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Funny Farm

Year:

1988

Duration:

101 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

Director:

George Roy Hill

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-06-03

Filming Locations: The Apthorp building - 2211 Broadway, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $19,000,000

Gross: $25,537,221 (USA) Filming Dates 25 August 1987 - November 1987 Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Madolyn Smith Osborne

Funny Farm

Bill Fagerbakke

Funny Farm

Chevy Chase

Andy Farmer

Kevin O'Morrison

Sheriff Ledbetter

Joseph Maher

Michael Sinclair

Jack Gilpin

Bud Culbertson

Caris Corfman

Betsy Culbertson

William Severs

Newspaper Editor

Mike Starr

Crocker

Glenn Plummer

Mickey

William Duell

Old Character

Helen Lloyd Breed

Old Operator

Kit Le Fever

Young Operator (as Le Fevre)

Dakin Matthews

Marion Corey Jr.

William Newman

Gus Lotterhand

Alice Drummond

Mrs. Ethel Dinges

Brad Sullivan

Brock

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Hank

George Buck

Peterbrook

Audrie Neenan

Ivy

MacIntyre Dixon

Mayor Barclay

Nicholas Wyman

Dirk Criterion

Raynor Scheine

Oates

Peter Boyden

Reporter

Reg E. Cathey

Reporter

Dan Desmond

Reporter

Don Plumley

Reporter

Brett Miller

Teenager

Jamie Meyer

Teenager

David Woodberry

Ike

Kevin Murphy

Ewell

Dennis Barr

First Base Coach

Barbara Baker

Woman in Stands

David Williams

Marcus

Steve Jonas

Driving Instructor

Russell Bletzer

Councilman

Evelyn McLean

Caroler

Steven John

Caroler

Robert Conner

Caroler

Judson Duncan

Caroler

Alison Hannas

Caroler

Robert Ingram

Caroler

Mary Johnson

Caroler

Kristin Kellom

Caroler

Paul Link

Caroler

Kevin Conway

Crum Petree, the Mailman

Hans Cozzens

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Elizabeth's Student

Darren Higgins

Boy with Deer (uncredited)

Fabio May

Townie (uncredited)

Diane Yang

Elizabeth's Student

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie was a critical and commercial failure at the box-office.

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Star Billing: Chevy Chase (1st) and Madolyn Smith Osborne (2nd) (as Madolyn Smith).

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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". Moreover, given the slang medical meaning of the film's title as well, the film neither has anything to do with mental asylums / psychiatric institutions either.

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Goofs

Andy's wet clothes cause two continuity errors. First, when he falls in the water as the boat leaves the dock at the picnic, he is fully dry when seen shortly after fishing in the boat. Second, on the way home from the picnic he is sopping wet as they stop at the kennel, but fully dry as they arrive home with the Irish setter.

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In the final scene, as Elizabeth approaches then takes a seat on the bleachers, the crowd changes (amount and positions) between shots.

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In an earlier scene, the ducks that Andy and Elizabeth 'own' are a mating pair (duck and drake). Later on, Andy mistakenly refers to the ducks as 'fellas'.

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Quotes

Andy Farmer: As a novelist, I turned out to be a pretty good sportswriter.

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Andy Farmer: [Andy and Elizabeth are showing Redbud to prospective buyers Bud and Betsy after hiring the town to "act normal"] This is going to cost us a fortune!

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Elizabeth Farmer: I'm convinced that our marriage has been one of mutual betrayals. I know it! YOU know it! Even Yellow Dog knows it!

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Faq

Is this based on a book?

Yes. It is based on a book named Funny Farm published in 1985. It's about the same thing. The characters even all have the same names and position. The big difference is that, from what I read in a review, the book has a lot more profanity. The book was written by Jay Cronley.

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