Joe Dirt
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Directed by | Dennie Gordon |
Written by | David Spade Fred Wolf |
Produced by | Robert Simonds |
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Cinematography | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17.7 million[2] |
Box office | $31 million[2] |
Joe Dirt is a 2001 American
Plot
Joe Dirt, a janitor at a Los Angeles radio station, tells his life story via shock jock Zander Kelly's broadcast. Joe reveals that as a baby he had a mullet wig installed because the top of his skull had never formed. At age 8, he was left behind by his parents and sister at the Grand Canyon and thus does not know his real surname. After growing up in a series of foster homes, Joe ran away until he arrived in Silvertown, a small chicken town in the Pacific Northwest. There, he met Brandy and her dog, Charlie, and became a target for jealousy from Robby, the town bully. After Brandy's alcoholic father shoots Charlie dead, Joe decides to try to find his parents.
He details his adventures across the country including his friendship with Kickin' Wing, an unsuccessful Native American fireworks salesman. In Indiana, Joe has an encounter with a serial killer named Buffalo Bob, who is parodying the lotion scene from The Silence of the Lambs. This brings him unwanted attention from the media but helps his search.
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Eventually, Joe lands the janitorial job at the radio station, where he recounts how he gave up the search and returned to Silvertown to be with Brandy. However, Robby informed him that he and Brandy are getting married and that she found Joe's parents but instructed him not to tell Joe. Zander calls Brandy to find out why, and she tells Joe his parents were killed the day they were at the Grand Canyon; she pleads with Joe to return to Silvertown. Upset by the news, Joe stays in Los Angeles.
Joe is unaware that he has become a media sensation, but he quickly discovers his newfound fame. An appearance on TRL results in a phone call from a woman claiming to be Joe's mother. Joe meets his parents, and he discovers that they intentionally abandoned him, and that they only reconnected with him in order to boost their sales of clown figurines. Joe storms out, cutting ties with his parents. He intends to commit suicide, but Brandy arrives and finally admits that she lied to him about his parents being dead because she had to protect him from them and their greed after she found out what horrible people they were. Brandy expresses her love and convinces Joe to come home with her, but he suffers a head injury after a police officer lassos and accidentally causes him to fall off a bridge hitting his head while springing back up.
Joe wakes up in Brandy's house, surrounded by his friends: Kickin' Wing, who reveals that thanks to Joe he now owns 30 successful firework stands, Clem (who is now under the name of Gert B. Frobe) and Charlene (now without a thumb and middle finger on her left hand), who are now engaged. Brandy reveals that she got Joe a
Cast
- David Spade as Joseph "Joe" Dirt (né Nunamaker)
- Erik Per Sullivan as Young Joe Dirt
- Brittany Daniel as Brandy
- Dennis Miller as Zander Kelly
- Adam Beach as Kickin' Wing
- Gert B. Frobe
- Jaime Pressly as Jill
- Kid Rock as Robby
- Rosanna Arquette as Charlene (uncredited)
- Joe Don Baker as Don, Brandy's father (uncredited)
- Megan Harvey as Joe's little sister
- Caroline Aaron as Mrs. Nunamaker (originally filmed with Roseanne Barr in the role)
- Fred Ward as Mr. Nunamaker (originally filmed with Gary Busey in the role)
- Buffalo Bob
- Blake Clark as Farmer Fran (reprising his role from The Waterboy)
- Hamilton Camp as Meteor Burt
- Mitzi Martin as Miss Clipper
- Tyler Mane as Bondi
- Kevin Farley as Officer Doughrity
- John P. Farleyas KXLA security guard
- Rance Howard as Bomb squad cop
- Steven Brillas Crime scene cop
- Richard Riehle as Car dealer
- Bree Turner as Sorority Girl
- Hal Fishman and Eddie Money as Themselves
- Carson Daly as himself (uncredited)
- Kevin Nealon as Greasy mechanic (uncredited)
- Kathleen Freeman as Foster Mother
Soundtrack
- Hold on Loosely" (1981)
- April Wine – "Roller" (1979)
- Argent – "Hold Your Head Up" (1972)
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (1974)
- Bob Seger – "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (1973)
- Blue Öyster Cult – "Burnin' for You" (1981)
- Cheap Trick – "If You Want My Love" (1982)
- Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me" (1996)
- The Doobie Brothers – "Listen to the Music" (1972) / "China Grove" (1973)
- Eddie Money – "Think I'm in Love" (1982) / "Walk on Water" (1988)
- Foghat – "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1972)
- George Clinton – "Atomic Dog" (1982)
- George Thorogood – "Who Do You Love?" (1978) / "Bad to the Bone" (1982)
- James Gang – "Funk#49" (1971)
- Joe Walsh – "Rocky Mountain Way" (1973)
- Leif Garrett – "I Was Made for Dancin'" (1977)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) / "That Smell" (1977)
- Sheriff – "When I'm with You" (1983, 1988)
- Thin Lizzy – "Jailbreak" (1976)
- Three Dog Night – "Shambala" (1973)
- Van Halen – "Everybody Wants Some" (1979)
Reception
Box office
Joe Dirt opened at #4 in the domestic box office with $8,016,008[3] and went on to gross $27,087,695 domestically and $3,900,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $30,987,695; from an estimated $17.7 million budget; this can be considered a moderate success.[2]
Critical response
On
Cancelled TV series
In early 2010, Spade worked on a pilot with
Sequel
In 2014, Spade revealed in a Reddit question that he was writing a sequel to Joe Dirt for
References
- IMDb.com. Archivedfrom the original on June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
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- Internet Movie Database. April 16, 2001. Archivedfrom the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
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- ^ Roger Ebert (2005). "Ebert's Most Hated". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on September 7, 2005.
- ^ Hibberd, James (January 28, 2010). "David Spade, TBS plotting animated 'Joe Dirt'". The Live Feed. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ "DAVID SPADE SAYS JOE DIRT 2 MAY HAPPEN ON CRACKLE". IGN. April 30, 2014. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ Highfill, Samantha. "'Joe Dirt 2' to become first ever made-for-digital sequel". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ "Adam Sandler - Timeline Photos - Facebook". facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ See David Spade And His Terrible Facial Hair In Joe Dirt 2 Archived March 29, 2020, at the Wayback Machine CinemaBlend. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015)". Rottentomatoes.com. January 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
External links
- Joe Dirt at IMDb
- Joe Dirt at the TCM Movie Database
- Joe Dirt at Box Office Mojo
- Joe Dirt at Rotten Tomatoes
- Joe Dirt at Metacritic