Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 06 18 (USA)

UPC: 024543525929

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Language, Adult Humor]

Summary: Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story revolves around amiable underachiever Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), whose rundown gym, Average Joe's, is populated by a less-than-average clientele including a self-styled pirate, an ultra-obscure sports aficionado, and a pining high school nerd. It soon becomes apparent that Joe's is in financial trouble and will soon be foreclosed by attractive attorney Kate Veach (Christine Taylor) - unless Peter can cough up $50,000. Despite Average Joe's posing little threat to Globo Gym, a fitness Goliath across the street that is owned by egomaniacal White Goodman (Ben Stiller) - Goodman senses an easy acquisition and decides to take over the facility. Peter's ragtag group of regulars, however, are less than thrilled with the prospects, and mobilize a showdown, winner-takes-all Dodgeball tournament against Globo Gym. The film also features Missi Pyle, Rip Torn, Stephen Root, and Alan Tudyk. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: cc
Feature-length commentary by writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber and actors Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn
Deleted scenes
Dodgeball Boot Camp: Training for Dodgeball featurette
The anatomy of a Hit featurette
Justin Long: A Study in Ham & Cheese featurette
Dodgeball: Go For the Gold featurette
Bloopers/gag reel

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 12/09/2008

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: 2 Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 93 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Perry Seibert

Rawson Marshall Thurber's feature-length directorial debut, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, is a success thanks to its cast and its smartly structured screenplay. Vince Vaughn, (playing a part that has Stripes-era Bill Murray written all over it) is an agreeable underachiever, Ben Stiller plays outright unlikable for the first time in a film, Stephen Root continues to show why he may be the most underappreciated comic actor working, Rip Torn steals every scene he is in, and Gary Cole does a comedic pas de deux with Jason Bateman as a pair of sports announcers that rivals (without imitating) the similar duo from Best in Show. The film keeps the audience engaged by utilizing different kinds of comedy and performers with very different styles. Like the old joke about the weather, if you don't think something in this film is funny, wait five minutes and it will change. Because Thurber has tightly structured his story on the very familiar theme of underdogs, the film can support the comedic styles of the various performers. Like a good jazz composition, the screenplay supports the various performers as they solo and challenge each other. Make no mistake, this is a very slight film, but it succeeds at the most basic level for a comedy -- it produces laughs without hitting the audience over the head. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Christopher Williams  Actor 
Cayden Boyd  Actor 
Julie Gonzalo  Actor 
Mary McLaglen  Executive Producer 
Ben Stiller  Producer 
Stuart Cornfeld  Producer 
Theodore Shapiro  Composer (Music Score) 
Rawson Marshall Thurber  Director 
Rawson Marshall Thurber  Screenwriter 
Rhoades Rader  Executive Producer 
Ben Stiller  Actor 
Vince Vaughn  Actor 
Christine Taylor  Actor 
Justin Long  Actor 
Stephen Root  Actor 
Rip Torn  Actor 
Joel Moore  Actor 
Alan Tudyk  Actor 
Missi Pyle  Actor 
Jamal Duff  Actor 
Gary Cole  Actor 
Jason Bateman  Actor 
Hank Azaria  Actor 
Al Kaplon  Actor 
Lance Armstrong  Actor 
Chuck Norris  Actor 
William Shatner  Actor 
David Hasselhoff  Actor 

Country: USA