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Title: Like Father Like Son (1987)
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Cast
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| Dudley Moore | ... | Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond | |
| Kirk Cameron | ... | Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond | |
| Margaret Colin | ... | Ginnie Armbruster | |
| Catherine Hicks | ... | Dr. Amy Larkin | |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | Dr. Larry Armbruster | |
| Sean Astin | ... | Clarence / Trigger | |
| Camille Cooper | ... | Lori Beaumont | |
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Micah Grant | ... | Rick Anderson, Lori's Boyfriend |
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Bill Morrison | ... | Trigger's Uncle Earl |
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Skeeter Vaughan | ... | Medicine Man |
| Larry Sellers | ... | Navajo Helper | |
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Tami David | ... | Navajo Girl |
| Maxine Stuart | ... | Phyllis, Hammonds' Housekeeper | |
| David Wohl | ... | Dr. Roger Hartwood | |
| Michael Horton | ... | Dr. Mike O'Donald | |
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Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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adult as child | child as adult | serum | body switching | native american |Taglines:
Chris and his dad have accidentally changed bodies - but no big deal. Chris gets the Jag and the Gold Card. Dad gets the fake ID and the bio final.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
2 October 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$10,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$34,377,585Company Credits
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Performed by Omar & the Howlers (as Omar Dykes)
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According to producer Brian Grazer, the picture worked because it is a "character comedy that examines how tough it is to be a dad and how tough it is to be a kid. Everybody relates to those things, but everyone also takes them for granted". Like Splash (1984) and Night Shift (1982), Grazer pointed out that there is a moral theme within the "fun" of the movie: "In Night Shift (1982), it was about friendship, in Splash (1984), it was about love, and in Like Father Like Son (1987), it's about compassion and understanding". See more »Goofs
(Possibly deliberate.) The Hammonds' cat has a male name, "Seymour", but its patches of orange, black and white fur are hallmarks of a calico cat. Virtually all calico cats are female. See more »Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan (1987) See more »Soundtracks
Hard Times in the Land of PlentyPerformed by Omar & the Howlers (as Omar Dykes)
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Doctor Dudley Moore and his teenage son Kirk Cameron end up becoming each other in this terrible little film. A brain transference formula is the cause here. The typical misunderstandings and forced-comedic situations then occur. Moore continued to struggle with roles after his crowning achievement in "Arthur" six years earlier. Cameron, thought to be the biggest star of television's "Growing Pains", was trying to become a bankable movie star. That plan fell flat as well. 2 stars out of 5.