Information
| Year: | 2004 |
| Rating: | 6.7(927) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama, Sport |
| Directed by: | Russell Mulcahy |
| Actors: | Barry Pepper Ernest Whitted Elizabeth Mitchell |
| "One man, One sport. One nation." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Russell Mulcahy | |
| Actors | |
| Barry Pepper | as Dale Earnhardt |
| Ernest Whitted | as Pit Crowd |
| Sean Bridgers | as Neil Bonnett |
| Joe Chrest | as Jake Elder |
| Russell Cook | as Press Conference VIP |
| Michael Flippo | as Wayne Robertson |
| Daniel Freeze | as Dale Pit Crew |
| Frank Glidden | as Kerry |
| Craig S. Harper | as Kenny Schrader |
| Andy Hillenburg | as Deke |
| Jim Keisler | as GM Executive |
| James G. Martin Jr. | as Dwayne |
| Chad McCumbee | as Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| Marshal McGee | as Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| Ron Prather | as Richard Childress |
| Brandi Ryans | as Brenda Gee |
| David Sherrill | as H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler |
| J.K. Simmons | as Ralph Earnhardt |
| Zachary Dylan Smith | as Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| Kevin Stillwell | as Rod Osterland |
| Greg Thompson | as Darrell Waltrip |
| David Wilson | as GM Executive |
| Actresses | |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | as Teresa Earnhardt |
| Andrea Powell | as Martha Earnhardt |
| Teresa Delgado | as Kelly Earnhardt |
| Traci Dinwiddie | as Connie |
| Lori Beth Edgeman | as Latane Brown |
| Corri English | as Kelly Earnhardt |
| Tricia Quattlebaum | as Daisy |
| Olivia Weston | as Dale's Mistress |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | April 2004 - 12 May 2004 |
| Plot: | Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son. When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his father aids him and shows a reluctant pride when he is initially successful. Armed with many of his father's philosophies, Dale pushed himself to be the best. His aggressive track mannerisms earned himself fans and detractors. Fellow racer Neil Bonnett was one of those long time friends and whose death deeply affected Dale. Darrell Waltrip clearly was a detractor and the two men's rivalry is clearly depicted. Off the track, Dale's determination to make it impacts two marriages. Third wife Theresa was closer to racing and met Dale when he had started his rise into the Winston Cup circuit. The story also looks at his relationship with his children, particularly son Kerry from his first marriage and whom he did not see again after age 5 until Kerry in his late teens showed up to meet his father again. Similar to his own father, Dale drove Dale Jr. to be the best, including temporarily sending him to military school when his grades slipped, but like his father, Dale Jr. only wanted to race. Contains mild profanity. |
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Goofs
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DATE: In the 1998 Daytona 500 post-race celebration on pit road, the Coors Light team is shown wearing the current (2001-2004) pit uniforms. The ones in 1998 were blue and brown. DATE: In a scene set in the mid-1970s, Dale Earnhardt places money that he won by winning a race on a table. On top of the stack is a $20 bill with a design that was introduced in 1998. Fact errors: Though the cars used in re-enacting the races of the 1970s and 1980s are authentically correct, the track billboards are not. You can see the current Pepsi logo on one of the billboards. Also, Sunoco (the current fuel supplier of NASCAR since 2003) has their logos on the track when the fuel supplier of NASCAR during Earnhardt's era was 76. Fact errors: Many cars depicted in the 2001 Daytona 500 are incorrect in terms of body styles and paint schemes. Most noticeable are the cars of Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, and Rusty Wallace. Gordon's car sports the old rainbow color scheme when 2001 was the first year his car sported the blue/red flame paint scheme. Bobby Labonte's Interstate Batteries car is Chevrolet Monte Carlo, his actual 2001 car was a Pontiac. Wallace's car in the film is a 1998 Ford Taurus using the old blue/white Miller Lite paint scheme (the actual car was a 2001 with an all-blue Miller Lite paint scheme). Fact errors: There was a shot of the RV park during a race identified as 1990. There was an orange Tony Stewart flag in that shot. Tony Stewart didn't start driving the #20 Home Depot Car in Winston Cup until 1999. Fact errors: At the end of the movie, where Dale Earnheardt is shown at his last race at Daytona, Bobby Labonte is shown driving a Cheverolet Monte Carlo. Labonte was, in fact, driving a Pontiac Grand Prix in that race, and did not drive the Monte Carlo until after Earnheardt's death. Miscellaneous: Later on when Dale is in his late teens and racing the pink k-2 Ford, there are scenes with the front bumper, then without, then with, then without. You'll have to rerun it a couple of times using the pause & rewind, but you'll notice. DATE: Harry Gant's 1989 Skoal Oldsmobile appears in the 1986 Richmond race, where Earnhardt wrecks Darrell Waltrip. Fact errors: During an interview, after the Richmond race, Dale says he was "only trying to rattle his cage." This was not said at Richmond, but at Bristol, many years later, after crashing Terry Labonte. DATE: Right after Brenda leaves him, and after Dale finishes in third place to finish in the money, Dale returns home and puts a stack of $20 bills on the table. The design of the twenties are the new design, created in 2003, while the scene takes place in the 1970s. |
Quotes
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Ralph Earnhardt: The winner ain't the one with the fastest car, son. It's just the one who refuses to lose. Dale Earnhardt: [helping Dale Jr. strap into a racecar] Wipe that look off your face, Dale. You'll wind up as ugly as me. Neil Bonnett: You pissed off a lot of people out there today, Earnhardt. You almost ran me over a couple times. Dale Earnhardt: So I suppose you're pissed off at me, too, then? Neil Bonnett: What the hell do you care? We ain't out there to make friends. Dale Earnhardt: All I wanna do is race, Daddy. |
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