Joe Dirt [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Dennie Gordon Dennie Gordon

Overview

As the title character of Joe Dirt, David Spade plays a "white trash" janitor at an L.A. radio station, whose mullet hairdo is just one of many personal oddities that make him the object of much ridicule. And the sanitation gig is just the most recent of Joe's many incarnations during a tumultuous life, which got off on the wrong foot when Joe was abandoned at the Grand Canyon by his parents as a young child. After stumbling into the on-air studio, Joe steadily recounts the sad and comical story of how he cared for himself and journeyed around the country trying to relocate his family, all while being prodded, teased, and eventually embraced by a sarcastic deejay (Dennis Miller) and a rapt listening audience. His travels involve stints selling fireworks, wrangling alligators, riding aloft in a car dealership display balloon, and being held captive by a Silence of the Lambs-style serial killer. Despite numerous setbacks and bruising physical injuries, Joe emerges from each episode with his spirit intact as he searches optimistically for his roots, and eventually for the chance to return to the one place he was accepted -- a rural farm where the girl of his dreams (Brittany Daniel) awaits. The directorial debut of Dennie Gordon, Joe Dirt was produced by Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison, and features musician Kid Rock, also debuting, in the supporting role of Joe's rival.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/07/2015
UPC:	0043396462175
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	15,364

Special Features

All-New Special Features: ; Joe-Dirt - the return; The making of Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser; ; Special Features: ; Commentary with director Dennie Gordon; Commentary with David Spade; Outtakes and blooper reel; Deleted scenes; Original threatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Spade	Joe Dirt
Brittany Daniel	Brandy
Dennis Miller	Zander Kelly,Bullying Man No. 2
Adam Beach	Kicking Wing
Christopher Walken	Clem
Jaime Pressly	Jill
Kid Rock	Robby
Eric Per Sullivan	Joe Dirt (age 8),Little Joe Dirt
Megan Taylor Harvey	Joe's Little Sister
Caroline Aaron	Joe's Mom
Fred Ward	Joe's Dad
Rosanna Arquette	Charlene
Fred Wolf	Producer Fred
Hamilton Camp	Meteor Bert
Tyler Mane	Bondi
Gordon Michaels	Oil Rig Boss
Lenny Schmidt	Oil Rig Co-Worker
Brian Thompson	Buffalo Bob
Robb Skyler	Man at Dental Clinic
Lee Walker	Zeke
John Farley	Security Guard,Cop at Clem's House
Bob Zany	Bullying Man No. 1
Que Kelly	Beauty College Woman
Kathleen Lambert	Beauty College Woman
Liz Torres	Beauty College Woman
Elisa Leonetti	Beauty College Woman
Chris Wylde	Heckling Railroad Boy
Justin Staffer	Heckling Railroad Boy
Justin Kupanoff	Heckling Railroad Boy
Tom McGillen	Painter
John Kirk	Painter
Anthony Mastrimauro	Painter
Greg M. Martin	Dude,Miss Clipper
Angela Paton	Woman With Roadrunner
Rance Howard	Bomb Squad Cop
Erin Murphy	Sorority Girl
Bree Turner	Sorority Girl
Natalia Cigliuti	Sorority Girl
Avery Rosin	Kid at Carnival
Steven Brill	Cop at Crime Scene
Mark Abney	Cafeteria Kid
Ian Falk	Cafeteria Kid
Matthew Siemonsma	Cafeteria Kid
Joshua Farrell	Cafeteria Kid
Alexandra Amoscato	Cafeteria Kid
Brian Chiesa	Cafeteria Kid
Eric Marquette	Chemistry Student
Fred Stoller	Chemistry Teacher
Steven Schirripa	Hood
Richard Riehle	Car Dealer
Blake Clark	Old Cajun Man
Hal Fishman	Newscaster
Eddie Money	Himself
David Garry	Joe's Fan
Jourdan Fremin	Reporter at Parents' House
Kristina Simonds	Reporter on the Bridge
Karl Makinen	Cop at Bridge
James Tupper	Cop at Bridge
Jana Sandler	Woman on Bridge
Kevin Nealon	Greasy Mechanic
Joe Baker	Actor
Waddy Wachtel	Composer

Technical Credits

David Spade

Fred Wolf

Dennie Gordon	Director
David Spade	Screenwriter
Fred Wolf	Screenwriter
Jack Giarraputo	Executive Producer
Roger Mussenden	Casting
Ernie Orsatti	Stunts
Adam Sandler	Executive Producer
Robert Simonds	Producer
Christy Sumner	Special Effects
Richard Lightstone	Sound/Sound Designer
David Kelson	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

With Joe Dirt, producer Adam Sandler continues to prove his proclivity toward comedies named after the main character (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Deuce Bigalow), and more than ever before, that he's got influence with an array of name actors willing to supply cameos and play down to the material. This last quality doesn't make Joe Dirt a good movie, but it does lend it a certain legitimacy by affiliation, enough so that it falls into the generous category of "better than it could have been." In addition to the usual cast of SNL collaborators, Joe Dirt features the game cooperation of Christopher Walken, Fred Ward, Rosanna Arquette, and Joe Don Baker, among others. David Spade is okay in the title role, but he's basically miscast, having woven a career of pipsqueak bullying marked by sarcastic retorts and insults. He looks less comfortable as the one who gets insulted, no matter how much he may yearn for a career makeover as the sensitive and sympathetic hero who gets the girl. The film offers some brisk and mindless charm functioning as a sort of Homer's Odyssey for morons, but only a couple of the episodes are even worth smiling about, with the lion's share consisting of uninspired slapstick centered around doodoo and food fights. There's not all that much to like in Joe Dirt, but it's hardly worth hating, either.

All Movie Guide

...in fact, the whole movie somehow keeps accidentally finding bits of magic as it exploits every genre convention you can think of.... There's a beautifully integrated, cannily surreal subplot that riffs on actor Christopher Walken's tendency to turn up in strange small roles...Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader