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Ivan Reitman
Francis Veber
Comedy
98 min.
PG-13
May 09, 1997
Harold's Club Casoni, Tahoe International Airport, Reno   &   LA   &   San Francisco
Warner Bros.
Northern Lights Entertainment
Silver Pictures
Tagline
Why some animals eat their young
          Cast      selected
Robin Williams
Billy Crystal
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Natasja Kinski
Charlie Hofheimer
Bruce Greenwood
Dale Putley
Jack Lawrence
Carrie Lawrence
Colette Andrews
Scott Andrews
Bob Andrews
Trailer
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Quotes
Dale
For years I've thought about killing myself. It's the only thing that kept me going.

Dale
How did you get her husband to talk?
Jack
I head-butted him.
Dale
How Joe Pesci of you. What are you gonna do with her, run her tits through the Visa machine?
Summary
Jack Lawrence is a smart allec lawyer who is one day visited by an ex-girlfrined who tells him her kid is his. Enter Dale Putley, a depressed goofball who's also a writer, meets with the same ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid is his. One day Jack and Dal meet each other and discover what had happened: they've been told the same story and now there's the question of who the real father is. They learn their son is following a rock band called Sugar Ray around. So, Jack and Dale hit the road to Sacramento and find their drunk, lovestruck son. Soon after they bring him back to their hotel room, their son escapes and Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him again, bring him home, and find out which one of them is the real father.  
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