About Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Steve Carr and written by Geoff Rodkey. The film explores the lives of two fathers who lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job prospects on the horizon, they decide to start a day care center "Daddy Day Care", which thrives until Chapman Academy's harsh headmistress attempts to shut them down. Through this experience, they learn the importance of family over career ambitions.

Making / Production

Directed by Steve Carr, Daddy Day Care was produced by Matt Berenson, John Davis, Wyck Godfrey and Dan Kolsrud. Revolution Studios and Davis Entertainment were behind the production of this film. The screenplay was crafted by Geoff Rodkey, and Steven Poster took charge of the cinematography. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Actors

• Eddie Murphy as Charles "Charlie" Hinton: He plays a laid-off food products marketing executive who, after unsuccessful job interviews, starts a day care business with his friend Phil.
• Jeff Garlin as Phillip "Phil" Ryerson: Phil is Charlie's best friend, who also loses his job and partners with him to start Daddy Day Care.
• Steve Zahn as Marvin: A socially awkward friend of Charlie and Phil's who is recruited to help run Daddy Day Care, thanks to his extensive knowledge of comic books and television shows.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The film set was visited by children on the Bloc Party. charity during filming.
• Daddy Day Care is Eddie Murphy's third film with children; the first two were "The Golden Child" and "Dr. Dolittle".
• Steve Zahn had to wear a Star Trek costume for his role.

Quotes

• "Hey, don't panic. We can handle this…We're men, and this is our duty. So let's roll." - Charlie Hinton
• "He's not a bum. He's a man, and he's a friend of mine." - Phil Ryerson

Music, Soundtrack

• "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves.
• "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
• "Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet.