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Tom Baker (Steve Martin) is a football coach at a small rural college in Midland, Indiana, where he raised twelve children, and his wife, Kate, has written her story into a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book. Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate Shake McGuire to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of Evanston, Illinois.
Tom accepts the offer, and he and Kate begin making plans on moving to Evanston. The kids find out and demand the move be put to a vote, even though Tom says it won’t have any power. He loses the vote, even after he and Kate join, but goes ahead with the move anyway, claiming there will be more money and that they will be a “happier and stronger family”. The atmosphere at the Bakers’ new house is tense and the situation at school is even worse.
When her book is ready to pick up for publication, Kate is required to do a national book tour to promote it. Tom thinks that he can handle everything in the family’s household while Kate is away, so he decides to hire the family’s oldest child, Nora, and her self-absorbed boyfriend, Hank, to manage the children. When Nora and Hank arrive, the children plan to make Hank the target of their prank by soaking his underwear in meat and assisting the Bakers’ pet dog, Gunner, to attack him by chewing his bottom, prompting him to refuse to assist in babysitting.
Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, narrated by Bonnie Hunt, and starred Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Aston Kutcher, Alyson Stoner, Kevin G. Schmidt, Liliana Mumy and Morgan York. The film was released on December 25, 2003 by 20th Century Fox, ultimately grossing just over $190 million worldwide.
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Aston Kutcher, Alyson Stoner, Kevin G. Schmidt, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York
Screenplay by: Sam Harper
Production Design by: Nina Ruscio
Cinematography by: Jonathan Brown
Film Editing by: Matthew Cassel
Costume Design by: Alexa M. Stone
Set Decoration by: K.C. Fox
Art Direction by: Scott Meehan
Music by: Christophe Beck
MPAA Rating: PG for language and some thematic elements.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 25, 2003
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