I can watch this film again and again. I never tire of it. It is laugh out loud funny and romantic too.
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flashing wit this splendid irresistible film from director Rob Reiner is one of the best-loved romantic comedies of all time. Featuring dazzling performances from Meg Ryan Billy Crystal Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby exceptional music from Harry Connick Jr. and an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Nora Ephron When Harry Met Sally is an explosively funny commentary on friendships courtship - and other hardships - of the modern age. Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) debate during their trip from Chicago to New York. And eleven years later they're sill no closer to finding the answer. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other... or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment when Harry met Sally? Thelma & Louise:Thelma (Geena Davis) is a bored housewife. Louise (Susan Sarandon) is a waitress at a coffee shop. Together they sneak off in a '66 T-bird convertible for a three-day fishing trip. However things don't go quite according to plan. An encounter with a drunken foul-mouthed would-be rapist transforms their quiet getaway weekend into a cross-country escape that will change their lives forever. Overboard: It's the craziest mix-up ever! Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell dazzle the screen in this buoyant and screwball comedy of memory-making and memory-faking. One of Hollywood's most dynamic screen pairs Hawn and Russell make the most of every hilarious situation in this delightful riches to rags romance that's perfect entertainment for anyone who appreciates a great practical joke. Hawn is Joanna Stayton the pampered wife of a pretentious yacht-owning socialite. When their boat gets stuck for repairs Joanna employs carpenter Dean Profitt (Russell) to improve her closet space. But when Dean asks to be paid he's blatantly turned down by the "nothing is ever good enough for me" Joanna. So when Joanna falls overboard and gets a bad case of amnesia Dean takes advantage of the situation and in a stroke of retributive genius tells her that she's his wife and the mother of his four unruly children!
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Advantages: A lovely family film Disadvantages: Erm??.....pass
I can watch this film again and again. I never tire of it. It is laugh out loud funny and romantic too.
This is a story of two very different families from very different cultures. It is set in a very small coastal town called Elk Snout. Here lives our first family. Dean Proffitt, single father of four (Charlie, Joey, Travis and Greg) lives in a small run down hut of a house. Although he loves his children, he does not discipline ... ...He let's the housework mount up and lets his children do whatever they want.
Now to our second family. Although they may have all the correct table manners and be tidy, there is no love here. Joanna and Grant Stayton are married, but they show no affection towards each other. They live a life of luxury aboard a gorgeous, big yacht. They also have servants to tend to their needs. Money does not bring happiness though.
I can watch this film again and again. I never tire of it. It is laugh out loud funny and romantic too.
This is a story of two very different families from very different cultures. It is set in a very small coastal town called Elk Snout. Here lives our first family. Dean Proffitt, single father of four (Charlie, Joey, Travis and Greg) lives in a small run down hut of a house. Although he loves his children, he does not discipline them very well. Or himself come to that. He let's the housework mount up and lets his children do whatever they want.
Now to our second family. Although they may have all the correct table manners and be tidy, there is no love here. Joanna and Grant Stayton are married, but they show no affection towards each other. They live a life of luxury aboard a gorgeous, big yacht. They also have servants to tend to their needs. Money does not bring happiness though.
Joanna Stayton being rich, has let the money go to her head and thinks she is so much better that all around her. She is a snobby stuck up bitch.
She calls in a local carpenter from the town Elk Snout, where they've docked. She needs a shoe cabinet built as they are cluttering up the floor. The carpenter she calls in is Dean Proffitt. She looks and him as if he were dirt on her shoe and has him watched whilst he is working. When he is done he shows her his work. It really is good, but she insists she won't pay because it is made in oak not cedar and that he should have known it called for cedar. She hadn't specified the type she required, she just assumed he would know. They have a big argument and both Dean and his tools end up in the water.
Losing his tools in the water is a big set back for Dean. They are not cheap to replace and he is quite understandably angry at her. For the loss of his tools, waste of time on an unpaid job, for her rudeness towards him and for being chucked overboard. She is one nasty piece of work and when the opportunity arrives to get his sweet revenge he grabs it with both hands.
His chance arrives when a local news station puts out a report of a young woman who was fished out of the sea. This woman being the very same woman who was so rude to him and cost him all his tools (she had fallen from the deck of the boat in the night whilst trying to retrieve a ring). The woman was reported to have amnesia and couldn’t remember who she was.
It's perfect for Dean. He can just feed her a few lies and have her cooking and cleaning for him in no time. Also, looking after his boys. Though she was out of order before, how can he do this it is so morally wrong? Although she has lost her memory she remains stuck up and rude. How will her new found life style affect her attitude to life and other people?
One of my favourite parts of the film is after Joanna/Annie's long day of thoroughly cleaning up the house and jobs Dean left her. The boys come back to find her staring blankly into the distance and going "bur-bur-bur-b-b-bur-bur". There must have been a ton of stuff to do. They then revive her by dumping her into a barrel of ice cold water outside.
There is a really satisfying part in the film when Annie puts a teacher in her place by correcting her on something. I love the end lines too. Obviously I won't say what they are. I'll just say that it is touching.
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn being a couple of screen, have great on screen chemistry. They work really well together. Goldie is really good as the rich stuck up bitch in the beginning. I bet that was a really fun role to play.
In this film you will find lots of laughs and a heart-warming tale. Catalina, the title of my op is the name of a woman in another heart-warming tale, which is told by Dean in the film. You'll find out more if you watch it.
I think the main message this film is trying to convey is that no matter how much money you have, it doesn't guarantee you happiness. Only love even in poverty can bring true happiness. I think we all know that really. No matter how much I long to win the lottery, I know it doesn't matter that I don't have a lot of money because I am happy and in love with my husband James and have a wonderful loving family. Sorry if I'm being too sickly for some of you it's just how I feel.
LEAD ROLES Joanna Stayton/Annie Proffitt - Goldie Hawn Dean Proffitt - Kurt Russell
DIRECTED BY - Garry Marshal
WRITTEN BY - Leslie Dixon
I hope you enjoyed reading my opinion, and I hope you enjoy the film if you watch it. I'd love to hear you're comments on the film and the review.
Advantages: Enjoyable cast, funny situations, and certain charm not noticed in other comtemporary comedies Disadvantages: Plot does have its share of contriviances and predictability
...As for me, I found OVERBOARD a delight to watch. Goldie Hawn stars as Joanna Stayton, a pampered rich bitch who owns a yacht with her husband (a sleazy Edward Herrmann). When they pull into a dump of a town called Elk Cove, Oregon, she decides that she wants to remodel her closet out of sheer boredom, and hires the service of randy, beer-drinking carpenter Dean Profitt (Kurt Russell, her real life boyfriend). When her perfect opinion of the project ... ...experiance, lol), he gets pushed overboard with no money and loses all his tools. Being broke and having four unruly boys is too much for Russell, but when he discovers that Hawn had capsized the previous night and ended up with amnesia in the local hospital, he gets the most brilliant idea to get his revenge, though also teach the Rich & Snobbish in general a lesson, by going to the hospital and claiming Hawn as his second wife!!!
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eve6kicksass 19.09.2003
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Advantages: Good cast, good story-line, amusing, some lol moments, great music Disadvantages: Perhaps a little dated now
I have seen overboard many times and find that, although it is somewhat dated now, I still thoroughly enjoy it. There are many laugh out loud moments and it has a great cast. One of Hollywood's original glamorous couples Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell star. In their prime, and still today for me, they provide the eye candy for female and male viewers.
The film starts with snobby socialite Joanna Stayton, played by Goldie Hawn, and her husband pulling ... ...Randy Newman
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Overboard is in many ways a classic chick flick. However my Hubby enjoys this film and I feel it would appeal to many different people. I guess this was filmed when the Russell / Hawn relationship was at its height as the on screen chemistry is plain for all to see.
If you like your romantic comedies to have a little substance and good solid performances I would say this may be the perfect film for you.
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grafter123 26.01.2008
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Advantages: Fun story line, great characters Disadvantages: Goldie makes you feel fat just looking at her in this film lol
Being a fan of all things Goldie Hawn this was a must have for my dvd collection, so when i saw it in woolowrths for a very cheap £3 i had to get it.
An 80's classic made when Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell where at great heights in there careers. For me this is one of the classics and has been one of my favorites since i was very young.
THE CAST.
Of course there is an awful lot of cast so i will just list the main characters in the film.
Goldie ... ...Proffitt
Edward Herrmann~ Grant Stayton the 3rd
Mike Hagerty~ Billy Pratt
Roddy McDowall~Andrew (the butler)
Jared Rushton~Charlie Proffitt
Jeffrey Wiseman~Joey Proffitt
Brain Price~Travis Proffitt
Jamie Wilde~Gregg Proffitt
Director: Garry Marshall
Writer: Leslie Dixon
PLOT~
This film has a good fun plot to it, basicly joanna *Hawn* is a rich bitch, gets everything done for her and lives the life on a yacht. with her husband Grant *Herrmann* ...
sarah24484 14.03.2008
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Advantages: good acting, amusing, feel good Disadvantages: none i can think of
...yacht, she manages to fall overboard and ends up with memory loss. The woman ends being found and taken to hospital but nobody knows who she is and her husband doesn't even realise she is gone straight away as she went overboard in the night. The handiman who was fitting her wardrobes on the the yacht, see's her on the news and realises he can use this as payback for how rude she was to him, manages to convince her and the doctors that she is his ... ...unruly children.
The story has lots of laughs along the way as the woman just doesn't 'feel' like she belongs in the home (which of course she doesn't!) and so finds it very difficult to 'remember' her children!
As the story moves along she ends up likng the handiman and learning to like his children, at which point, her real husband manages to find her. Will she go back to her oild life or stay in her new one??
The film starts the following actors:
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frankiecesca 07.10.2007
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Advantages: Hawn and Russell, script, music Disadvantages: Might not be for very young children
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Overboard is a golden oldie with a not so olden Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell teaming up for a very funny romantic comedy. It's sweet (albeit with rather a cruel streak!), has engaging performances by long-time partners Hawn and Rusell, and even manages to throw in a worthwhile observation about class distinctions. Joanna Stayton (Hawn) has been raised by mother Edith Mintz (Katherine Helmond) ... ...Later Joanna falls overboard (thus the title) and is struck with amnesia. When her own husband views this as a good opportunity to make a break fro freedom, Proffitt senses the opportunity for revenge - a nasty, slow torture revenge involving looking after his four children. After a while Joanna begins to understand who she was (according to Proffitt): "I'm a short, fat slut. ". But, of course, after a time the two start to become strangely attracted ...
CaptainDisaster 04.08.2006
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A woman who has it all; money, power and looks, falls overboard from her private yacht. The carpenter that she employed to build a new wardrobe takes his revenge when she is found naked and suffering with amnesia. Claiming to be her husband he takes her home and puts her to work in the kitchen.
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In Garry Marshall's comedy, Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is an obnoxious, wealthy woman, who becomes afflicted with amnesia after she slips off her yacht. Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) is the gruff, blue-collar woodworker who recently had a nasty run-in with Joanna. Dean spots the memory-free lass on television, and in an act of vengeance, "comes forward" to declare her as his wife. Soon the once-pampered Joanna is performing housework and caring for Dean's four uncouth boys. The two eventually fall in love with each other, but when Joanna's real husband shows up (and makes her aware of her riches), whom will she choose
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