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40-437: After they get cut off welfare, Donner ( Jason Lee ) leads four of his jobless, penniless roommates spend their last remaining money on a cover charge for a party and get high. After getting evicted, they all embark on a journey to find a cabin in the woods that belongs to his uncle. They get lost and stranded in the woods, without food or water or their bearings when their van breaks down. He eventually reveals to his roommates that

80-552: A campfire with him (as well as others). While making Mallrats , Kevin Smith met Canadian Film Threat journalist Malcolm Ingram and his friend Matt Gissing; the three decided to make Drawing Flies , the title of which is based on a Soundgarden song from the album Badmotorfinger . Along with much of the cast of Mallrats , Smith headed up to the Canadian wilderness and made the film. The same camera and type of film stock that

120-491: A daughter named Casper. The couple had their second child, a son named Sonny, in 2012. Their third child, a daughter named Alberta 'Birdy' Lee, was born in 2017. In 2016, Lee revealed he is no longer a Scientologist. When asked by The Guardian why he became a Scientologist he said, "Everybody wants answers, everybody wants to feel less depressed or less anxious or they want to try to understand some issue that they might have with themselves." He added: "Ultimately, it

160-488: A diminutive hound named Shoeshine, who gets superpowers after a lab accident. When he's adopted by a 15-year-old boy, the two form a bond around the shared knowledge that Shoeshine is really Underdog. The film grossed $ 65.3 million worldwide and received generally negative reviews from critics. In the Capital City Town Hall, a beagle on the police bomb squad sets off a false alarm. Ridiculed and rejected,

200-471: A few years, the pair successfully revived the company. As of October 2013, Lee and Pastras remained on the professional "Classics" team roster. Lee was featured in the skateboarding promotional video, Video Days (1991) , filmed for the skateboarding company Blind Skateboards. In 2004, Lee's skateboarding was featured in Way Out East! , a film produced by Stereo Skateboards. In August 2012, Lee

240-670: A large mess when left home alone. When Jack returns, Shoeshine surprises them both by verbally apologizing. After the initial shock passes, Jack and Shoeshine bond over their respective attraction to Molly and Polly, Jack's friend and her dog. The two then test Shoeshine's powers, discovering he has super speed, strength, hearing, and smell in the process. When Molly and Polly are mugged, Shoeshine rushes to their aid, discovering that he can fly. After discreetly rescuing them, Shoeshine returns home with Jack, who makes him promise to never reveal his powers. Cad shows up looking for Shoeshine, but Jack fools him into leaving. Barsinister and Cad later find

280-750: A minor role in Enemy of the State . Lee also voiced Syndrome in The Incredibles and Jack-Jack Attack . He reprised the role as a "robot copy" of Syndrome in Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure . Lee is also the voice of Underdog in Underdog and portrays Dave Seville in the live-action/CGI films starring Alvin and the Chipmunks . In 2005, Lee

320-480: A new lair beneath the city and plan a robbery to fund the reconstruction of his lab. Seeing Cad's heist on the news, Jack convinces Shoeshine to intervene. Shoeshine disguises himself as a fish, saves the hostages, and defeats two robbers; Cad, however, escapes. Adopting the alias "Underdog", Shoeshine becomes the city's resident superhero, donning a shrunken red sweater and blue cape as his outfit. Barsinister repeatedly fails to recreate his serum and sends Cad to obtain

360-566: A playable character. Lee then voiced Coach Frank, a character created during the development of Stereo, in video game Skate 3 . Professional skateboarder and owner of the Girl and Lakai Limited Footwear skateboard brands Mike Carroll has cited Lee as one of his skating influences. Lee has been particularly cited for his 360 flips , which even the trick's inventor, Rodney Mullen , credits him with stylizing and popularizing. After taking some minor acting roles in 1992–1994 (including

400-419: A sample of Underdog's DNA. Cad fails to capture Underdog, but obtains his collar – which contains his true name and address. Barsinister and Cad kidnap Dan and force him to call Shoeshine for help. Shoeshine and Jack attempt a rescue, but Barsinister takes Jack and Dan as hostages to convince Shoeshine to give up his DNA. Barsinister synthesizes Underdog's superpowers, feeds Shoeshine an antidote to

440-518: A turning point for me in that I thought, Okay, regardless of what happens with this movie, this is the second movie for me. If I can pull this off, then I'll be an actor." The film was released on DVD on February 26, 2002. This article related to a Canadian film of the 1990s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This film article about a 1990s comedy film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jason Lee (actor) Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970)

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480-597: A video was released by the Keep A Breast Foundation , featuring various skateboarding identities, including Lee, together with Pastras. The video, contributing to the Foundation's aim to prevent and raise awareness of breast cancer , promotes the "I Love Boobies" bracelet . It also features Clint Peterson (Stereo) and Giovanni Reda (WESC), who are both teammates of Lee. Lee later worked with Tony Hawk when he lent his voice and likeness to Tony Hawk's Project 8 to become

520-588: Is Earl creator and producer Greg Garcia . As of December 2011, Lee appeared in Up All Night , but after its second season, it was officially cancelled on May 9, 2013. In June 2013, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015) , a fourth and final film in the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, was announced by 20th Century Fox ; its release date was December 18, 2015. Lee is in

560-636: Is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He is known for playing Earl Hickey in the television comedy series My Name Is Earl , for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV series in 2005 and 2006 by The Golden Globes . He is also known for his roles in Kevin Smith films such as Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Jersey Girl (2004), Clerks II (2006), Cop Out (2010), and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019). Lee won

600-548: The Amazon Studios 49-minute pilot of Cocked , where he plays the character of Grady Paxson, one of three men who run a family company, manufacturing guns. The show premiered on January 15, 2015, and also stars Brian Dennehy , Diora Baird , Dreama Walker , and Sam Trammell . On January 25, 2015, The Hallmark Channel premiered Away & Back , a Hallmark Hall of Fame film starring Lee, Maggie Elizabeth Jones and Minka Kelly . Lee began shooting photos regularly in

640-658: The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Chasing Amy . His other notable film roles include starring in Mumford (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Heartbreakers (2001), Big Trouble (2002), Dreamcatcher (2003) and Columbus Circle (2011). His voice acting credits include Syndrome in The Incredibles (2004), Bones in Monster House (2006) and

680-521: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006 . NBC cancelled My Name Is Earl after four seasons. On June 22, 2010, Memphis Beat premiered. Lee stars alongside Alfre Woodard and portrays Dwight Hendricks. In October 2011, it was announced the series was not renewed for a third season. He guest-starred in 2010 and 2013 episodes of Raising Hope , created by My Name

720-554: The German Shepherds recover, Shoeshine convinces them to turn on Barsinister, who has not treated them well. While they restrain Barsinister, Underdog appears on the roof and saves Molly and Polly, instructing them to take the mind control serum to the police while he removes the bomb. After being reinstated and promoted by the mayor, Dan arrives and injects Barsinister with the antidote while arresting him. Underdog takes

760-401: The art of skateboarding, Lee spent the majority of his time perfecting his craft, that would eventually lead to him dropping out of Ocean View High School so he could turn pro. Lee was a professional skateboarder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1992, he founded Stereo Sound Agency, known as Stereo Skateboards, with fellow skater Chris "Dune" Pastras. In 2003, after it had been defunct for

800-450: The beagle avoids an encounter with a Rottweiler named Riff Raff and his lackeys. Dan Unger strikes the beagle with his car, but the dog is unharmed. Dan takes him home and names him Shoeshine after the dog licks his shoes. Dan's teenage son, Jack, becomes jealous of Shoeshine's attention. Dan retired from the police to spend more time with Jack after his wife's death but still seems busy. Unaware of his new powers, Shoeshine accidentally makes

840-406: The beagle leaves and is abducted by Cad Lackey, who takes him to Simon Barsinister's lab. Bitter that his proposal for genetic experimentation was declined, Barsinister plans to prove his theory by testing his new serum on the beagle. The beagle escapes and runs amok in the lab, starting a fire and becoming exposed to various chemicals, which modify his DNA and give him superpowers. After his escape,

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880-533: The bomb and buries it underground just before it explodes. Although he tries to escape, he is caught in the explosion, launched into space, and presumed dead. Amidst a mournful crowd, Underdog revives, leaving everyone overjoyed. Shoeshine returns to protecting Capitol City as Underdog. Underdog opened on August 3, 2007, in 3,013 theaters across the United States. It earned $ 11,585,121 on its opening weekend, placing in third behind The Bourne Ultimatum and

920-427: The bomb and, overcoming his self-doubt, enters the building. Cad discovers Molly and Polly, captures them, and ties them up. During a scuffle with Barsinister, Shoeshine accidentally rips open Barsinister's pocket and swallows a super pill, restoring his powers. Shoeshine temporarily incapacitates the German Shepherds after he hears Molly and Polly call for help, but Barsinister ingests a pill and distracts Shoeshine. When

960-724: The book OK in 2022. In December 2020, British publishing house Stanley/Barker released In the Gold Dust Rush , consisting of black and white photographs of rural America. In 2021, Lee released Galveston, commissioned by the Galveston Historical Foundation. He is inspired by work of New Topographics movement, notably by Henry Wessell . He photographs on film. Lee married actress and photographer Carmen Llywelyn in 1995. They divorced in 2001. Llywelyn later accused Lee of alcoholism and domestic abuse and claimed that his commitment to Scientology

1000-693: The early 2000s, and became interested in instant photography. He released his first photo book through Refueled Magazine . It consists of "184 pages of Polaroid & Fuji Instant Film photographs from 2006-2016", printed in an edition of 500 copies. In 2018 he published, A Plain View, a photo book consisting of color 4×5 photographs from his exploration of rural and urban America. From June to December 2019, his photographs of Oklahoma were exhibited in exhibit OK: Jason Lee Photographs in Philbrook Museum of Art . These works are scheduled to be released as

1040-518: The film stars Jim Belushi , Peter Dinklage , John Slattery , and Patrick Warburton with the voice talents of Jason Lee , Amy Adams , and Brad Garrett . Unlike the TV series, the Underdog character is portrayed as a regular dog rather than an anthropomorphic one. Underdog/Shoeshine, voiced by Jason Lee, was played by a lemon beagle named Leo sporting a red sweater and a blue cape. The story follows

1080-568: The hip hop rendition of the Underdog theme title, "Underdog Raps", performed by then-Disney star Kyle Massey , which received airplay on Radio Disney . The Plain White T's rendition of the theme, titled "Underdog Rocks", plays at the beginning of the film but was not included on the album. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 70 reviews and an average rating of 4.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " Underdog

1120-1127: The music video for the Sonic Youth single " 100% ", a small part in Mi Vida Loca , and a bit part as a dance instructor on Chance and Things ), Lee left professional skateboarding for a full-time acting career. His first major film role was in Kevin Smith 's Mallrats , which became a cult hit. This started a friendship that subsequently led to appearances in many of Smith's films, including Chasing Amy , Dogma , Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , Clerks II , Cop Out , and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot . Lee won an Independent Spirit Award for his role in Chasing Amy as Banky Edwards . Lee graduated to leading man roles in Heartbreakers , Stealing Harvard , and A Guy Thing . He has had supporting roles in Vanilla Sky , Almost Famous , Dreamcatcher , Big Trouble , The Ballad of Jack and Rose , and Mumford , as well as

1160-412: The search for the cabin is really a search for Sasquatch . They, of course, think he's crazy. There is conflict. Donner insists he is onto something, but the others just write him off. But to make matters worse, they uncover all kinds of bizarre and dangerous activity as they wander through the woods in search of not only Bigfoot himself but any hope of a future. Eventually, Donner does find Bigfoot and has

1200-463: The second weekend of The Simpsons Movie . The film closed on December 13, 2007, having grossed $ 43.8 million in the US box office and $ 21.5 million overseas for a worldwide total of $ 65.3 million. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 18, 2007. The licensed soundtrack album is only available as a download on various online music stores. It contains the original score by Randy Edelman and

1240-495: The serum, and gives the super pills to three trained German Shepherds . He and Cad leave the family trapped in the sewers, but Dan's police experience allows him to free everyone. They pursue Barsinister with a hypodermic needle filled with the antidote. At the City Hall, Barsinister takes the mayor hostage and instructs Cad to attach a bomb rigged with a mind control serum to the roof; Molly and Polly follow Cad. Shoeshine smells

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1280-531: The song “Jimmy’s Fantasy “ by Cali band Redd Kross. Underdog (2007 film) Underdog is a 2007 American live-action/animated superhero comedy film based on W. Watts Biggers , Chet Stover, and Joe Harris ‘ 1960s animated television series , which in turn is a spoof on the DC Comics character Superman , created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster . Directed by Frederik Du Chau and written by Joe Piscatella, Adam Rifkin , and Craig A. Williams,

1320-459: The title character in Underdog (2007). Lee starred as Dave Seville in the live-action/animation Alvin and the Chipmunks films (2007–2015). A former professional skateboarder, Lee is the co-founder and co-owner of Stereo Skateboards, founding the company in 1992 with fellow skateboarder Chris "Dune" Pastras . Since 1992, Stereo manufactures and distributes skateboard decks , equipment and apparel, as well as producing skate videos . Lee

1360-526: Was also featured in a brief video on the skateboard website The Berrics entitled "Jason Lee decided to come to the park." In August 2012, Lee participated in the ninth annual Stand-Up for Skateparks Event, which he chaired with Tony Hawk . The event is held annually by the Tony Hawk Charitable Foundation and seeks to "help create free, quality public skateparks for youth in low-income communities." In October that same year,

1400-568: Was born in Santa Ana, California , on April 25, 1970. His father, Greg Lee, was a car dealership manager and his mother, Carol Lee, a homemaker. He has an older brother, James (b. 1968). Lee was raised in Huntington Beach and attended Ocean View High School . A hyperactive and energetic child, Lee took up skateboarding after his mother bought him a skateboard with the hope that he would use it to burn off excessive energy. Hooked on

1440-510: Was just not for me. That's it. I wasn't really involved going back many, many years now." Lee currently resides in Los Angeles, California , with his family after living in Denton, Texas , for four years. He is a 1/5th co-owner of the restaurant Barley and Board . I see there is no mention of the music video he starred in back in the early 90’s on MTv. He played the title character of

1480-562: Was labeled a suppressive person . Following his divorce from Llywelyn, Lee became engaged to actress Beth Riesgraf . Together, they have a son, Pilot Inspektor, born in 2003. Lee states their son's name was inspired by " He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot. " by rock band Grandaddy . Lee married Turkish model Ceren Alkaç in California in July 2008. A month later, Alkaç gave birth to

1520-407: Was offered the lead role in the television series My Name Is Earl . According to interviews on the first-season DVD, he passed on the series twice before finally agreeing to read for the pilot. In the series he stars as Earl Hickey . Lee received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2006 and 2007, as well as a nomination for

1560-414: Was the principal cause for their separation . Llywelyn wrote that their relationship collapsed when she revealed to her talent manager and fellow Scientologist, Gay Ribisi (mother of actor Giovanni Ribisi ), that she had read A Piece of Blue Sky , a book about the reality of Scientology. Two days after her conversation with Ribisi, Llywelyn received a one-paragraph " disconnection letter" from Lee and

1600-501: Was used to film Clerks was used to film Drawing Flies . The film was only featured at a few film festivals before it was given a DVD release in 2002. Kevin Smith wears his " Silent Bob " outfit from Mallrats and is credited as "Silent Bob", although the character is referred to as "John". He never utters a line. Jason Lee had only appeared in Mallrats . He later said: "nobody’s seen that film, really, but that film really marked

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