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Synopsis: Down and Derby is a family comedy about a small town Pinewood Derby competition that transforms an average group of dads into an awkward bunch of competitors. On the outside, Phil Davis is the typical dad and friendly neighbor. On the inside, he is unresolved and at a breaking point with his childhood rival, Ace Montana. Desperate for the elusive first place, Phil sees his son's Pinewood Derby race as a breakthrough opportunity to beat Ace, who also has a Cub Scout son. Surrounded by more overzealous dads in the same cul-de-sac, they all disregard the event's ideals and completely take over the design, planning and construction of the cars. In the crazed world of derby fever, the kids are lucky if they get to pick the paint color or attach a decal. Hilarity builds as the dads teeter on the edge of insanity and resort to backstabbing, cover-ups and sabotage. Wives, families and jobs are ignored with extreme consequences. The farce reaches comical and outrageous levels when in the end, t
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Eric Hendershot
Production: Freestyle Releasing
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG
Year:
2005
90 min
$43,930
Website
59 Views


Yeah, I'll take the book

and the how-to video.

No, all my info's on the order form.

All right, thanks.

Oh... you are mine, Ace.

I'm back...

I am gonna own you.

Hey, Dad, it's dinner!

Yeah.

All right.

N-n-n-no,

hey, hey, hey.

What's the matter?

We... well, le... let's...

let's just...

look at it for a minute.

N-n-no, n-n-no,

no no.

See, l-l-l thought

we were just... just looking.

I thought we already did look.

Phil.

I have heard

that this can happen

with Pinewood Derby cars.

But it's not gonna happen

in this house.

Give...

Give... Dad!

Dad!

Phil, this is Brady's car.

You have to share.

Yeah!

He's supposed to make it

with your supervision.

Like the manual says.

Here you go.

Now, this is the car

I want to make!

Okay.

It's pretty cool, huh?

Oh, honey, that's really cool!

Isn't that good, Phil?

Yeah, you see, Dad, you know,

I thought we could slope the nose,

so air could hit it,

and it could make it go faster.

Oh, well... yeah, I think

that's, uh, that's fine.

If you're not concerned

about winning,

I think that's fine.

Oh, come on, Phil!

What?

Well, what's wrong

with it, Dad?

Well, I...

the drag coefficient alone...

But, now...

Yeah, yeah.

If you're interested

in winning,

this is your car!

When... when did you have time

to make these?

Oh, I had 'em drawn up, uh,

the minute I found out

we were having a boy.

Yeah, I've been saving 'em

for Brady's first Derby.

It's...

What do you think?

It's... it's cool, Dad,

but...

I'd really rather

make this one.

Okay.

Come on, Dad.

No, no, no, it's okay.

I can see that I am not...

needed for this.

Sit down, Phil.

No, no, no, that's okay.

Go ahead and build... that car.

But when you win the most

cautious driver award,

don't come crying to me.

But Dad, we can win this thing.

Where are you going, Phil?

No, I, you know, I really

don't have time for this.

I've got a lot of work to do

on the Yakimoto campaign,

so, I...

Mom!

Okay, you are in there,

and I'm gonna find you.

And, I will find you.

Dad?

In fact, I can see you now.

Dad?

What?

Don't touch the wood, okay?

The paint doesn't lay right.

Okay?

Look, there's something I want

you to do though, okay?

I want you to pick out the color.

How about blue?

Uh...

What about green?

Green is...

Todd!

For the last time, get to bed!

She's right, buddy, okay?

Will you... will you think

about colors for me though?

Mm-hmm.

All right, I'll see you

in the morning.

Slow down, slow down.

Slow down.

So, what it all boils

down to is...

Remember, it's Danny's car.

You got it, love chunks.

Dad.

Dad.

Huh?

You were saying?

Oh, oh, yeah, um...

what it all boils down to is

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