in order to get the money they owe. Dodgeball is an 'obscure' sport that mostly consists of throwing a ball to hit your opponent (look it up on the Net - Dodgeball fans take it quite seriously!) Even when I describe the film, I think 'it sounds awful' - I probably would have avoided it if it hadn't been recommended so highly - and I recommend you stay till the *very end* of the credits for one of the best scenes (which also takes a swipe at the US film-making industry!)