He's a stranger in an even stranger land .......... Suburbia
The 'Burbs 1989/color/102min/pg/universal
Directed by
Joe Dante
Cast
Tom Hanks/Bruce Dern/Carrie Fisher/Rick Ducommun/Corey Feldman/Wandy Schaal/Henry Gibson/Brother Theodore/Courtney Gains/Gale Gordon/Dick Miller
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
DP
Robert M. Stevens
Screenplay by
Dana Olson
Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment brought this great litttle film to the screen that got very unjust reviews by critics as for me I think it's one of my all-time favorite comedies. It has an 80's Frank Capra feel and plays like Sergio Leone's Once upon a time in the west. It was directed by Joe Dante who mixes in
clips from movies such as the exorcist and the texas chainsaw massacre,cartoons and T.V. show on T.V. within the picture as a type of medium.
It's about Ray Petersan played by Tom Hanks in one of his most underated comedic perfomances to date. He suspects some kind of going ons in the basement of his new neighbors house the Klopek's. What unsues next are some botched attempts to find out about his neighbors and when one of his not so friendly neighbors dissapears Ray starts to suspect things and that's when the fun begins and thing get a bit out of control.
* VHS, LD, DVD the dvd comes with an alternate ending which plays on the theme of Mister Roger's which also appears in the movie after a bad nightmare.
* the entire film was shot on one set like some of Alfred Hitchcock films such as "Rear Window", "Rope" and "Lifeboat" they used the old "Leave it to beaver" sets and made some modifications.
The 'Burbs 1989/color/102min/pg/universal
Directed by
Joe Dante
Cast
Tom Hanks/Bruce Dern/Carrie Fisher/Rick Ducommun/Corey Feldman/Wandy Schaal/Henry Gibson/Brother Theodore/Courtney Gains/Gale Gordon/Dick Miller
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
DP
Robert M. Stevens
Screenplay by
Dana Olson
Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment brought this great litttle film to the screen that got very unjust reviews by critics as for me I think it's one of my all-time favorite comedies. It has an 80's Frank Capra feel and plays like Sergio Leone's Once upon a time in the west. It was directed by Joe Dante who mixes in
clips from movies such as the exorcist and the texas chainsaw massacre,cartoons and T.V. show on T.V. within the picture as a type of medium.
It's about Ray Petersan played by Tom Hanks in one of his most underated comedic perfomances to date. He suspects some kind of going ons in the basement of his new neighbors house the Klopek's. What unsues next are some botched attempts to find out about his neighbors and when one of his not so friendly neighbors dissapears Ray starts to suspect things and that's when the fun begins and thing get a bit out of control.
* VHS, LD, DVD the dvd comes with an alternate ending which plays on the theme of Mister Roger's which also appears in the movie after a bad nightmare.
* the entire film was shot on one set like some of Alfred Hitchcock films such as "Rear Window", "Rope" and "Lifeboat" they used the old "Leave it to beaver" sets and made some modifications.
Last edited by L .B . Jeffries; 09-04-11 at 12:38 PM.