Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/03/1988(USA)
Release Date: 05/18/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (
Madolyn Smith) 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. The veteran production staff features the likes of composer
Elmer Bernstein, cinematographer
Miroslav Ondricek, production designer
Henry Bumstead, and director
George Roy Hill (
The Sting,
The World According to Garp).
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide