| Dude, Where's My Aniversary Presents Car? |
Dude, Where's My Car? film poster |
| Directed by |
Danny Leiner |
| Produced by |
Gil Netter,
Broderick Johnson,
Andrew Kosove |
| Written by |
Philip Stark |
| Starring |
Ashton Kutcher,
Seann Anniverary Presents William Scott,
Jennifer Garner |
| Distributed by |
20th Century Anniversay Presents Fox |
| Release date(s) |
10 December 2000 |
| Running time |
83 minutes |
| Language |
English |
| Budget |
~ US$13,000,000 |
| All Movie Guide profile |
| IMDb profile |
Dude, Where's My Car? is a 2000 comedy film directed by Danny Leiner. Jesse and Chester (Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott) are two potheads who wake up from a night of wild partying to find out their car is missing. This film tells the story of their journey to find the car.
This movie received poor reviews from critics, even from many who stated that they enjoy dumb movies. Some claimed it was too similar to the stoner comedy Half-Baked. Despite this depiction of the characters, the movie carefully avoids mention of drugs, and the only actor portrayed using drugs in the movie is a dog. Dude, Where's My Car? has managed to develop a cult following and was a commercial success at the box office.
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Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Plot
- 3 Fate of the car
- 4 Sequel?
- 5 Shibby, and other quotes
- 6 Trivia
- 7 External links
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Cast
- Ashton Kutcher - Jesse
- Seann William Scott - Chester
- Jennifer Garner - Wanda
- Marla Sokoloff - Wilma
- Kristy Swanson - Christie Boner
- David Herman - Nelson
- Hal Sparks - Zoltan
- Charlie O'Connell - Tommy
- John Toles-Bey - Mr. Pizzacoli
- Christian Middelthon - Alien Nordic Dude #1
- David Bannick - Alien Nordic Dude #2
- Turtle - Jeff
- Mitzi Martin - Alien Jumpsuit Chick #1
Plot
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At the movie's outset, Jesse (Kutcher) and Chester (Scott) awaken with hangovers and no memory of how they got there. Their house is filled with containers of pudding, and there's an angry message from their girlfriends on the answering machine. They emerge from their home to find Jesse's car missing, and with it their girlfriends' one year anniversary presents. This prompts Jesse to ask the film's title question: "Dude, where's my car?"
The duo begins retracing their steps in an attempt to discover just where they left the car. Along the way, they encounter a transgender stripper, UFO cultists, and a reclusive ostrich farmer. The film continues as a buddy film, but takes on a few elements of science fiction when "the dudes" meet two groups of aliens searching for the "Continuum Transfunctioner", a device capable of destroying the universe.
Adding "save all of existence" to their list of tasks, Jesse and Chester trek onward. In an arcade, they discover that the Continuum Transfunctioner was their Rubik's Cube. Once the five lights had stopped flashing, the universe would be destroyed. At this point, they were cornered by two groups of aliens, a duo of Schwarzenegger-like men and a group of self-described "hot alien chicks". One of the groups protects the universe, the other is there to destroy it. Both claim to be the protectors of the universe, state that they were with Jesse and Chester last night (which Jesse and Chester still cannot remember) and ask for the Transfunctioner. Not knowing who was good, the dudes asked the aliens about last night. And the two men got it right and saved the universe. But the five alien women merged together to become a giantess who wreaks havoc. The duo managed to destroy the behemoth by activating the Transfunctioner's annihilator beam. The protectors erase everyones' mind on what happened. Yet the two had little recollection. By the end of the film, they have recovered the car, salvaged their relationships, and discovered just where all the pudding came from. And the universe isn't destroyed, which is pretty sweet. The protectors left a little gift for their girlfriends: Breast Enhancement Necklaces.
Fate of the car
What truly happened to Jesse's titular car is never revealed. It was possibly lost or stolen, but was impounded by the police department for sure, then accidentally tagged for auction by a bumbling police officer with poor eyesight. It was later sold at the aforementioned auction to a militant French ostrich farmer. Jesse and Chester are captured by the farmer for trespassing, but he later agrees to let them go and give Jesse his car. However, when the ostrich farmer arrives at his garage (where he parked the car 5 minutes before) the car has disappeared without a trace. At the time, Jesse and Chester were more concerned with getting their girlfriend's anniversary presents from the car, but the ostrich farmer tells them that the only thing in the car was a set of keys to a storage locker, which he gives them. Realizing the presents must be in the locker, the duo stop their search for the car and the plot moves on without mentioning it again.
When the climax of the movie occurs, the benevolent aliens rewind time so that everything resets to the events of the beginning of the movie, except this time Jesse's car is parked in front of his house.
How the car disappeared from the ostrich farmer's garage in the original timeline and where it went is left completely unexplained.
Sequel?
A sequel called Seriously, Dude Where's My Car? had been rumoured; however, the idea has seemingly been dropped. citation needed]
Shibby, and other quotes
Jesse and Chester repeat the catchphrase "Shibby" throughout the film. However, there has been some debate as to the word's meaning. At times, it is used as a euphemism for smoking marijuana (Jesse says, "I hate to say it, Chester, but maybe we need to cut back on the shibbying.") and at times, it is a general exclamation intended in place of words like "awesome" or "cool." Other memorable quotes from the film - apart from the title phrase - include "Dude... it's a llama" when the two discover an ostrich, the entire "Dude! You got a tattoo!" sequence, and the repeated "And then?" from the annoying Chinese Food drive-thru woman. The aforementioned "Dude! You got a tattoo!" routine is similar to "Who's On First?" with their repective tattoos being a phrase that sounds like a response: "Dude" and "Sweet". Dude, what's mine say? Sweet, what's mine say? Dude, what's mine say? Sweet, what does mine say ? Seriously DUDE, what does mine say? and so on and so forth.
Trivia
- Brent Spiner, John Melendez, Andy Dick, Michael Bower, and Fabio have cameo roles in this film.
- The car is a Renault 5, which came to the United States under the name Le Car. It is a French car, which may explain why the ostrich farmer decided to buy it at the auction.
- Zoltan is a Hungarian name. This might have something to do with the Rubik's Cube, sometimes referred to as Hungarian Cube, that Chester activates the Continuum Transfunctioner with.
- The song that is playing in the barn before the meeting begins is "The Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer.
- The three Chinese characters on the sign of "Chinese Foooood" restaurant roughly translate into English as "And Then?"
- Director Danny Leiner's follow-up feature, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, features the title characters (played by John Cho and Kal Penn) repeating this film's lines "Dude, where's my car?" and "Where's his car, dude?" in a closing scene.
- The title of the film has become a benchmark of popular culture from the time. It is referenced widely an example being the title of Michael Moore's political book entitled Dude, Where's My Country?
- The title of the film is almost identical to a quote in a key scene during the 1998 film, The Big Lebowski.
External links
- Official site
- Dude, Where's My Car? at the Internet Movie Database
- Dude, Where's My Car? at Rotten Tomatoes
- Dude, Where's My Car? at Box Office Mojo
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