World's Greatest Dad with Robin Williams

| Sep 05, 2009 | Comments 0

Opening September 11 at the Crest Theater.

A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone.

Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle.  He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher.  His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass who won’t give his father the time of day.  He is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school’s adorable art teacher, but she doesn’t want to get serious — or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating.

Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD stars Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Geoff Pierson, Henry Simmons and Mitzi McCall. The film was produced by Tim Perrell, Howard Gertler, Sean McKittrick and Richard Kelly and co-produced by Sarah de Sa Rego.

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  1. Carl Baughman says:
    September 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Worlds Greatest Dad is a DARK comedy, this is not your average Robin Williams Movie. But if you like DARK (& i mean really dark) it’s a great movie with a great message about how we view the people love.

    You can also check this movie out with Comcast On Demand or Amazon on video on demand. If you can go see it at The Crest so you can support a beautiful historical Sacramento building and business.

    If you want some background on the writing process of this movie check you the creative screen writing podcast with an interview with the writer director Bobcat Goldthwait.

    (SPOILER WARNING)
    http://media.libsyn.com/media/creativescreenwritingmag/BobcatGoldthwaitWorldsGreatestDadQandA.mp3