Summer Rental (1985)

An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.

Director:

Carl Reiner

Writers:

Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman

Stars:

John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Candy	...	Jack Chester
Karen Austin	...	Sandy Chester
Kerri Green	...	Jennifer Chester
Joey Lawrence	...	Bobby Chester
Aubrey Jene	...	Laurie Chester
Richard Crenna	...	Al Pellet
Rip Torn	...	Scully
John Larroquette	...	Don Moore
Richard Herd	...	Angus MacLachlan
Santos Morales	...	Cortez
Lois Hamilton	...	Vicki
Carmine Caridi	...	Ed
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Hal (as Frank McCarthy)
Pierrino Mascarino	...	Maitre D'
Harry Yorku	...	Pirate Musician

Storyline

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

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Plot Keywords:

air traffic controller | dog | restaurant | summer vacation | lobster | 

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Taglines:

Life Is A Beach.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 August 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aluga-se para o Verão

Filming Locations:

18220 Sunset Boulevard, Redington Shores, Florida, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,754,259, 11 August 1985, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$24,689,703

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karen Austin and John Larroquette, who both appear in this film, co-starred together on the eventual hit television series Night Court (1984). Larroquette was still on the show and was still filming episodes while this movie was in production and Austin's character on the show was eventually replaced by actor Charles Robinson for the second season.

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Goofs

From the radio setting on the beach, the weather forecast states that the temperature would reach 105 degrees. It has never reached over 99 degrees recorded temperature in the St Pete, FL area where the movie was filmed.

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Quotes

Jack Chester: [everybody is walking by the window in the Chester's house] Excuse me! Why are you people going through here
[a fat man belches and points to a sign that says "Public Beach Access"]
Jack Chester: Oh perfect.
[to the crowds]
Jack Chester: Come on thru. I'm Joe Public, welcome to my beach.

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Alternate Versions

There are many scenes that were cut from the movie that mostly dealt with the development of John Candy's character and the family before the vacation. There is about 5 minutes snipped out of the first 15-20 min of the film. They include:

• Jack Chester pulling over to the side of the highway, telling the kids that the car is not moving until he has five seconds of silence.
• Also on the way to Citrus Cove, Florida, they get fast food. The dog farts at this time, causing the family to stick their heads out the window.
• When they arrive at the "wrong" house, they shows snips here and there through the course of their stay of Archie "the dog" chewing the leg off the couch.
• Then, after Jack Chester unloads the trailer, there is another deleted scene involving Bobby and Jennifer about who gets the color TV.
• Also, before they leave the house, Dan Gardner, "the owner" of the wrong house, they are staying at tells them that it is their house and not the Chesters', you see both of their expressions as to what they are felling at that moment when he and Jack Chester are in disagreement.
• When the family leaves to go to the right house, Jack Chester says, "Have a nice summer". Following that, the two owners that own the house laugh and the couch breaks (a result of Archie's gnawing on the couch leg) and they fall backwards.
• Finally, the scene where they arrive at the Barnacle for their dinner, there is a scene added to fill in for the edited scene where Laurie says, "This place sucks," instead of showing that they added a very brief scene of Rip Torn's character "Scully" approaching their table.

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Connections

References Frances (1982)

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Soundtracks

Turning Around
Written by Jimmy Buffett, Mike Utley & Will Jennings
Performed by Jimmy Buffett
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.

User Reviews

A true classic

This movie is from a time that I sorely miss. It is about having a good time, and nothing else. There's no violence, no crude sexual comedy, just the legendary John Candy doing what he did best. Given, the music and clothing are extremely dated, but this is without a doubt the best feelgood lighthearted movie I've ever seen. All of the characters come together perfectly to tell us the tale of Jack Chester. One of the most memorable is Scully, the sailor/pirate. To this day, I see Scully whenever I see Rip Torn in any movie. This story just makes me feel good for days after I see it. John Candy is surely one of the best comics of the past 30 years, pulling this move together.