Dude, Where's My Car? is an American 2000 comedy film directed by Danny Leiner. Movie stars Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott as two young men who find themselves unable to remember where they parked their vehicle after a night of carelessness. Supporting cast members include Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Garner, and Marla Sokoloff.
Although the film is composed by most critics, it is a box office success and has managed to achieve cult status, some of which often appear on cable television. The title of the film became small pop culture words, and was generally reworked in various contexts of pop culture during the 2000s.
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Plot
Jesse and Chester woke up drunk and had no memory the night before. The television is on, showing Animal Planet's program of how animals use twigs and stones as a means of getting food. Their refrigerator was filled with chocolate pudding containers, and an answering machine filled with angry messages from their twin boyfriends, Wilma and Wanda, about their whereabouts. They get out of their house to find Jesse's lost car, and with that first birthday gift from their girlfriend. This prompted Jesse to ask a movie titular question: "Dude, where is my car?"
Because the girls had promised them "special treatment", which Jesse and Chester meant as sex, the men were desperate to take their car. The duo begin to tread their steps in an attempt to find where they left the car. Along the way, they meet a transgender stripper, an aggressive speaker box operator at a Chinese restaurant, the exact two tattoos they find on their backs, UFO devotees led by Zoltan (who then hold the twin hostages), A Chinese-speaking Cantonese Chinese, a Zen-minded Nelson, and his marijuana dog, the charming Christie Boner, the aggressive athlete Tommy (who is a girlfriend of Christie) and his friends, some hard-nosed police detectives, and a French ostrich farmer named Pierre. They also met two alien groups, one group consisting of five beautiful women, the other two Norwegian men, seeking "Continuum Transfunctioner"; mysterious and powerful device, capable of destroying the universe, that the children accidentally took overnight.
After Pierre released the duo after they answered the question about the ostrich correctly, Jesse and Chester headed to a local arcade called Captain Stu Space-O-Rama. Once inside, they meet Zoltan and his followers who gave them Wilma and Wanda in exchange for the Continuum Transfunctioner (which is the toy that Jesse and Chester try to pass as a Transfunction); Tommy, Christie, and the athletes came with Nelson and his dog (whom they freed after Tommy seized the fake Transfunctioner from Zoltan). Both sets of aliens arrive and tell you about the true Kontinum Transfungsi that the Chester Cube has worked hard to solve, and finally did so (thereby activating it). They are warned that once five lights stop blinking, the universe will be destroyed.
Jesse and Chester must determine which of the two sets of aliens are entitled to the device. One group was there to protect the universe, the other was there to destroy it. Both claim to be the protector of the universe, stating that they were with Jesse and Chester the night before (which Jesse and Chester still do not remember) and asked for Transfunctions. Both men chose the right one, because when the men were asked what they did the night before, they actually replied that they got a hole in the 18th hole in the arcade miniature golf park, and won the lifetime pudding supply. At the last second, they turn off Transfungsi, saving the universe.
Stammering, the five foreign women merged into a giant who swallowed Tommy alive. The giant then crawled out of the entertainment center and chased after Jesse and Chester. Devotees told them to activate Photon Accelerator Annihilation Beam on Transfunctions. However, the buttons that activate it are too far away to reach. At the last second, Chester remembers a natural show with chimps using tools and using straws to press hidden keys, thus destroying aliens (Tommy survives, but Christie broke up with him supporting Nelson). Protectors thanked Jesse, Chester and the twins for saving the world, and wiped out their thoughts about the event. The guards parked the duo, Renault Le Car, behind a mail truck for them to find the next morning. Jesse and Chester saved their relationship with the twins and found the special treatment of the girls was matched with knitted hats and scarves. Protectors leave presents for their girlfriends (and, for two men): Breast Enhancement Necklaces. The film ends with Jesse, Chester, and the twins get into Jesse's car to search for Chinese food while debating what tattoos are saying on their backs.
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Cast
Production
Filming took place from 12 June 2000 to 1 August 2000.
Release
Critical reception
Rotten Tomatoes, the review gatherer, reported that 18% of the 55 critics surveyed gave the film a positive review; an average value of 3.6/10. The site's important consensus reads, "The movie is not funny, the plot is too thin, and the production value feels more like a TV sitcom than a movie." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100, based on 17 critics, showing "generally poor reviews". Viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave this movie an average value of "B-" on a scale A to F.
The BBC movie review gave it 1 star, calling the film "a weak-brained parody" and "very annoying" and Kutcher and Scott's routine "very unpleasant". USA Today said: "Any civilization that can produce this stupid movie may be worthy of hunger and pestilence." The Chicago Tribune says: "At the end of 83 minutes without mercy, the audience will exclaim, 'Dude, I can not believe I'm sitting through that movie !?'" and New York Post > says that it is: "A chaos that is barely giggling, so amateur and lame that players often have an embarrassing look like you see in dogs that are given silly haircuts." However, New York Daily News really praised the "surprisingly sweet couple" from Kutcher and Scott.
box office
The movie opens at # 2 at the North American box office, grossing US $ 13.8 million on its opening weekend behind What Wants Women , which opened in the top spot with US $ 33 million. Overall, gross reached $ 46 million in the US and $ 73.2 million worldwide from a $ 13 million budget.
Home media
The DVD was released on June 26, 2001 with 7 deleted and expanded scenes, audio commentary with Kutcher, Scott, and Leiner, behind-the-scenes featurette, music video for Grand Theft Audio "Stoopid Ass", TV spot and theater trailer. The film was later released on blu-ray, but only retained the original theater trailer as the only special feature.
On TV in the United States, when Jesse and Chester first saw Christie Boner, they said his name, but when they got to "Bon-", the words were cut and shooting moved to Christie.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film was released December 15, 2000 by London Import.
Track list
- "Stoopid Ass" - Grand Theft Audio
- "Playmate Of The Year" - Zebrahead
- "Street Lighting" - Superdrag
- "I'm Afraid Britney Spears" - Liveonrelease
- "Authenticity" - Harvey Danger
- "Voodoo Lady" - Ween
- "Listen To The Music" - Dangerman
- "So Cal Loco (Party Like a Rockstar)" - Sprung Monkey
- "We Luv U" - Grand Theft Audio
- "Lunatic" - Silt
- "Sorry About Your Luck" - Spy
- "Bust a Move" - ​​â € <â €
Other songs
The songs are featured in the movie but are not included in the soundtrack
- "That Can Be You" - Blur
- "Come on, come on," - Smash Mouth
- "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
- "Claire Danes Poster" - Size 14
- "Leave Ride" - Spy
- "Now" - SR-71
- "American Psycho" - Treble Filler
- "Here We Go (Radio Edit) - Freestylers
- "The Bubble Bunch" - Jimmy Spicer
- "Zoltan Theme" - the tortoise?
- "Little Things" - Good Charlotte
- "What I Believe" - ​​Number 41
- "Bakhuphuka Izwe Lonke" - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- "Sitar Dude" - Terry Wilson
- "Canon written by Pachelbel" - arranged by Lee Ashley
- "La Marseillaise" - written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Legacy
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates began using "Zoltan" hand signals from the movie as a way for players to congratulate their teammates after achievements like a home run or a double game. This custom begins after the Pirates (especially Neil Walker) are watching Dude, Where's My Car? at a visiting clubhouse at Turner Field in Atlanta during the late April 2012 series against Atlanta Braves. After the Twitter campaign to encourage the "real" Zoltan to appear in a match, Sparks Hal flew to Pittsburgh on July 25, 2012 to throw out its first ceremonial tone, and was on hand to see the Pirates win 3-2 over his team's home-town Chicago Cubs. Also there to support the team is Hal's girlfriend, Summer Soltis, whose family is from the area and is a Pirates fan himself. Despite taking the cult following in Pittsburgh and helping the team compete in the playoff race until September, the Pirates finished with a 79-83 record, extending their North American professionals' major professional record to 20 consecutive seasons.
Possible sequel
The sequel titled Seriously Bung, Where's My Car? is being developed over the years, but never happened. The first film was a breakthrough role for Kutcher, allowing him to transition from That '70s Show to a movie star. The sequel was scheduled to start filming in 2003 with Scott's interest, but Kutcher shot the idea before the filming began.
In 2016, however, Kutcher confirmed the existence of a script for Seriously Bung, Where Is My Car? and further elaborated that he would not fully oppose reprising his role in the sequel. In August 2017, Scott discussed his interest in making a sequel and that he wanted the film to be rated R and "dark and really weird".
References
External links
- Dude, Where's My Car? on IMDb
- Dude, Where's My Car? in AllMovie
- Dude, Where's My Car? in Box Office Mojo
- Dude, Where's My Car? in Rotten Tomatoes
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