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| The Bottom Line: Are you a scouting family? Have you ever made a pinewood derby car? This is the movie for you. A fun look at the father's part in the making of a pinewood derby car. |
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| URL: Down and Derby |
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| Pros: Funny |
| Enjoyable for the entire family |
| Teaches the way a father should not help |
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| Cons: None a great family movie |
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| Description: Starts out with Phil Davis losing his first race when he is in 5th grade to a new kid from California, Ace Montana. |
| The next scene shows Phil Davis and his neighborhood friends as adults with Phil still taking second place to Ace. |
| Then comes the pinewood derby |
| The fathers compete to see who can make the winning car |
| Stars Greg Germann, Lauren Holly, Pat Morita, Hunter Tylo. |
| Also stars the following children: Adam Hicks, Eric Jacobs, Danny Shepherd and Nicholas Nengas. |
| Don Murphy the inventor of the Pinewood Derby makes a cameo apperance in the movie. |
| DVD also contains Pinewood Derby History, Deleted Scenes and Trailers |
| Approximatly 1 hour and 25 minutes. |
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| Review: This movie is highly recommended. My husband said: "It was a lot better than he expected". It is very funny, from my teenagers to my younger children it was a hit and has been watched over and over again. A must for all scouting families. Hopefully not to many fathers can relate! |
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