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Looking like death warmed over, Jack Lemmon plays the aging father of Ted Danson. Always proud of being able to fend for himself, Lemmon despises being reliant upon others, but his enfeebled state does not allow him his old independence. For his part, Danson resents having to care for his dad as he would for an infant. Things take an upward turn when a "Doctor Feelgood" (Zakes Mokae) enters the scene, pumping Lemmon full of self-confidence. But then Lemmon is stricken with cancer, an affliction that he can't jolly himself out of. As the reality of his imminent death strikes everyone around him, Lemmon retreats into fantasy, recalling the past happy events of his life as though they're happening here and now. The rest of the family humors their dying dad, and in so doing draws closer together than they've been in years. TV sitcom maestro Gary David Goldberg co-produced and directed Dad, and also adapted the screenplay from the novel by William Wharton. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Jack Lemmon - Jake Tremont
- Ted Danson - John Tremont
- Olympia Dukakis - Bette Tremont
- Kathy Baker - Annie Tremont
- Kevin Spacey - Mario
Credit
Paul W. Gorfine - Art Director, John R. Jensen - Art Director, Gary David Goldberg - Co-producer, Joseph Stern - Co-producer, Dan Bronson - Costume Designer, Molly Maginnis - Costume Designer, Gary David Goldberg - Director, Eric Sears - Editor, James Horner - Composer (Music Score), Ken Diaz - Makeup, Jackson de Govia - Production Designer, Jan Kiesser - Cinematographer, Kathleen Kennedy - Producer, Frank Marshall - Producer, Steven Spielberg - Producer, Thomas Roysden - Set Designer, Gary Zink - Special Effects, Dick Smith - Special Effects, Gary David Goldberg - Screenwriter, Warren Hamilton - Dialogue Editor, William Wharton - Book Author| Dachimawa Lee (2008 Film), Dablova Past (1962 Film) | |
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IN BRIEF: An informal term for a father.
The happiest times with my dad were when we were fishing.
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Dad (film)
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| Directed by | Gary David Goldberg |
| Produced by | Gary David Goldberg Joseph Stern |
| Written by | Gary David Goldberg William Wharton |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Ted Danson Olympia Dukakis Kathy Baker Kevin Spacey Ethan Hawke |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Jan Kiesser |
| Editing by | Eric A. Sears |
| Studio | Amblin Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 1989 |
| Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million[citation needed] |
| Box office | $27,503,037[1] |
Dad is a 1989 comedy-drama film based on William Wharton's novel of the same name. The film stars Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke, and was written and directed by Gary David Goldberg. The original music score was composed by James Horner. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures.
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John Tremont (Ted Danson) is a busy executive. He learns during a meeting that his mother has collapsed and been rushed to the hospital.
Flying immediately to Los Angeles, he ends up becoming a caretaker of his father Jake (Jack Lemmon) while Bette Tremont (Olympia Dukakis) recovers from her heart-attack. A retired aerospace industry worker, Jake has become somewhat feeble and totally reliant on his wife, so John attempts to get him more involved in day-to-day things like taking care of the house.
Father and son bond. John invites his dad to a business meeting and takes him out for a Bingo game. They play catch with a baseball in the yard.
Late one night, college-aged grandson Billy (Ethan Hawke) turns up as well. John begins to appreciate while spending quality time with his dad that he has been neglecting his own boy.
Bette returns home from the hospital. She is a strong, willful woman with little personal warmth. Jake is very happy to have everyone around him again during family dinners with the kids, including daughter Annie (Kathy Baker) and son-in-law Mario (Kevin Spacey), but the glum Bette resents the intrusion.
One day, Jake Tremont finds blood in his urine and is taken to a doctor. John has a single request at the hospital—to avoid the word "cancer," which terrifies his dad.
An arrogant doctor named Santana (J. T. Walsh) who feels he knows what's best decides that a patient has a right to know. Jake immediately loses his bearings and ends up in a coma.
A fiercely protective John stays by his dad's side constantly and a more sympathetic doctor named Chad (Zakes Mokae) volunteers his help. Jake unexpectedly wakes up one day and seems perfectly fine.
Upon coming home, Jake acts reborn and reinvigorated. He confuses his wife by dressing in an odd manner, studying new languages, visiting the neighbors and even wanting sex at night. John feels his dad is just trying to enjoy life, something his bitter mother seems incapable of doing.
Something more is definitely wrong with Jake, however. He is having delusions about being the head of a different family, a far-away farm. A psychiatrist concludes that Jake sought joy in a fantasy world while being unable to experience a sufficient amount in his own.
Jake has a relapse. In the hospital, he reminisces with his son about things that made him happiest, like work and baseball, before passing away. John, a better man for the experience, returns to his old life.
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Jake Tremont (his son Chris played young Jake in flashbacks)
- Ted Danson as John
- Olympia Dukakis as Bette
- Kathy Baker as Annie
- Kevin Spacey as Mario
- Ethan Hawke as Billy
- J. T. Walsh as Dr. Santana
- Zakes Mokae as Dr. Chad
Reception
Jack Lemmon received much critical acclaim for his performance. He was nominated for a Golden Globe.
The film was nominated in 1990 for the Academy Award for Makeup, which went to Driving Miss Daisy.
Dad currently holds a 52% rating on website Rotten Tomatoes indicating largely mixed reviews by critics.[2] Hal Hinson from the Washington Post wrote; ‘Dad is a melodramatic plumbing of the relationship between two generations of fathers and sons, and it runs through nearly the entire gamut of emotionally loaded issues, from infirmity and senility to reconciliation and death.’[3]
References
- ^ "Dad (1989) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dad.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Review". Rotten Tomatoes Website. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dad/. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Washington Post Review". Washington Post. 27 October 1989. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dadpg13hinson_a0a902.htm. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
External links
- Dad at the Internet Movie Database
- Dad at AllRovi
- Dad at Rotten Tomatoes
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Dad
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) μπαμπάς, μπαμπάκας
Português (Portuguese)
n. - papai (m) (coloq.)
Русский (Russian)
папа, папаша
Español (Spanish)
n. - papá, papaíto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - farsa, pappa
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爸爸, 爹爹
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爸爸, 爹爹
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - おとうちゃん, おじさん, 神, 偶像
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بابا, كلمه تحبب بلغه الأطفال لكلمه أب
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