The Kid & I Movie

The Kid & I
Rating:
Run Time: 93 min
MPAA Rating: PG13
Released: 2005
Directors: Penelope Spheeris
Genre/Type: Comedy
Buddy Film
Odd Couple Film
Family-Oriented Comedy
Producers: Tom Arnold
Penelope Spheeris
Brad Wyman
Official Site: kidandi.com/?nopop...
Plot Synopsis by Mark Deming
A washed-up actor finds an unlikely path back to the big screen in this offbeat family comedy. Bill Williams (Tom Arnold) is an actor whose career has gone into a severe tailspin ever since his brief fling with fame -- a supporting role in the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle True Lies. Sinking into a well of alcohol and depression, Williams unsuccessfully attempts suicide before his agent (Henry Winkler) tells him he's finally found a project for him. Aaron Roman (Eric Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who loves action movies, especially True Lies. Aaron's father, Davis Roman (Joe Mantegna), is a very wealthy man -- so wealthy that, as a present for his son's 18th birthday, he's going to bankroll a professionally shot action movie which will star Aaron. Would Williams be willing to write and co-star in Aaron's birthday movie? Williams isn't so sure this is a great idea, even with a million-dollar payday, until he meets Aaron. Charmed by the kid's pluck and determination, Williams signs on for the world's most expensive home movie. Williams and producer Susan Mandeville (Linda Hamilton) hire Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris to helm the project, and persuade bikini model Arielle Kebbel to appear as Aaron's love interest, but what started out as strictly a job-for-hire becomes something more as Williams and his fellow cast and crew members get to know their challenged young star. The Kid & I actually was written by co-star Tom Arnold, and Penelope Spheeris directed the film as well as playing herself. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Shaquille O'Neal also appear in cameo roles.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Tom Arnold Bill Williams Mar 6, 1959 in Ottumwa, IA
Eric Gores Aaron Roman
Linda Hamilton Susan Mandeville Sep 26, 1957 in Salisbury, MD
Henry Winkler Johnny Bernstein Oct 30, 1945 in New York City, NY
Richard Edson Guy
Brenda Strong Bonnie Mar 25, 1960 in Brightwood, OR
Shannon Elizabeth Shelby Roman Sep 7, 1973 in Houston, Texas
Arielle Kebbel Arielle
Joe Mantegna Davis Roman Nov 13, 1947 in Chicago, IL
Yvette Nicole Brown Bunny
Branden R. Morgan Fake Reporter
Brianne Davis Marla
Shaquille O'Neal Himself Mar 6, 1972 in Newark, NJ
Mark Chadwick Blind Guy
Bill Goldberg Himself
Arnold Schwarzenegger Himself Jul 30, 1947 in Graz, Austria
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