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WORLD'S GREATEST DAD Opens Friday At Smith Rafael Film Center
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I would have expected a coffee mug of some sort.
The new film, WORLD'S GREATEST DAD, from writer/director/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait opens this Friday, August 28th, at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.
I like Robin Williams when he isn't trying to be too funny. He was cold and sharp in ONE HOUR PHOTO. And Bobcat earned a place in my heart with his awesome turn as the disgruntled studio employee, Eliot Loudermilk, in SCROOGED.
The trailer is a great watch (see below) but find the red band version for a better feel of what the film is like. (Wondering to myself... Am I'm seeing a mash-up of Solondz's HAPPINESS and the Michael Douglas/Tobey Maguire film, WONDER BOYS?)
About the film:
A dark comedy from writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait (Sleeping Dogs Lie) that is outrageous in its premise but ultimately thoughtful and poignant, World’s Greatest Dad stars Robin Williams as a single father who begins this story as candidate for “least appreciated dad.” A high school poetry teacher who long ago suppressed his dream to be a successful novelist, Lance Clayton finds limited comfort in a casual affair with lovely art teacher Claire (Alexie Gilmore), but endures daily torment from his son (Daryl Sabara), a troubled youth who happens to be an insufferable, sex-obsessed adolescent. Suddenly a freak accident confronts Lance with both the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. An ultimate fatherly gesture inadvertently brings him all the fame and recognition he ever coveted, but Lance must decide whether he can tolerate playing the games of a society all-too-eager to embrace inspirational fiction over sober truth. Rated R for language, crude and sexual content, some drug use and disturbing images. Writer/Director: Bobcat Goldthwait. (US 2009) 99 min.
Friend, colleague, talented filmmaker and lead writer at the top-notch film site Hammer To Nail scored a wonderful interview with Mr. Goldthwait last week. As an off-again, off-again writer myself, I found this Q+A pretty helpful.
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H2N: How about in a general sense with regards to writing, specifically scriptwriting. Do you have a daily routine? Do you write when compelled? Or do you force yourself to do it even when you aren’t feeling it?
BC: My writing process is: I usually have a couple things that I’m thinking about. I tend to write them really fast. Sometimes I go to a chain quality hotel and I just sit there and write. That way I have the pressure of spending money on the hotel. World’s Greatest Dad I wrote in five days. Sleeping Dogs Lie I wrote in three days. My detractors would say that I should have probably spent another day or two on them. (BC laughs) By the way, this is all brand new. Before it used to take me forever to write screenplays because I was always trying to second-guess what would “get made.” Or “this would be a good vehicle for me” and all this crap. And about six years ago I just stopped everything. I went way back and I thought, “I’m just gonna write a screenplay to see if I can write one and hand it to people and see if it would work for them.” And that was Sleeping Dogs Lie. I’d been having a lot of problems writing this one screenplay that was very G-rated, and my friend Jack Burns just finally said, “Bobcat, you’re not G-rated.” (both laugh)
MORE INFORMATION:
- World's Greatest Dad
- Hammer To Nail
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