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Release Date: 1988 Cast: Mike Starr, Bill Fagerbakke, William Duell, Brad Sullivan, Dakin Matthews, Chevy Chase, Macintyre Dixon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin O'Morrison, Alice Drummond, Joseph Maher, Helen Lloyd Breed ...MORE
Cast: Mike Starr, Bill Fagerbakke, William Duell, Brad Sullivan, Dakin Matthews, Chevy Chase, Macintyre Dixon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin O'Morrison, Alice Drummond, Joseph Maher, Helen Lloyd Breed, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Conway, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Jack Gilpin ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Comedy, Americana, Domestic 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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