Due
Date
Due Date
is a 2010 American comedy road film directed by Todd Phillips, co-written by
Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel, and starring Robert Downey,
Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.
Storyline
Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.)
will be a dad for the first time when his wife gives birth in five days. He
intends to catch a flight home from Atlanta so he can be there for the
delivery, but a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach
Galifianakis) throws a monkey wrench into his plans. Desperate to reach his
wife before their baby is born, Peter's sanity is tested when he must take a
road trip cross-country with dog-toting Ethan.
Cast
Zach Galifiankis as Ethan Trembley |
Robert Downey Jr. as Peter Highman |
About Ethan Tremblay
Ethan Chase (known by the stage name of Ethan Tremblay) is a fictional actor obsessed
with Two and a Half Men who appeared in Due Date. He became an actor because of Two and a Half Men, and even created an unofficial
website about the show. In the end of the film, he landed the role of Stu in an unnamed episode of Two and a Half Men. Ethan was played by Zach Galifianakis.
About Peter Highman
Peter Highman (Robert Downey,
Jr.), a successful architect, is due to fly home to be with his wife Sarah
(Michelle Monaghan), who is about to give birth. On the way to the airport, he
has a chance encounter with Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis), who is going to
LA to be an actor and is planning to scatter his recently deceased father's
ashes at the Grand Canyon. When Ethan misuses the words
"terrorist" and "bomb" while talking to Peter, they are
both escorted off the plane. This is only the first of a series of misadventures
caused by the drastically dysfunctional Ethan. Peter, now on the No Fly
List and missing his wallet, agrees to drive with Ethan to Los Angeles.
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