The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave

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The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Directed by Peter MacDonald
Written by Bob Einstein
Lorne Cameron
David Hoselton
Don Lake
Produced by Larry Brezner
Lorne Cameron
David Hoselton
Mike Marcus
Richard H. Prince
David Steinberg
StarringBob Einstein
CinematographyBernd Heinl
Edited byMike Murphy
Music byFlaviano Gorgini
Andrew Gross
Production
company
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Release date
  • January 11, 2000 (2000-01-11)
Running time
90 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000 [1]

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave is a 2000 American comedy film starring the comedian Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osborne.

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Plot

After the kind-hearted but clumsy Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein) survives a near-fatal accident, he discovers his manager has embezzled from him. This forces him into bankruptcy and causes him to lose his house. Super Dave decides to retire from stunt work, but ends up meeting a single mother named Sandy (Gia Carides). When Super Dave learns that Sandy's son, Timmy (Carl Michael Lindner) needs an expensive heart surgery, Super Dave comes out of retirement to raise the money. In the process, he must face off against his arch-enemy, Gil Ruston (Dan Hedaya).

Cast

Release

The movie was released direct to DVD and VHS and has been shown on Sky Movies and Charge!. It was released on Blu-ray on September 13, 2022 by Kino Lorber. [2]

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References

  1. "The Adventures Of Super Dave". DVD Talk . Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave Blu-ray (Be the Man / Super Dave: The Movie), archived from the original on 2022-06-24, retrieved 2022-06-24