Eight Days a Week is a 1999 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 written and directed by Michael Davis

Michael Davis (director)

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. The title is taken from The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 song of the same name

Eight Days a Week (song)

"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on Paul's original idea, recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale.-Inspiration:...

. The film features Dishwalla

Dishwalla

Dishwalla is an American alternative rock band based out of Santa Barbara, CA. The band's name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing cable television to a neighborhood...

's 1996 hit "Counting Blue Cars

Counting Blue Cars

"Counting Blue Cars" is a song by the alternative rock band Dishwalla that appears on their 1995 album Pet Your Friends. It was Dishwalla's only hit song, making it onto the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996...

".

Plot

Peter (Joshua Schaefer) is infatuated with his childhood friend and next-door neighbor Erica (Keri Russell

Keri Russell

Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe...

). Based on advice from his grandfather, Peter decides to camp on Erica's lawn until she realizes that she loves him. During his summer-long wait, he frequently comments on their neighborhood.

Cast

• Joshua Schaefer as Peter
• Keri Russell
  Keri Russell
  Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe...
  
   as Erica
• R.D. Robb as Matt, Peter’s best friend
• Mark Taylor
  Mark L. Taylor
  Mark L. Taylor is an American actor. He was born in Syracuse, New York.Taylor has appeared in various shows such as Seinfeld, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal and Boston Legal...
  
   as Peter’s father
• Marcia Shapiro as Marge, Peter’s mother
• Johnny Green as Nick, Erica’s boyfriend
• Buck Kartalian as Nonno, Marge’s dad
• Catherine Hicks
  Catherine Hicks
  Catherine Mary Hicks is an American stage, film, television actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th Heaven and as Karen Barclay in Child's Play.-Personal life:...
  
   as Ms. Lewis
• Patrick O'Brien
  Patrick Thomas O'Brien
  Patrick Thomas O'Brien is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of the math teacher Mr. Dewey from Saved by the Bell. He was born in Wisconsin and he attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire....
  
   as Erica’s father
• Darleen Carr
  Darleen Carr
  Darleen Carr is an American actress best known for a recurring role in the 1981–82 television series Bret Maverick opposite James Garner...
  
  as Erica’s mother
• Biff Manard as the Sad Man
• Annie O'Donnell as Sad Man’s Wife
• Ernestine Mercer as Crazy Lady
• Bill Hollis as Mr. Hatfield
• Jean Pflieger as Ms. McCoy