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Dave (1993) -- To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place.
Dave (1993) -- To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   19,608 votes
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Director:
Ivan Reitman
Writer (WGA):
Gary Ross (written by)
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Release Date:
7 May 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
In a country where anybody can become President, anybody just did more
Plot:
To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(27 articles)
Top Three Parties: Party Like It's 1984, Chic Boutique, and Gucci Guy
 (From Vanity Fair. 7 April 2009, 4:44 PM, PDT)
On the Late Show: Talk Show Hosts in Movies
 (From IFC. 3 March 2009, 6:35 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Good Stuff more (91 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Kline ... Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell

Sigourney Weaver ... Ellen Mitchell

Frank Langella ... Bob Alexander

Kevin Dunn ... Alan Reed

Ving Rhames ... Duane Stevenson

Ben Kingsley ... Vice-President Nance
Charles Grodin ... Murray Blum

Faith Prince ... Alice

Laura Linney ... Randi

Bonnie Hunt ... White House Tour Guide
Parley Baer ... Senate Majority Leader
Stefan Gierasch ... House Majority Leader
Anna Deavere Smith ... Mrs. Travis
Charles Hallahan ... Policeman

Tom Dugan ... Jerry
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Italy:T | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Company:
Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions more

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Trivia:
In one of the press conferences, there's a Clamp Cable Network camera from Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), which starred Kevin Kline's wife, Phoebe Cates. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Dave calls the Joint Session of Congress, none of the US Supreme Court Justices are present. They would be seated at the front of the chamber dressed in their robes. For none of the 9 judges to attend such an important Presidential address would be unthinkable. more
Quotes:
[on the balcony, being fed lines by Bob and Al, they try to tell him to leave]
Alan Reed: Go!
Bob Alexander: Go, go!
Dave: [raises a fist] Go, go, go!
[the reporters look confused]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004) more
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Tomorrow more

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10 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Good Stuff, 1 January 2004
9/10
Author: Rick41 from West Chester, Pa

Kline stars as look-alike for President, called in off the street when the Big Guy takes ill. Then Kline starts having his own ideas. Plays well as an ordinary person's fantasy of what it would be like to fill in for the President (you got me as to what it would really be like). Grodin is great as Kline's accountant buddy who cuts through the budgetary chaff. Langella's character is a bit over-ripe, for which this gets docked a point. 9/10

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