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Dave
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Dave is a 1993 American comedy drama directed by Ivan Reitman. The film stars Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Dunn, and Frank Langella. Written by Gary Ross, it is set in Washington, D.C. and released in May and July 1993. The comedy drama explores themes centred on the American presidency. The composer James Newton Howard scored the film, with Lauren Shuler Donner as producer. Dave received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and is available on Netflix as video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Cast
- Kevin Kline as Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell
- Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Mitchell
- Frank Langella as Bob Alexander
- Kevin Dunn as Alan Reed
- Ving Rhames as Duane Stevenson
- Ben Kingsley as Vice-President Nance
Themes
- coma
- usa president
- the white house
- apoplectic stroke
- look-alike
- body double
- secret service
- impersonation
- doppelgänger
- temp agency
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ivan Reitman
- Written by
- Gary Ross
- Produced by
- Ivan Reitman, Lauren Shuler Donner
- Starring
- Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver Frank Langella Kevin Dunn Ving Rhames Ben Kingsley
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Sheldon Kahn
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production companies
- Northern Lights Entertainment , Donner/Shuler-Donner
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- May 7, 1993 ( 1993-05-07 )
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $28 million
- Box office
- $92 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ivan Reitman
- Screenwriter
- Gary Ross
- Cast member
- Dan Butler
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Producer
- Lauren Shuler Donner
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 874708
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-07-29
- title
- Dave
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 95%
- set during recurring event
- Washington's Birthday
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Encyclopedic overview
Dave is a 1993 American political comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Gary Ross, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Laura Linney, Ving Rhames, Charles Grodin, and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles. Kline plays a dual role: a presidential lookalike is hired by the Secret Service to be a stand-in for the U.S. president, but the stand-in becomes stuck in the role indefinitely after the president suffers a major stroke that his corrupt White House Chief of Staff (Langella) wants to keep secret from the First Lady (Weaver) and the general public. Dave was released by Warner Bros. on May 7, 1993, and was a box office success by grossing $92 million against a $28 million budget, and was met with critical acclaim.
Plot
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