DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Name: DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004-06-18
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long

Grab life by the ball.

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

2004-06-18

Country

Germany, United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Mediastream Vierte Film GmbH & Co. Vermarktungs KG, Red Hour, Mediastream Vierte Film

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$20 000 000

Box office

$167 722 310

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Director

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Actors

Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams, Alan Tudyk, Missi Pyle
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Scenario

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Producer

Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Mary McLaglen, Rhoades Rader

Camera operator

Jerzy Zielinski

Composer

Theodore Shapiro

Artist

Maher Ahmad, Austin Gorg

Audition

Jeanne McCarthy, Juel Bestrop, Blythe Cappello

Editing

Alan Baumgarten, Peter Teschner, Monica Levinson
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Short description

When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.

What's left behind the scenes

Before filming began, all the cast members trained to play dodgeball for a month.
The very first screwdriver thrown at Justin Long cut his eyebrow. All the screwdrivers were made of rubber, but the rubber in the first one turned out to be too hard.
Justin Long was cut on the eyebrow by the very first screwdriver thrown at him. All the screwdrivers were made of rubber, but the rubber in the first one turned out to be excessively stiff.
The phrase in Spanish that Peter says as he enters the hotel room translates to: “How do I get to the library?”
In one scene, the Average Joe's team is shown in the locker room before the final match. All the athletes are wearing long pants, while the heroine, Christine Taylor, is wearing shorts. The actress had long sweatpants, but she flatly refused to wear them, calling them “monstrous.”
An alternative ending to the film can be found on the DVD. The Average Joe's team loses the final match, and a voiceover during the end credits states that the athletes will have to return home empty-handed. This ending was reshot due to audience reaction at a preview screening.
In one scene, the Average Joe's team is shown in the locker room before the final match. All the athletes are wearing long pants, while Christine Taylor's character is wearing shorts. The actress had long track pants, but she flatly refused to wear them, calling them "hideous."