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Overview

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6.2/10   13,022 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Leslie Dixon (written by)
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Release Date:
16 December 1987 (USA) more
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Plot:
Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
It’s The 80’s Again: Romancing The Stone & Overboard Remakes
 (From Screen Rant. 11 December 2009, 12:46 PM, PST)

Katherine Heigel To Star In Two 80's Remake
 (From LatinoReview. 9 December 2009, 6:40 AM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Goldie Hawn ... Joanna Stayton / Annie Proffitt

Kurt Russell ... Dean Proffitt

Edward Herrmann ... Grant Stayton III

Katherine Helmond ... Edith Mintz

Mike Hagerty ... Billy Pratt (as Michael Hagerty)

Roddy McDowall ... Andrew
Jared Rushton ... Charlie Proffitt
Jeffrey Wiseman ... Joey Proffitt
Brian Price ... Travis Proffitt
Jamie Wild ... Greg Proffitt
Frank Campanella ... Captain Karl
Henry Alan Miller ... Dr. Norman Korman
Frank Buxton ... Wilbur Budd (Elk Cove)
Carol Williard ... Rose Budd (Elk Cove)
Doris Hess ... Adele Burbridge (Elk Cove)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min | 112 min (TCM print)
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Director Cameo: [Garry Marshall]Drummer. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Annie and Dean are being helped into the Zodiac, the camera bounces due to a wave, and a causeway is visible in the background. more
Quotes:
Annie: You're not leaving me here alone tonight, the kids are sick.
Dean Proffitt: Yeah and they've got Calamie lotion all over them. What do you want me to do?
Annie: I want you to take on some of your grownup responsibility.
Dean Proffitt: I earn the money, that's my grownup responsibility.
Annie: Are you aware that Joey can't read? And Travis only reads smut magazines? I can never get him out of the bathroom.
Dean Proffitt: Honey he's 13 years old! I'll build you another bathroom.
Annie: They don't need another bathroom, they need guidance from you.
Dean Proffitt: Hey hey hey, don't you worry about me and my boys, okay? We're pals.
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Movie Connections:
Remade as "Hwansangui keopeul" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
SOMETHING SPECIAL more

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29 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Quite Amusing, 5 October 2002
10/10
Author: Ryan Harder (hotshotharder@hotmail.com) from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

I watched this movie for the first time when I was 10 and still watching it to this day. The cast is excellent and the storyline is silly but you just can't help yourself laughing at all of Goldie's screw-ups or Kurt's incompetent ways of parenting. The supporting cast is great, what more can I say??, if you ever see this in the video store, it's worth renting. GO OVERBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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