Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story movie trailer - starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Justin Long, Christine Taylor, Brooke Burke. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Theatrical Release Date: 6/18/2004 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG-13

White Goodman gets pumped by his trainer.

Jamal walks in on White Goodman masturbating with a slice of pizza.

White Goodman tells Peter that his gym is a skidmark on the underpants of society.

Patches throws wrenches to teach the boys to dodge.

Gordon destroys the competition by getting angry and wins it for the Average Joes.

The Average Joes battle the Girlscouts.

White Goodman and the Globo Gym Purple Cobras challenge the Average Joes to a rumble.

The American Dodgeball Association of America training film.

Remember your childhood fears perhaps born on your local playgrounds of a red rubber ball hurtling towards your head? Or the sweet taste of revenge when you threw it right back at the class bully? Well, get ready to once again dodge, duck, dip and dive…dodgeball is back, and this time it's not just for the schoolyard. Dodgeball is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Adult dodgeball leagues are springing up in major cities, Vanity Fair called the game the 'It Sport,' and The New York Times and Fortune recently heralded the sport's re-emergence. So the time is ripe for a poignant motion picture that brings dignity and respect to the world of competitive dodgeball. A tale in the tradition of great films about legendary sports heroes. An emotionally stirring look at the thrills of victory and the heartbreaks of defeat. We'll let you know when that movie is made. In the meantime, we have Dogeball: A True Underdog Story, a film that grabs life by the ball. The story's protagonist, Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn ), is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's clientele of decidedly less-than-'average Joes' is made up of a self-styled pirate, a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader, an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports, a dim-witted young man, and a cocky know-it-all who, of course, really knows nothing. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe's, and Peter's non-existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him. A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe's to finalize Globo's takeover of the gym. But Peter's boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the