One of a number of political films / politically themed pictures featuring actor Michael Sheen. The movies include The Deal (2003), The Queen (2006), Frost/Nixon (2008), The Special Relationship (2010), and Kill the Messenger (2014).
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Of the three cinema movies written and/or directed and/or produced by Gary David Goldberg, Dad (1989) was the only one that didn't feature the word "love" in the title. The two theatrical feature films that did were Bye Bye Love (1995) and Must Love Dogs (2005).
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Debut theatrical feature film produced by Gary David Goldberg.
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Actor Chris Lemmon, the son of star Jack Lemmon who plays the central character Jake Tremont, played the young Jake in flashback sequences in the movie.
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Portraying a senior citizen in this picture, actor Jack Lemmon would in a few years re-team with long-time comic co-star Walter Matthau, for the old man parody comedies. Grumpy Old Men (1993) and Grumpier Old Men (1995).
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According to the driver's license of Jake Tremont (Jack Lemmon), his date of birth of was 25th June 1911. Lemmon was actually born on 8th February 1925. This is a gap of around fourteen years. Age make-up was applied to Lemmon to portray him as older than he actually was. The picture was Oscar nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup in 1990 but the film did not win.
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In one scene, Mario (Kevin Spacey) is wearing a Chatsworth jacket. Spacey is a graduate of Chatsworth High School.
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Chris Lemmon, the lookalike son of Jack Lemmon, appeared with his father in two films, Dad (1989) and That's Life! (1986).
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The picture was Oscar nominated for the Best Makeup Academy Award in 1990 along with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) but both films lost out to Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
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One of two 1989 cinema movies starring actor Ethan Hawke which were first released in that year. The pictures are Dad (1989) and Dead Poets Society_.
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During the filming of Dead Poets Society, the boys took a break to audition for Dad. Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, and James Waterston all auditioned for the part of Billy. Allelon Ruggiero and Dylan Kussman recorded a video of the boys walking around NYC before and after the audition. Dylan later uploaded the video to YouTube.
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The movie was made and released about eight years after its source novel of the same name written by William Wharton had been first published in 1981.
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Director Gary David Goldberg directed this familial drama after spending many years working on writing the popular television sitcom Family Ties (1982) of which Goldberg was the creator.
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One of only two theatrical feature films directed by writer-producer Gary David Goldberg. The cinema movies are Dad (1989) and Must Love Dogs (2005).
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One of two mid-late 1980s cinema movies mainly about the relationship between a father and his son, where in both pictures the middle-aged child must care for the family patriarch. The films are Dad (1989) and Nothing in Common (1986).
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One of four film and television collaborations of actor Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. The titles are Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987), Dad (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988). The pair also starred in the Broadway production of ''Long Day's Journey Into Night".
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One of two 1989 cinema movies starring Ted Danson that were first released in that year. The movies are Dad (1989) and Cousins (1989). Both pictures had titles that were familial relative descriptor names and had family-related story-lines.
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Though critically acclaimed for his performance, star Jack Lemmon was not Oscar nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for this theatrical feature film. Though, however, Lemmon was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for this cinema movie, but lost out to Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
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Gary David Goldberg performed a number of roles on this picture. Goldberg was the director, a producer, and the screenwriter.
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Ted Danson was a late replacement for James Caan.
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dad - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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