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Release Date: 1988
Cast: Madolyn Smith Osborne, Jack Gilpin, Alice Drummond, Joseph Maher, Dakin Matthews, Helen Lloyd Breed, Mike Starr, Kevin O'Morrison, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Conway, William Duell, Bill Fagerbakke ...MORE
Cast: Madolyn Smith Osborne, Jack Gilpin, Alice Drummond, Joseph Maher, Dakin Matthews, Helen Lloyd Breed, Mike Starr, Kevin O'Morrison, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Conway, William Duell, Bill Fagerbakke, Chevy Chase, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Macintyre Dixon, Brad Sullivan ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Domestic Comedy, Americana, Comedy
Funny Farm is a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley. It was the final film to be directed by George Roy Hill.
Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase), a New York sports writer who moves with his wife, Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the seemingly charming town of Redbud, Vermont, so he can write a novel. They do not get along well with the residents, and other quirks arise such as the Farmers being given funeral bills for a long-dead man buried on their land long before they acquired the house. Marital troubles... MORE
Funny Farm is a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley. It was the final film to be directed by George Roy Hill.
Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase), a New York sports writer who moves with his wife, Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the seemingly charming town of Redbud, Vermont, so he can write a novel. They do not get along well with the residents, and other quirks arise such as the Farmers being given funeral bills for a long-dead man buried on their land long before they acquired the house. Marital troubles soon arise from the quirkiness of Redbud as well as the fact that Elizabeth was critical of Andy's manuscript, while secretly getting her ideas for children's books published. They soon decide to divorce, and entice the town's residents with a $15,000 donation to Redbud, as well as a $50 cash bonus to whoever would appear as a friendly small town person in the presence of prospective home buyers visiting the area, which causes everyone in Redbud to join in on the charade of remaking their quirky town into a Rockwellesque small town. The townspeople's charade dazzles a pair of prospective buyers, who LESS
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