Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dickie Roberts Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade who also cowrote the film and Mary McCormack. Spade portrays a child actor who fell into obscurity as an adult, and who attempts to revive his career.
After talking to an old friend, Leif Garrett, Dickie is absolutely convinced that a new Rob Reiner movie in the works, Mr. Blakes Backyard, will be his comeback vehicle. Even after Sidney, his agent, does not land him an audition, Dickie persists. While on duty at Mortons, he joy rides in a customers vehicle, drops into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and he pesters Tom Arnold to hook him up with Reiner. After he is kicked out because hes not an alcoholic, Dickie fakes being wasted and crashes what turns out to be a Lamaze class. However, Brendan Fraser in an uncredited cameo appearance is in the class and he agrees to call Reiner for Dickie.Reiner bluntly tells Dickie that the part is not within his abilities because it requires knowing how a regular person lives. Unfortunately, Dickie never had a real childhood he grew up in the limelight, and then his mother abandoned him when his show was cancelled. Desperate to prove to Reiner that hes right for the part, Dickie sells his raunchy autobiography to raise 30,000. With the money, he pays a family to adopt him for a month, as he believes he will watch and learn. ........
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