Dirt ( Dumber Than Dirt )

Dirt (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dumber Than Dirt
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Michael Covert
Tracy Fraim

Written By:
Michael Covert

Actors:
Tracy Fraim ..... Scooter (as Trace Fraim)
Michael Covert ..... Junior Beal McCoy
Jack Kehler ..... Bill
Tara Chocol ..... DeDe
Shirley A. Williams ..... Customer
Bethany 'Rose' Hill ..... Baby
Patrick Warburton ..... Vincent
Jennifer Tilly ..... Hooker
Angel ..... Pregnant Crack Ho
Sandra Horse ..... Girly Bar Dancer
Fiona Curtis ..... Girly Bar Waitress
Michael Horse ..... Native American Convict
Kyle B. Peek ..... Vincent's Deputy
Daniel Beer ..... Sheriff's Deputy
Rick Hamilton ..... Bank President (as Rick A. Hamilton)

Synopsis:

Home is where the kidnap victim is in this darkly comic farce. Scooter (Trace Fraim) and Junior (Michael Covert) are a pair of exceptionally dim-witted brothers from West Texas who are left high and dry when their mother passes away. The brothers aren't much good at taking care of themselves (and they know it), so they set out to find a woman who will take mom's place in their house. The hapless pair start by approaching a prostitute (Jennifer Tilly), who after taking $35 from the boys leaves them just where they started, and after a few similarly disastrous attempts at finding a new maternal figure, Scooter and Junior decide to take a more aggressive approach. They abduct a woman named DeDe (Tara Chocol) from the parking lot of the supermarket where she works, but as it turns out, DeDe doesn't really mind -- the dumb but good-natured brothers are actually a pleasant change of pace compared to her husband, a violent and ill-tempered Texas Ranger named Vincent (Patrick Warburton). DeDe agrees to be the brothers' new "mom," but on one condition -- they have to help retrieve her baby daughter. Scooter and Junior are willing, but Vincent isn't willing to let DeDe go, and the brothers soon find that Vincent is not a good man to have on one's bad side. Dirt was directed by Michael Covert and Trace Fraim, who also star as Junior and Scooter; it's the second feature as director for Covert, who also wrote the screenplay, and Fraim's debut behind the camera.

Still mourning the death of their mother, Junior and Scooter decide they need a new woman in their lives. But they soon discover that their slice of West Texas offers few alternatives. That is, until one fateful day, in the parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly, when they meet DeDe. With DeDe, the brothers face new responsibilities, especially after her husband, who turns out to be a renegade Texas Ranger, burns down their house. And so, naturally, they decide to rob banks--or to be more specific, one bank. What follows is a sneaky comedy about a band of outsiders who live according to their eccentric set of dysfunctional family values.

When the mother of Junior and his younger brother Scooter, twenty-something, dies, they realize they need a woman around the house, since they haven't a clue how to cook or keep house. Their first attempts, with hookers and strippers, are disastrous. But when they kidnap DeDe from the grocery store, they find someone that's eager for an excuse to leave her abusive husband (who also happens to be the local sheriff). He takes revenge and burns down their ramshackle house, leaving them broke. No problem, they've got their guns, and they start robbing the local bank, which actually likes the excitement, especially since the boys are so polite about it.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 May, 2008.

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