Man of the House (1995)

Director:

James Orr

Writers (WGA):

David E. Peckinpah (story) and
Richard Jefferies (story) ...

Release Date:

3 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Jack wants to marry Ben's mother. But there are strings attached.

Plot:

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious...

Plot Keywords:

Indian Guide | Mother | Engagement | Revenge | Sabotage

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chevy Chase	...	Jack Sturgess (Squatting Dog)
Farrah Fawcett	...	Sandy Archer
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Ben Archer (Little Wing)
George Wendt	...	Chet Bronski (Chief Running Horse)
David Shiner	...	Lloyd Small (Silent Thunder)
Art LaFleur	...	Red Sweeney (Silver Fox)
Richard Portnow	...	Joey Renda, Frank's Son
Richard Foronjy	...	Murray, Renda Goon
Peter Appel	...	Tony, Renda Goon
Chief Leonard George	...	Leonard Red Crow
George Greif	...	Frank James Renda
Ron Canada	...	Bob Younger, Jack's Boss
Christopher Miranda	...	Hank Sweeney (as Chris Miranda)
Zachary Browne	...	Norman Bronski (Dark Eagle)
Spencer Vrooman	...	Darryl Small

Also Known As:

Man 2 Man (USA) (working title)
Pals Forever

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:U | South Korea:All | USA:PG | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

All Girl Productions

Trivia:

In a book that Jack is browsing through, it clearly shows the name "Clarice Starling", a character from The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The movies takes place in Washington, but on their camping trip they are in a forest that has much less undergrowth than Washington.

Quotes:

Jack Sturgess: Ben, what are you doing here?
Ben Archer: I came back here to help you. What do you think?
Jack Sturgess: I don't need any help.
Ben Archer: [observing the state Jack is in] Oh, really? Then what were you planning to do when those guys found you? Lie there and pretend to be a slug?
Jack Sturgess: Exactly. Now get out of here. You're blowing my cover.
Ben Archer: [struggling to get the tree trunk off Jack's leg] You can't tell me what to do. You're not my father.
Jack Sturgess: [with a groan] I knew you were going to say that eventually.

Movie Connections:

Features Virtua Fighter (1993) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Hit The Road Jack

Chevy Chase, he fell from grace...

Some events are just so ironic that they just seem too weird to be true. One of the best examples, at least in my opinion, is what happened to Chevy Chase. You see, in the '80s he was one of the top stars, with movies like "Vacation" and "Fletch". Now, he was not friends with the president during that period, nor with the next president, but he was friends with Bill Clinton. That's where it gets bizarre: a few months after Slick Willie took the oath of office, Chase got his own TV show...and it failed miserably, turning Chase into a laughingstock. In short, Chevy Chase went from a star under his enemies to a joke under his friend.

To compound this, the show's failure was followed by embarrassing movies like "Cops and Robbersons" and "Man of the House". I will say that the latter isn't god-awful, but it's not really worth much. Mostly just another story about a son and stepfather trying to bond. If nothing else, I guess that it just seems sad that Chase went from "SNL" to this (maybe it's also the flick's status as a Disney movie). But really, Chase has done better than this, as have Farrah Fawcett and George Wendt. Don't make it your first choice.