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Director:
Jud Taylor
Writers:
Patricia Jones (written by)
Donald Reiker (written by)
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Release Date:
7 February 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Family more
Plot:
In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Richard Benjamin ... Gary Webber
Paula Prentiss ... Dianne Webber
Tony Roberts ... Charlie Baumgarten

Andrea Marcovicci ... Rita Baumgarten

Molly Ringwald ... Melissa Webber
Mari Gorman ... Brooklyn Mary

Sam Whipple ... Zack Estep
Kenneth McMillan ... Howard Estep
David Hollander ... Jay Webber

Phil Proctor ... Cliff, Gary's Coworker (as Philip Proctor)

Susan Ruttan ... Mrs. Estep
Ivan Bonar ... Gas Station Attendant
Clinton Dean ... Johnny Crud
Laura Bruneau ... Claire Estep
Walter Marsh ... Dr. Langendorf
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
British Columbia, Canada
Company:
CBS Entertainment Production more

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Green acres?, 12 November 2002
Author: Pepper Anne from Orlando, Florida

I found it on sale at a video store for a buck, so I checked it out.

It's not too bad. Kind of funny, really.

This movie is a little like Prisoners of Second Avenue or at least a 1980s made-for-tv version of Walden. It's good old get back to nature. Living in Los Angeles is hell for one family. The husband gets laid off after 17 years of working at his job, the teachers burn down the school, the daughter is dating a punker named Johnny Crud, the eleven year old son is taking up smoking, and there is toxic waste bubbling up from the bathtub.

So, when his neighbor decides that he has had enough of living in the city and packs up his family to live at a place called WoodCrest, this guy decides to do the same with his family.

But the country life is no blessing, and is also no easy adjustment. It doesn't help either when your neighbors are a bunch of wackos, specially the 'survivalist' family that lives in a bunker and hoards supplies, waiting for the day that an economic depression or a natural disaster or something will come and destroy everything.

But the family really wants to know if the city sucks and the country does too, then where is a great place to live?

Molly Ringwald is in it as the Valley Girl kind of kid. Sort of funny how she puts on the Valley Girl talk in her pre-country scenes.

It's really a like it or don't like movie, I guess.

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