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The 'Burbs

Cast

Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun View All

Crew

Joe Dante (Director), Dana Olsen (Writer) View All

Release: Feb. 17th, 1989

Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

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16 The 'Burbs A Joe Dante Film

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...

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The Rodent
Rather than phoning the cops, Ducommon who lives on the other side of Hanks' property ropes Hanks, Feldman and Dern into spying on the strange new neighbours using strange 'suburban legends' of murder and wierdos as a catalyst for their already growing paranoia.

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Joel
Hanks delivers his manic speech about normal suburban folks being the real threat to harmony, but even if the film ended on that note, it still would not have worked completely because, let's face it - that's a bit heavy for a film like this.

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