The Pacifier
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| The Pacifier | |
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 Movie poster for The Pacifier |
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| Directed by | Adam Shankman |
| Produced by | Gary Barber |
| Written by | Thomas Lennon |
| Starring | Vin Diesel Lauren Graham Faith Ford Brittany Snow Max Thieriot with Carol Kane and Brad Garrett |
| Music by | John Debney Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Peter James |
| Editing by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 2005 |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $56 million |
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The Pacifier is a 2005 action comedy film, directed by Adam Shankman, and written by Thomas Lennon. It stars Vin Diesel, Faith Ford, Lauren Graham, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Carol Kane, and Brad Garrett. The film was released in March 2005 by Walt Disney Pictures, and earned US$30 million in its opening weekend. The Pacifier is also the first and only movie that Vin Diesel has starred in not to earn a PG-13 rating or above.
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[edit] Summary
A U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. Shane Wolfe (Vin Diesel) must travel to Bethesda, MD to protect the Plummer children from enemies of their recently deceased father, a scientist who had created a top-secret weapon for the government (GHOST), and then hid the device. Wolfe must take care of the children while their mother is Colleen Davison Switzerland, retrieving the key to find the device. Much of the comedy is based on the contrast between Wolfe's military background and the travails of his rebellious suburban brood.
At the end of the movie we find out that the Plummer's neighbors, a North Korean family named the Chungs, and Wolfe's commanding officer, Captain Fawcett, are actually North Korean spies. After retrieving GHOST from the hidden laboratory under the Plummer's house, the Chungs and Captain Fawcett are aprehended and the family is safe once again.
[edit] Cast
- Vin Diesel - Lt. Shane Wolfe
- Lauren Graham - Principal Claire Fletcher
- Faith Ford - Julie Plummer
- Brittany Snow - Zoe Plummer
- Max Thieriot - Seth Plummer
- Chris Potter - Capt. Bill Fawcett
- Carol Kane - Helga
- Brad Garrett - Vice Principal Murney
- Morgan York - Lulu Plummer
- Kegan & Logan Hoover - Peter Plummer
- Bo Vink and Luke Vink - Baby Tyler Plummer
- Tate Donovan - Howard Plummer
- Scott Thompson - Director
[edit] Reception
The film received mostly negative to moderate reviews. It performed well at the box office, taking in over $113 million — double its production costs.
[edit] Trivia
- Jackie Chan was meant to star Vin Diesel's role, but due to busy arrangemants did not take the role.
- The scene where Lulu tells Shane that she thinks he's cute and Shane's embarrassed response was based on a real life incident on set. Morgan York (the actress who plays Lulu), upon meeting Vin Diesel, actually said that to him and he awkwardly responded with a "thank you". The director thought it was so funny that he put it in the film.
- When Shane is in Peter's room, before Lulu asks him about his "boobs", on the floor are letter blocks spelling out "One Race". One Race is the production company owned by Vin Diesel.
- A Pikachu toy can be seen in a few scenes throughout the movie as well as a Green Day poster.
- An actual Navy Seal was on set.
- In the scene after Seth gets bullied when Shane is talking to Mern, you can see Max Theriot's stunt double. He's in a white cap behind Diesel.
- The ninjas in the movie were from Jackie Chan's stunt team.
- Boo Berries cereal is not sold in Toronto so Adam Shankman's assistant had to drive to Buffalo, New York to get the cereal.
- Director Cameo: (Adam Shankman) the student driver teacher with Brittany Snow.
- The first day of shooting for the movie took place with the scene when Shane sees Seth outside the theater.
- Many Toyota Vehicles are shown throughout the movie, like the Sienna minivan, the Camry where Zoe was driving with her instructor, and near the end of the movie with the car chase, most cars on the streets were Camry's and Corollas
- When Morgan York and her troop fight the enemies, the crew used a 14 year old girl to do the cartwheels.
- The hotel room that Faith Ford was staying in was actually built in an abandoned ice rink.
- The play at the end of the movie was filmed in a high school theater.
- The address handed to Shane (3 Rosemary Lane) is the actual address of the house. The house is actually in Toronto though.
- The program GHOST could actually be a reference to the Soviet Cipher, GOST_28147-89
[edit] Taglines
- This Navy S.E.A.L. Meets His Match.
- Welcome to the infantry.
- Prepare for bottle.
- Prepare for bottle. Prepare for battle.
