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Writer (WGA):
Dana Olsen (written by)
Release Date:
17 February 1989 (USA)
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Tagline:
A comedy about one nice guy who gets pushed too far. more
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An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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(9 articles)
Columbus Day Tales Of Discovery, Real And Imagined
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A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante
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(From MTV Movies Blog. 12 October 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Hanks | ... | Ray Peterson | |
| Bruce Dern | ... | Mark Rumsfield | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Carol Peterson | |
| Rick Ducommun | ... | Art Weingartner | |
| Corey Feldman | ... | Ricky Butler | |
| Wendy Schaal | ... | Bonnie Rumsfield | |
| Henry Gibson | ... | Dr. Werner Klopek | |
| Brother Theodore | ... | Uncle Reuben Klopek | |
| Courtney Gains | ... | Hans Klopek | |
| Gale Gordon | ... | Walter Seznick | |
| Dick Miller | ... | Vic, Garbageman #1 | |
| Robert Picardo | ... | Joe, Garbageman #2 | |
| Cory Danziger | ... | Dave Peterson | |
| Franklyn Ajaye | ... | Detective #1 | |
| Rance Howard | ... | Detective #2 |
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Life in the Burbs (USA) (original script title)
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101 min
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Iceland:12 |
UK:12 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
USA:PG (Certificate #29589) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Sweden:11 (cut) |
UK:PG (cut) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:16 |
Spain:13 |
Singapore:PG |
Netherlands:12
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Wendy Schaal, who played Bonnie Rumsfield, was in "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). Robert Picardo, who plays the garbage man with the rainbow patch, starred as The Doctor on that show. When Schaal guest starred she played The Doctor's holographic wife.
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Continuity: When the group hears the doctor's footsteps in the Klopek's living room, Carol, in the background, removed her left arm from a piece of covered furniture. In the next shot, Carol removes the same arm from the same furniture again.
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References Citizen Kane (1941)
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BLOODSTONE
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What a film to escape into! This movie captures my childhood and is still watchable today.
The director/writer has paid close attention to human interaction for this movie. I love Tom Hanks's one-liners or slight facial movements, both speak volumes in a scene.
Unjustified credit for this classic comedy. I would recommend this film to anyone. Some regard this as a silly film, but i don't think that comment degrades it in anyway. I like silly films, something where actors egos don't get in the way of the story. We're all here for a laugh for 1-2 hours so entertain us, we say. And this film delivers gags, and visual comedy time after time.
I love the scene showing the guys as if they're kids in a street.
I love this movie and have recently purchase the Soundtrack off ebay.
I can watch this movie over and over again. Mrs Rumsfield is still as sexy when you watch it now.
Classic quote Mrs Peterson - "He will not come out until he resembles that man that i married." Art Weingartner - "We don't have that kinda time !"