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| Director: | George Roy Hill |
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| Writer: | Jay Cronley, Jeffrey Boam |
| Staring: |
| Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 03, 1988 |
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| Director: | George Roy Hill |
| Writer: | Jay Cronley, Jeffrey Boam |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, small town, slapstick comedy, city country contrast, vermont |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $25,537,221
Budget: $19,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Chevy Chase | Andy Farmer |
| Madolyn Smith Osborne | Elizabeth Farmer |
| Kevin O'Morrison | Sheriff Ledbetter |
| Joseph Maher | Michael Sinclair |
| Jack Gilpin | Bud Culbertson |
| Caris Corfman | Betsy Culbertson |
| William Severs | Newspaper Editor |
| Mike Starr | Crocker |
| Glenn Plummer | Mickey |
| William Duell | Old Character |
| Helen Lloyd Breed | Old Operator |
| Kit Le Fever | Young Operator (as Kit Le Fevre) |
| Dakin Matthews | Marion Corey Jr. |
| William Newman | Gus Lotterhand |
| Alice Drummond | Mrs. Ethel Dinges |
| Kevin Conway | Crum Petree (uncredited) |
| Bill Fagerbakke | Lon Criterion |
| Nicholas Wyman | Dirk Criterion |
| Brad Sullivan | Brock |
| Nesbitt Blaisdell | Hank |
| George Buck | Peterbrook |
| Audrie Neenan | Ivy (as Audrie J. Neenan) |
| MacIntyre Dixon | Mayor Barclay |
| Raynor Scheine | Oates |
| Peter Boyden | Reporter |
| Reg E. Cathey | Reporter |
| Dan Desmond | Reporter |
| Don Plumley | Reporter |
| Brett Miller | Teenager |
| Jamie Meyer | Teenager |
| David Woodberry | Ike |
| Kevin Murphy | Ewell |
| Dennis Barr | First Base Coach |
| Barbara Baker | Woman in Stands |
| David Williams | Marcus |
| Steve Jonas | Driving Instructor |
| Russell Bletzer | Councilman |
| Evelyn McLean | Caroler |
| Steven John | Caroler |
| Judson Duncan | Caroler |
| Alison Hannas | Caroler |
| Robert Ingram | Caroler |
| Mary Johnson | Caroler |
| Kristin Kellom | Caroler |
| Paul Link | Caroler |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jay Cronley | Novel |
| John Robotham | Stunts |
| Michael Ross | Property Master |
| George Robotham | Stunts |
| Deborah Dawson | ADR Editor |
| Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Lee Harman | Makeup Artist |
| Lee Haas | Unit Production Manager |
| Michael Rapley | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Robert E. Warner | First Assistant Director |
| Mike Cunningham | Assistant Property Master |
| James W. Payne | Set Decoration |
| Craig Lyman | Makeup Artist |
| Liz Ryan | Second Assistant Director |
| Judy Cammer | Set Designer |
| Robert DePatis | Construction Coordinator |
| Kaye Pownall | Hairstylist |
| Cliff Cudney | Stunts |
| John Patrick McLaughlin | Stunts |
| George Goodman | Unit Production Manager |
| Princess O'Mahoney | Second Assistant Director |
| Jim Van Wyck | First Assistant Director |
| Gerard Cubero | Leadman |
| Henry Larrecq | Assistant Art Director |
| Lisa Dalton | Stunts |
| Don Picard | Stunts |
| George Roy Hill | Director |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Alan Heim | Editor |
| Henry Bumstead | Production Design |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Miroslav Ondříček | Director of Photography |
| Jeffrey Boam | Screenplay |
| Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director |
| Hugh Aodh O'Brien | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Patrick Kelley | Executive Producer |
| Robert Crawford Jr. | Producer |
| Bruce Bodner | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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