Coupe de Ville (1990)

Director:

Joe Roth

Writer (WGA):

Mike Binder (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A comedy for everyone who ever struggled to love a brother...or strangle one.

Plot:

Three brothers, a sergeant, a troublemaker and a dreamer meet for the first time in five years. They...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Road | Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Patrick Dempsey	...	Robert 'Bobby' Libner
Arye Gross	...	Buddy Libner
Daniel Stern	...	Marvin Libner
Annabeth Gish	...	Tammy
Rita Taggart	...	Betty Libner
Joseph Bologna	...	Uncle Phil
Alan Arkin	...	Fred Libner
James Gammon	...	Dr. Sturgeon the Cadillac Surgeon
Ray Lykins	...	Rick
Chris Lombardi	...	Raymond
Josh Segal	...	Billy Sturgeon
John Considine	...	Professor Kloppner, Eastbrook Academy
Steve Boles	...	Policeman #1
Don Tilley	...	Policeman #2
Terry Loughlin	...	Garage Worker

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Cape Coral, Florida, USA

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: The car in the movie is a 1954 Series 62 Cadillac Convertible. It is not a Coupe de Ville, which is a hardtop.

Quotes:

Buddy Libner: What do you think's going to happen?
Robert 'Bobby' Libner: I think Marvin is going to get the chair.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Fugitive" (1963)

Soundtrack:

(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window

Clumsy but charming

The premise of "Coupe de Ville" is hardly original - eccentric father gets his three sons, who all hate each other, to drive a car across America for him. Standard road-movie fare, then, and you know they'll all love each other before the end of the trip. Also, the characters are one dimensional (and, in the beginning, impossible to like), while the inevitable disasters that assail them are predictable and yet desperately dull and umimaginitively conceived. The continuous soundtrack sweetens thing up. And yet the film retains a certain charm. It's nicely shaped, not too pretentious, and oddly appeals in a cartoony sort of way - its almost like an adults' film made with the limited sophistication of a children's one. It may not be great film-making, but it's a lot more watchable than you might expect.