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Plot. Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis, and Dudley Frank are disillusioned middle-aged everymen in a Cincinnati suburb. Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel; Doug is a dentist with trouble bonding with his son Billy; Bobby is a henpecked plumber disrespected by his wife Karen and daughters; and Dudley is a socially awkward ...
The aspirant writer Bobby Davis feels pressed by his wife and hates his job. The shy geek computer analyst Dudley Frank is unsuccessful with women. The wealthy Woody Stevens is married with a top-model. Together, the four middle-aged friends in their motorcycles self-call the "Wild Hogs".
Feb 20, 2007 · Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy -- hit the road in this rollicking comedy-adventure about a group of middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban...
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Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis, and Dudley Frank are disillusioned middle-aged everymen in a Cincinnati suburb. Doug is a dentist who has trouble bonding with his son Billy; Dudley is a single computer programmer afraid to talk to women; Bobby is a henpecked plumber; and Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel. They escape their ...
Harley-Davidsonprovided the motorcycles for the making of this film. 1. XL1200C Sportster Customfor Dudley. 2. FXSTS Springer Softailfor Bobby. 3. Black Fatboywith a chrome front wheel for Doug. 4. Screamin' Eagle Fatboyfor Woody. Many of the motorcycles used by the Del Fuego gang were customized choppers. The motorcycle used by Jack featured the l...
Producer and director Brian Robbins believed casting was essential to the success of the film, and emphasized the importance of working with movie stars. Robbins praised Disney for trusting in four older experienced but more expensive actors, and said "A lot of studios today are afraid to take those chances of hiring. Disney wasn't afraid, and it p...
Box office
Wild Hogs opened on March 2, 2007, the film grossed $39.7 million on its opening weekend, ranking #1 in box office sales and nearly tripling the debut of fellow opener Zodiac. The film performed well throughout its entire run, falling just 30.5% in its second weekend and ultimately grossing $168.2 million domestically and $253.6 million worldwide, becoming Travolta's first film since The General's Daughterin 1999 to gross over $100 million domestically.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 14% based on 145 reviews with an average rating of 4.00/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Wild Hogs is a dreadful combination of fish-out-of-water jokes, slapstick, and lazy stereotypes." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 27 out of 100 based on reviews from 29 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Ty Burr of The Boston Gl...
Accolades
The film was nominated for a People's Choice Awardin the category "Favorite Movie Comedy".
Disney announced that a sequel, Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride, would be released in 2010, but by December 2009 plans had been cancelled. After Disney's next comedy starring John Travolta, Old Dogs (which co-starred Robin Williams), was a critical failure, Disney cancelled both Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride and Wedding Banned, a comedy that was to star Wi...
Web site: Wild Hogs (2007) . Box Office Mojo . 21 June 2019 .Web site: January 16, 2007 . Anthony Kodack . Harley-Davidson Provides Motorcycles And Motorclothes To New Movie "Wild Hogs." . TopSpeed.com .Web site: 8 February 2007 . Ware . Holly . NEW AD HOGS . . The family almost wound up in a third Super Bowl spot for the upcoming movie "Wild Hogs," in which they have a small role..Web site: 2007 . Nicole Sperling AP . Robbins feathers nest by defying film critics . .William H. Macy steals the show as Dudley, that when you compare it to his performance in his most famous role as Frank Gallagher in Shameless. It really is a testimony to what a brilliant actor he is, Dudley and Frank are absolutely nothing alike.
Stephen Tobolowsky. Plot – Four friends decide to shake their monotonous lives and leave for a trip on their motorcycles. In a sort of 'once in a lifetime experience', the mismatched foursome learns more than imagined. All actors – Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Durand, M.C ...
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Aug 5, 2007 · Here Dudley falls for the waitress Maggie (Marisa Tomei), and when Jack and his gang catch up with them and threatens to burn down Maggie’s cafe unless the four come out from hiding, the four are faced with the choice of flight or fight, despite their fright.
