Fathers' Day (film)

Infobox Film
name = Fathers' Day

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director = Ivan Reitman
producer = Ivan Reitman
Joel Silver
writer = Francis Veber (film "Les Compères")
Lowell Ganz &
Babaloo Mandel (screenplay)
starring = Robin Williams
Billy Crystal
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Nastassja Kinski
Bruce Greenwood
Charles Rocket
Patti D'Arbanville
music = James Newton Howard
cinematography = Stephen H. Burum
editing = Wendy Greene Bricmont
Sheldon Kahn
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = May 9, 1997 (USA)
country = USA
language = English
runtime = 98 min.
budget = $85,000,000 (estimated)
gross = $28,659,604 (USA)
imdb_id = 0119109

"Fathers' Day" is a 1997 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Nastassja Kinski. It is a remake of the 1983 French film "Les Compères".

In the film, Collette Andrews (Kinski) gets two former lovers, cynical lawyer Jack Lawrence (Crystal) and lonely, suicidal writer Dale Putley (Williams) to help her search for her runaway teenage son Scott by telling each man that he is the father. When Jack and Dale run into each other and find out what's happening, they work together to find Scott and determine the identity of the actual father.

The film features an appearance by the musical group Sugar Ray.

Mel Gibson makes a brief uncredited cameo appearance in the film. IMDb credits him "Scott the Body Piercer."

In South Africa, this film was released as "What's Up Pop's?" at theatres, as the distributor decided the title would be more appropriate for the local market. The name was subsequently changed to "What's Up Pops?" for DVD release, when they realized the incorrect use of the apostrophe.

Trivia

*In 1991, a Hong Kong film called "Daddy, Father, Papa" was released with the same synopsis as the American version. It stars Sammo Hung and Anthony Wong.

*Catherine Reitman, Caroline Reitman and Jason Reitman all make a cameo appearance in the film.

External links

*imdb title|id=0119109|title=Fathers' Day