Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day

99 mins | Comedy, Family | May 9, 1997

Smart aleck lawyer, Jack Lawrence is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her child is his. Enter Dale Putley. A depressed goofball who is also a writer, Dale meets with the same ex-girlfriend who also tells him her child is his. One day Jack and Dale meet and discover they've been told the same story—and there is now a question of who the real father is. They learn their son is following a rock band around Sacramento, so Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him—and then find out which one of them is the real father.

Fathers' Day

99 mins | Comedy, Family | May 9, 1997

Fathers' Day
Smart aleck lawyer, Jack Lawrence is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her child is his. Enter Dale Putley. A depressed goofball who is also a writer, Dale meets with the same ex-girlfriend who also tells him her child is his. One day Jack and Dale meet and discover they've been told the same story—and there is now a question of who the real father is. They learn their son is following a rock band around Sacramento, so Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him—and then find out which one of them is the real father.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Silver Pictures, Northern Lights Entertainment
Original title Fathers' Day
Directors Judith Saunders, Ivan Reitman
Writers Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz

Cast

Robin Williams

as Dale Putley

Billy Crystal

as Jack Lawrence

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

as Carrie Lawrence

Nastassja Kinski

as Collette Andrews

Charlie Hofheimer

as Scott Andrews

Bruce Greenwood

as Bob Andrews

Dennis Burkley

as Calvin the Trucker

Haylie Johnson

as Nikki Trainor

Charles Rocket

as Russ Trainor

Patti D'Arbanville

as Shirley Trainor

Jared Harris

as Lee

Mark McGrath

as Sugar Ray Band

Jason Reitman

as Wrong Kid in Alley

Catherine Reitman

as Victoria

Dana Gould

as Room Service Waiter

Meagen Fay

as Megan

Harry Northup

as Reno Jail Cop

Mel Gibson

as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)

Louis Lombardi

as Matt

Paul Herman

as Mr. Barmore

J. Anthony Pena

as Boat Painter (as Jose Esau Pena)