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Ace’s son, A.J., knocks Brady to the floor in a basketball game. A Derby racer plunges off the practice track over the Davis’ bed and conks Kim on the noggin. Blaine falls out of a tree trying to climb off the Montanas’ roof, and he wears a neck brace for the rest of the film.
- Eric Hendershot
The film "Down and Derby" was released early during my tenure as a Den Leader, and became a sub-topic during that year’s Pinewood Derby-themed Roundtable meeting. The leaders who had watched the film agreed that it provided good family entertainment, but they could also draw comparisons between the film’s plot and their own Pack’s ...
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While exaggerated for comedy's sake, the behavior on display in this movie should be recognizable to any parent who has coached a sport and kids who have played on a team. While the humor is mostly juvenile, and the story has a few overly convenient plot turns, at its core, Down and Derby raises a deeper point about what happens when parents ...
- Greg Germann, Lauren Holly, Pat Morita
- Eric Hendershot
- Pinewood Derby LLC
Down and Derby (released as Racing Ace outside of North America) is a 2005 American comedy film written and directed by Eric Hendershot and starring Greg Germann, Lauren Holly, Adam Hicks, and Pat Morita. The movie was filmed outside St. George, Utah . The film was released to theatres and home video in 2005.
- $20 million
- Josh Steele, Dickilyn Johnson
- Chuck E. Meyers, Andrew Gross
DOWN AND DERBY, produced in part by Pure Entertainment, is in many ways just that – clean, fun, moral, and ultimately Christian. The script is surprisingly well written. Some of the scenes are extremely tense and exciting, which shows good craftsmanship, because clearly this was shot on a small budget, and the quality of the script had to ...
- Eric Hendershot
- Greg Germann
Apr 14, 2005 · As the title indicates, "Down and Derby" revolves around the annual Pinewood Derby, a "toy-car" competition that provides suspense whenever, wherever, it's held. However, what suspense there is in this supposed comedy comes from waiting for the next laugh . . . any laugh really. Too often the movie defies description as a comedy.
"Down and Derby" is a comedy about a small-town Pinewood Derby competition that transforms an average group of dads into an awkward bunch of competitors. The film exposes the desperate behavior of parents who compete with one another through their children—a social dynamic seen in everyday activities ranging from Little League to science ...
