Going Overboard (1989)

User Rating:

1.8/10   

Director:

Valerie Breiman

Writers:

Valerie Breiman (written by)
Scott LaRose (additional material)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

In the world of comedy, it's sink or swim.

Plot:

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.

Plot Keywords:

Cruise | Cruise Ship | Comedian | Terrorist | Cross Dressing

Cast

Burt Young	...	General Noriega
Adam Sandler	...	Schecky Moskowitz
Scott LaRose	...	Dickie Diamond
Lisa Collins	...	Ellen (as Liza Collins Zane)
Tom Hodges	...	Bob / Schecky's Mother
Adam Rifkin	...	Croaker / Miss Spain
Peter Berg	...	Mort Ginsberg (as Pete Berg)
Valerie Breiman	...	Bambi
Joe Gieb	...	Referee
Ricky Paull Goldin	...	Terrorist Without Shirt
Warren Selko	...	Terrorist with Mustache
Steven Brill	...	Priest
Billy Zane	...	King Neptune
Terry Moore	...	Mistress
Kim Ferrill	...	Miss Ohio

Also Known As:

Babes Ahoy
The Unsinkable Shecky Moskowitz (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Canada:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:18A | Ireland:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cancún, Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Trivia:

This is Adam Sandler's first feature film. The production was shot entirely on a cruise ship going from New Orleans to Cancun. The ship was going to the Miss Universe Pageant and was filled with beauty queens from all over the United States. The camera crew forgot to bring a box of lenses on the ship, so the director of photography was forced to shoot with the wrong lenses.

Quotes:

General Noriega: ...you left over worthless kangaroo vomit!

Movie Connections:

References Rain Man (1988)

Soundtrack:

On the Deck

This movie just plain sucked ass...

I am a HUGE Adam Sandler fan, and one day I was looking at the Cast&Crew selection on one of his DVD's and saw 'Going Overboard' and decided to go out and rent it. So I went out with a few buddies of mine and rented it. We put it on and we were shocked to see an Adam Sandler that didn't hit puberty yet, he looks as if he was 12 when this movie came out. I couldn't even watch 30 minutes of this crap, I didn't laugh, chuckle, or even smirk at this movie, actually the only time I smirked was when I saw how horrid this movie was. I could not believe how hard he tried to make the viewers laugh in this movie...and it didn't work once. Although from seeing the horribly awful camera angles and hearing the disgusting script I realized why I had never heard of this movie,...because it sucks more than anything has ever sucked before. This movie, in my opinion, was the WORST movie EVER made,....EVER!