Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt is a 2001 American adventure comedy film, directed by Dennie Gordon (in her feature film directorial debut), starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, and Kid Rock. The film was written by Spade and Fred Wolf, and produced by Robert Simonds. The plot revolves around a "white trash" young man, Joe Dirt, who at first seems to be a "loser", a failure, an antihero. As he travels in search of his parents, his finer qualities are increasingly revealed. He ends up with a new "family" of close friends, people he has helped and who respect him. While critical reception was mostly negative, the film was a modest financial success, eventually becoming a cult favorite. A sequel, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, premiered on Crackle on July 16, 2015.
Plot
Joe Dirt, a janitor at a Los Angeles radio station, tells his life story via shock jock Zander Kelly's broadcast. Joe reveals that as a baby he had a mullet wig installed because the top of his skull had never formed. At age 8, he was left behind by his parents and sister at the Grand Canyon and thus does not know his real surname. After growing up in a series of foster homes, Joe ran away until he arrived in Silvertown, a small chicken town in the Pacific Northwest. There, he met Brandy and her dog, Charlie, and became a target for jealousy from Robby, the town bully. After Brandy's alcoholic father shoots Charlie dead, Joe decides to try to find his parents.
Cast
- Adam Beach
- Amy Weber
- Angela Paton
- Blake Clark
- Bob Zany
- Bree Turner
- Brian Thompson
- Brittany Daniel
- Caroline Aaron
- Christopher Walken
- David Spade
- Dennis Miller
- Erik Sullivan
- Fred Ward
- Fred Wolf
- Jaime Pressly
- James Tupper
- Joe Don Baker
- John Farley
- Karen McDougal
- Kathleen Freeman
- Kevin Nealon
- Kid Rock
- Liz Torres
- Natalia Cigliuti
- Rance Howard
- Richard Riehle
- Rosanna Arquette
- Steve Schirripa
- Steven Brill
- Tyler Mane