Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2011-03-25

Country

United States, Canada, Japan

Production

Dune Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Color Force

Genre

Family, Comedy

Budget

$21 000 000

Revenue

$72 417 394

Website

https://family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-2-rodrick-rules

Director

David Bowers

Actors

Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Fran Kranz, Peyton List, Connor Fielding, Owen Fielding, Andrew McNee
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Brad Simpson, Nina Jacobson, Jeff Kinney

Operator

Jack N. Green

Composer

Ed Shearmur

Artist

Audition

Editing

Troy Takaki
All team (20)

• While preparing for filming, Devon Bostick (who played Rodrick) learned to play the drums.
• In the television show scene, Lane McNeil sings herself.
• A significant portion of the gags in the cleaning scene were improvised by the actors themselves.
• The photographs in the Heffley family home are actually childhood photos of the actors. According to director David Bowers, this added realism to the corresponding scenes.
• The game Gut Busters, which the kids play with their grandfather in the nursing home, was invented by screenwriter Jeff Kinney. All the cards are written with jokes – generally, indecent ones.
• A significant portion of the audience at the talent show are not extras, but inflatable mannequins.
• In the church scene, as Father Holly (played by Peyton List), screenwriter and author of the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series, Jeff Kinney, appeared on screen.
• In the car wash scene, Greg (played by Zachary Gordon) first smears a dirt stain, creating a small circle, then the next shot shows a circle of dirt with a significantly larger diameter, then it disappears altogether, and then reappears.
• In one scene, the kids repeatedly take bites out of their hot dogs, but in the very next shot the hot dogs are shown whole.
• When Robert Capron and Zachary Gordon's characters talk about a party near their lockers, Capron's words are heard, but his lips remain still.