Funny farm is a 1988 american comedy film starring chevy chase and madolyn smith. Chevy chase is often considered one of the most likeable comedic personalities of his generation, even though the immediate popularity he achieved following a single season on saturday night live never translated into more. To be really picky, which im never, i would have made a couple of very minor changes to the cast and script but, overall, this is one i will watch many times. Released 1988, funny farm stars chevy chase, madolyn smith osborne, kevin omorrison, joseph maher the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The 80s farce filmed at the home stars chevy chase as a man who uproots his city life for a try at peace, quiet, and hobby farming with his wife. The streets were blocked and a police officer told us that they were making a movie. Rent funny farm 1988 starring chevy chase and madolyn smith osborne on dvd and bluray. The movie stars chevy chase and madolyn smith as a married couple who decide to move to a small new england town so that he can write.
Funny farm 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film crew meticulously decorated the building and lawn for winter, complete with plastic snow and icicles, cotton batting over rooftops and fences. And at the end, i had a goofy grin on my face because the movie had won. In 1987, the chevy chase film, funny farm was being filmed in the area and a local citizens home was used for the movie characters house. Chevy chase closeup in funny farm 1995 original movie photo. Andy and elizabeth are sick of life in the city, and decide to move to the country. Funny farm is a comedy that starred chevy chase as andy farmer. Dec 23, 2015 the 80s farce filmed at the home stars chevy chase as a man who uproots his city life for a try at peace, quiet, and hobby farming with his wife. Chevy chase stars as andy farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife elizabeth madolyn smith to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Funny farm 1988 former sportswriter andy farmer chevy chase and his secretly aspiring author wife, elizabeth madolyn smith, move to a small farm in vermont so andy can focus on writing a novel. Buying a home near a picturesque town, then soon discover to their horror that things are done differently in the country. Chase plays a new york sportswriter who turns to the country for a simpler, happier way of living.
Since he and his wife, elizabeth madolyn smith, are fed up with the tensions of urban life, they decide to buy a house in the country where each of them will be able to work on their book projects in peace. From the opening shots of the new chevy chase comedy funny farm, you almost expect a real movie. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by jay cronley. A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting. The most famous phrases, film quotes and movie lines by chevy chase. Funny farm cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. What was the convertible green car used in the movie funny. Funny farm is a 1988 comedy film starring chevy chase and madolyn smith. A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to.
A lot of times, comedies get cheapened by overrelying on physical disasters and deceptive sitcom kind of behavior, neglecting meaningful human relationships. Chevy chase films a list of 23 titles created 14 jan 2016 movies eg a list of 48 titles created 09 apr 2015 my razzie picks from 1980 onwards a list of 40 titles. Chevy chase is off to the countryside for some home grown laughs in funny farm. He is a big city sportswriter that has made a life decision to move away from the hustle and bustle to move with his wife, elizabeth madolyn smith, to a quiet rural town in vermont. Andy farmer chase is a new york city sports writer who. The movie takes us through all four seasons in the small town of redbud, vermont, but it ends during the holidays when the farmers charming cape cod home. The movie is an adaptation of the 1985 comedic novel by jay cronley, which was also called funny farm. They quickly realize that the locals are not as welcoming as theyd like and that the farm is more distracting than inspiring. I only buy things i love and this is one of my top ten comedies. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie. Andys plan is to write an epic novel about a casino robbery.
Funny farm george roy hill butch cassidy and the sundance kid directed this 1988 comedy that gives star chevy chase one of his betterquality vehicles. I love this movie not so much because of chevy chase, but the movie could have been set in the iowa town where our family currently lives. Sportswriter chevy chase and wife madolyn smith move to country cottage. Jul 08, 2014 life in the country isnt what its cracked up to be when city slicker chevy chase moves there. Funny farm george roy hills funny farm stars chevy chase as andy farmer, a bigcity sportswriter. Andy is actually looking for a peaceful atmosphere to write his novel, but the couple rustic idyll is shattered due to many unexpected drawbacks.
Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. In funny farm, a bigcity couple moves to the country for peace, beauty, simplicity, and destressing, none of which materialize. Everything seems to go wrong in this 1988 comedy when andy farmer chevy chase and his wife elizabeth madolyn smith make a move to the country. Chevy chase stars in the downhome comedy funny farm. The film, starring comedian chevy chase, with the title funny farm, and set in the countryside, implies that the movie is a farm comedy, but actually, as outlined by rating the movies, the picture actually has nothing to do with farming. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing funny farm near you. Chevy chase stars as andy farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife elizabeth madolyn smith to the. In the comedy funny farm, chevy chase plays andy farmer, a sportswriter who quits his job and buys a house in the country, where he plans to write a novel the movie takes us through all four seasons in the small town of redbud, vermont, but it ends during the holidays when the farmers charming cape cod is decorated with white lights and covered in snow. Still, the films overall tone is winning and laidback, and it makes for nice escapist fare. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by. Chevy chase stars as andy farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife elizabeth madolyn smith to the country in. Funny farm filming locations then and now nyc to vermont redbud duration. As we drove around, lo and behold, there was chevy chase next to the roadster he drove in the movie.
Funny farm is one of those small miracles that starts out like a lot of other movies and then somehow finds its own way, step after step, to an original comic vision. Chevy chase is at his hilarious best as irwin fletch fletcher, a newspaper reporter who changes his identity more often than his underwear in order to get the story of the year. Funny farm 1988 sheep balls scene 37 movieclips youtube. Moreover, given the slang medical meaning of the films title as well, the film neither has anything to. City slicker chevy chase moves his family to the country with disastrous results in this riotous comedy.
I couldnt wait for the movie to come out and it has been a favorite ever since. Its funny, all right, but its more than funny, its likable. Directed by george roy hill and starring chevy chase, madolyn smith osborne, kevin omorrison and joseph maher. Funny farm 1988 a couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be overrun with a gauntlet of crazy. Life in the country isnt what its cracked up to be when city slicker chevy chase moves there. Carson cant keep up with rodney dangerfields nonstop oneliners 1974 duration. Details about chevy chase closeup in funny farm 1995 original movie photo 40286. Rent funny farm 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In the movie funny farm, the dark green convertible car is a 1955 mg tf 1500 about the film.
In funny farm, i have found a movie that showcases chase s dorky and nonchalant with occasional hilarious blowups shtick, with humor thats a lot more heartfelt. Funny farm 1988 selling the farm scene 77 movieclips. Born into a prominent family, he had a variety of jobs before moving into comedy and started acting with national lampoon. Chevy chase plot andy harmer and his wife elizabeth are tired of the stressful and polluted city life and decide to move to vermont. Funny farm was a 1988 movie filmed on location in vermont chevy chase plays andy farmer, a sportswriter who quits his job and buys a house in the country, where he plans to write a novel.
Hills usual touch with comic timing, tone, and dialogue give chase a rare career opportunity to be part of something a little classier than most of his other movies. Andy chevy chase tries to sell the farm with a little help from the townsfolk he hired. Looking for the quiet life, the farmers move to the small rural town of redbud, but they soon discover that the town. Sports writer andy chevy chase wants a quiet place to write a novel, and his teacher wife elizabeth madolyn smith osborne is ready to nest and raise a family, but writers block and other surprises put a strain on the marriage.
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