Going Overboard
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| Directed by | Valerie Breiman |
| Written by | Valerie Breiman |
| Produced by | Mark Daniel Jones Adam Rifkin |
| Starring | Adam Sandler Burt Young |
| Cinematography | Ron Jacobs |
| Edited by | Randy D. Wiles |
| Music by | Steven "Scooby" Scott Smalley |
Production company | L.A. Dreams Productions |
| Distributed by | Theater Technologies, Inc. Vidmark Entertainment |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
Going Overboard is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Valerie Breiman, and stars Adam Sandler in his film debut, Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle, and Billy Bob Thornton in a small role. The film was originally released in 1989, but once Sandler became successful after appearing on Saturday Night Live and starring in the film Billy Madison, it was given a wider release by Vidmark Entertainment in 1995.
Plot
[edit]Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) is a struggling comedian working on a cruise ship. Shecky gets his chance to be the ship's comedian when it is thought that the regular insult comedian, Dickie Diamond (Scott LaRose), had fallen overboard and drowned. (Dickie actually locked himself in the men's room.) Shecky is nervous about performing, but King Neptune (Billy Zane) convinces him to go for the opportunity by telling Shecky about the power of laughter. Shecky's first performance is very unsuccessful as he is booed off the stage, he is especially heckled by the construction worker Dave (Billy Bob Thornton). However, after a lecture by Milton Berle, Shecky succeeds in making the audience laugh. At that point, two terrorists sent by General Noriega come on board and want to kill Miss Australia after she insulted him. Shecky, remembering the advice about the power of laughter, saves her by promising to put the assassins in a film. Dickie pleads to God for mercy and the men's room door is unlocked; he quickly blasphemes as an insult to God and returns to his performance, but the people no longer like him. The film ends with everyone dancing over the end credits and Noriega setting off a bomb.
Cast
[edit]- Adam Sandler as Shecky Moskowitz
- Burt Young as General Noriega
- Tom Hodges as Bob
- Scott LaRose as Dickie Diamond
- Lisa Collins as Ellen
- Allen Covert as The Bartender
- Billy Zane as King Neptune
- Terry Moore as Mistress
- Milton Berle as himself
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dave
- Dan Povenmire as Yellow Teeth guitarist
- Steven Brill as Priest
- Peter Berg as Mort Ginsberg
- Adam Rifkin as Croaker / Miss Spain
- Gabe Sachs as Funeral Moaner
- Ricky Paull Goldin as Terrorist Without Shirt
- Warren Selko as Terrorist With Mustache
Reception
[edit]On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has four reviews listed, all of which are negative.[1]
David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it zero out of four, and called it "...a slapdash and thoroughly amateurish piece of work that suffers from a total dearth of positive attributes."[2] J.R. Taylor of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade D.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Babes Ahoy (1989)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ David Nusair (2012). "Two Comedies from TVA - Reviews by David Nusair". ReelFilm.com.
- ^ J.R. Taylor (August 4, 1995). "Going Overboard". Entertainment Weekly.
External links
[edit]- 1989 films
- 1989 comedy films
- 1989 directorial debut films
- 1980s sex comedy films
- American comedy films
- American sex comedy films
- 1980s English-language films
- Films set on ships
- Films shot in New Orleans
- Films with screenplays by Adam Sandler
- Lionsgate films
- Seafaring films
- Trimark Pictures films
- 1980s American films
- Films set on cruise ships
- English-language sex comedy films