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A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife.

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Joanna / Annie
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Dean Proffitt
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Grant Stayton III
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Edith Mintz
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Billy Pratt (as Michael Hagerty)
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Andrew
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Charlie
Jeffrey Wiseman ...
Joey
Brian Price ...
Travis
Jamie Wild ...
Greg
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Captain Karl
Harvey Miller ...
Dr. Norman Korman (as Harvey Alan Miller)
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Elk Cove: Wilbur Budd
Carol Williard ...
Elk Cove: Rose Budd
Doris Hess ...
Elk Cove: Adele Burbridge
Ed Cree ...
Elk Cove: Thud Gittman
Mona Lyden ...
Elk Cove: Gertie
Lucinda Crosby ...
Elk Cove: Waitress
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Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
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Elk Cove: Hospital Psychiatrist
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Elk Cove: Cop at Hospital
Marvin Braverman ...
Elk Cove: Doctor at Hospital
The Wright Brothers ...
The Wright Brothers Band
Tim Wright ...
The Wright Brothers Band
Tom Wright ...
The Wright Brothers Band
John McDowell III ...
The Wright Brothers Band
Steven Walker ...
The Wright Brothers Band
Israel Juarbe ...
The Yacht: Engine Room Crewman
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The Yacht: Crew Helmsman
Keith Syphers ...
The Yacht: Crew
Robert Meadows ...
The Yacht: Crew
Julie Paris ...
Grant's Girlfriends
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Grant's Girlfriends (as Lisa Hunter)
Lisa Beth Ross ...
Grant's Girlfriends
Erin Grant ...
Grant's Girlfriends
Liz Stewart ...
Grant's Girlfriends
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Grant's Girlfriends
Paul Tinder ...
Coast Guard Cutter: Coast Guard Captain
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Coast Guard Cutter: Coast Guard Spotter Lucas
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Coast Guard Cutter: Coast Guard Friend
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Coast Guard Cutter: Coast Guard Guy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Garbage Scow Skipper (uncredited)
Irena Ferris ...
Model - Dancing girl on deck (uncredited)
Paul Fonteyn ...
The Yacht: Chef Paul (uncredited)
Michael Shane Margolin ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Drummer (uncredited)
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Psychiatric Nurse (uncredited)
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Olaf, Stayton Flunky (uncredited)

Directed by

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Garry Marshall

Written by

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Leslie Dixon ... (written by)

Produced by

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Nick Abdo ... associate producer
Goldie Hawn ... executive producer (uncredited)
Roddy McDowall ... executive producer
Alexandra Rose ... producer
Anthea Sylbert ... producer

Music by

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Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by

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John A. Alonzo ... director of photography

Editing by

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Sonny Baskin
Dov Hoenig

Editorial Department

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Bobby Bell ... assistant editor
Terry Haggar ... color timer
Joe Mosca ... assistant editor
Jim Passon ... color timer
Angel Pine ... second assistant editor
Brian Ralph ... negative cutter
Mark Sadusky ... first assistant editor
Christopher Edward Wilding ... post-production assistant (as Christopher Wilding)

Casting By

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Joanne Zaluski

Art Direction by

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Jim Dultz
James Shanahan

Set Decoration by

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Tom Bugenhagen

Costume Design by

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Wayne A. Finkelman ... (as Wayne Finkelman)

Makeup Department

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Kathryn Blondell ... hair stylist (as Kathryn L. Blondell)
E. Thomas Case ... makeup artist (as Tom Case)
Barbara Lorenz ... hair stylist
Bob Mills ... makeup artist
Elaina P. Schulman ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Michele Ader ... unit production manager
James Herbert ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nick Abdo ... second unit director
Matt Earl Beesley ... second assistant director
Katy Emde ... first assistant director
Paul Fonteyn ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Steven Lee Baer ... Drapery Foreman
Judy Cammer ... set designer
William D. Derham ... assistant property master (as William Derham)
Edward G. Fitzgerald ... leadman (as Ed Fitzgerald)
Andrew P. Flores ... labor forman
Walt Hadfield ... construction coordinator
George Hardwicke ... swing gang
Darrell Huntsman ... greensman
Pat LaTong ... swing gang
Tony Leonardi ... stand-by painter (as Anthony Leonardi Jr.)
Renaldo T. Paneque ... swing gang
Bob Santaella ... swing gang
Jerry Sargent ... construction foreman (as Jerry L. Sargent)
Tom Shaw Jr. ... property master
William James Teegarden ... set designer
James F. Walker ... construction foreman
Ron Yates ... set designer

Sound Department

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Nicholas R. Allen ... utility sound technician
Lorna Anderson ... sound editor
Lon Bender ... supervising sound editor (as Lon E. Bender)
David Bifano ... audio programmer
Bruce Bisenz ... sound mixer
Jay Dranch ... sound editor
George Fredrick ... sound editor (as George Frederick)
Avram D. Gold ... sound editor (as Avram Gold)
Timothy A. Hoggatt ... rerecording mixer
Randy Kelley ... sound editor
Rick Kline ... rerecording mixer
Dave Kulczycki ... sound editor (as David Kulczycki)
Donald O. Mitchell ... rerecording mixer
Dan M. Rich ... sound editor (as Dan Rich)
Douglas J. Schulman ... boom operator
David Spence ... sound editor
Wylie Stateman ... supervising sound editor
Donald L. Warner Jr. ... sound editor (as Don Warner)
Jack Woods ... adr editor
Jack Keller ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Cathie Speakman ... sound editor (uncredited)
Vicky Tama ... Sound Effects Recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Alan E. Lorimer ... special effects coordinator
Lambert Powell ... special effects (as Lambert A. Powell)
Richard Ratliff ... special effects (as Richard C. Ratliff)
Ralph Winiger ... special effects (as Ralph A. Winiger)

Stunts

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Geoff Brewer ... stunt player
Hal Burton ... stunt coordinator
Charly Morgan ... stunt player (as Charly Marie Morgan)
Gary Pike ... stunt player
Bob Miles ... stunt player (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Norman Ash ... lighting technician
Lester Boykin ... lighting technician (as Lester C. Boykin)
Bill Fleming ... second company grip (as William J. Fleming)
Steven W. Gage ... loader
Bud Heller ... key grip
Susan C. Ingram ... second assistant camera
Horace Jordan ... first assistant camera (as Horace B. Jordan Jr.)
Carol McCullough ... still photographer
Russell McElhatton ... camera technician
Chris Napolitano ... lighting technician (as Christopher C. Napolitano)
Brad Rea ... grip
Charles L. Sereci ... dolly grip
Stuart A. Spohn ... chief lighting technician
Ken Tosic ... lighting technician (as Kenneth Tosic)
Pernell Youngblood Tyus ... camera operator
Lance Wandling ... video playback operator
Don Whipple ... grip (as Donald E. Whipple Jr.)
Randy Woodside ... assistant chief lighting technician (as Randy J. Woodside)

Casting Department

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James Kall ... casting assistant
Jack Lemos ... location casting
Toni Lemos ... location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Antonio Martínez ... costumer: men (as Antonio Martinez)
Jennifer L. Parsons ... costumer: Ms. Hawn
Diana Wilson ... set costumer (as Diana Jones-Wilson)
Pamela Wise ... costume supervisor (as Pam Wise)

Location Management

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Mario Iscovich ... location manager
William T. Schneider ... location manager

Music Department

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Bill Bernstein ... assistant music editor
James B. Campbell ... orchestrator (as James Campbell)
Kenneth Karman ... music editor
Dennis S. Sands ... music scoring mixer
Joel Sill ... music consultant
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Myra Kestenbaum ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Julie Pitkanen ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Frank 'Cat' Ballou ... transportation coordinator
Gregory Dultz ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Julie Anderson ... production assistant
John Craig ... production accountant
Mary Daley ... assistant: Ms. Sylbert
Kimberly Felix ... production assistant
Jeane Fitting ... assistant: Mr. McDowell
Diane Frazen ... executive assistant: Mr. Marshall
Charles J. Gegen ... assistant: Mr. McDowell
Dennis Grisco ... head animal trainer
Irwin Hale ... production assistant
Penny Lee Hallin ... dialogue coach
Patti Hawn ... publicist
Deloris Claris Horn ... personal assistant: Ms. Hawn (as Deloris Horn)
Bridgette Kelley ... production assistant (as Bridgette F. Kelley)
Shane Kerwin ... production assistant
Michael G. Kierce ... craft service
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
Jain Lemos ... production secretary
Michael McKenna ... production assistant: Ms. Hawn (as Michael S. Birznieks)
Lawrence Miller ... visual consultant
John Moy ... craft service (as John S. Moy)
Blair Richwood ... secretary: Mr. Marshall
Carolyn Rothstein ... production assistant (as Carolyn M. Rothstein)
Rob Stevens ... production secretary
Russ Tanaka ... medic
Anita Terrian ... production coordinator
Zachary Weintraub ... production assistant
Karl A. Wickman ... helicopter pilot (as Karl Wickman)
Jamie Grossman Young ... assistant: Ms. Rose (as Jamie Lynn Grossman)
Shari Cartun ... assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Marty Kurzfeld ... on-set writer (uncredited)

Thanks

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Joseph D. Amato ... thanks: liaison officer, USCG (as CWO Joseph D. Amato)
Morgan Cavett ... thanks
Andrew N. Czapowskyj ... thanks: commanding officer, USCG Point Evans (as Lt.JG. Andrew N. Czapowskyj)
Marv Dennis ... thanks
Reed Jopling ... thanks (as Captain Reed Jopling)
Marty Kurzfeld ... thanks
Barbara Marshall ... thanks (as Barbara Sue Wells)
Judy Rooney ... thanks
Dennis R. Washington ... thanks: owner of the motor yacht Attesa
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Joanna and Grant Stayton III are an extremely wealthy, pretentious couple who live aboard their yacht. They live off of Joanna's family's money. She is a bitch of a woman, who treats others poorly and thinks nothing about doing whatever she needs to get what she wants, which she always gets. So when their yacht is moored in Elk Cove, Oregon and she hires local carpenter Dean Proffitt to do some work, she has no qualms of stiffing him the $600 for the job when it doesn't meet what she wanted, despite her not specifying the issue to him beforehand. When she and Grant sail out of Elk Cove, she falls overboard, the resulting injury which causes temporary amnesia. Grant sees this accident as his opportunity to ditch her. When news of a Jane Doe (Joanna) hits the local news and Dean sees that the person he knows as Grant denies knowing her, he also sees an opportunity: he will claim to be her husband and make her his housemaid - which includes her taking care of his four rambunctious sons - for about a month, which he considers the equivalent of what she owes him. "Annie" (what they end up calling her) is still a bitch of a woman. As time goes on, Dean has second thoughts about what he is doing, not because of Annie being like Joanna, but because he is falling in love with her and it seems like she is doing vice versa. Can their love overcome the obstacles of her equally pretentious mother looking for her, or the time when she will ultimately regain her memory? Written by Huggo

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Taglines From opulence...to rags...to love. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Hombre nuevo, vida nueva (United States, Spanish title)
  • Yli Laidan (India, English title)
  • Un couple à la mer (France)
  • Overboard - Ein Goldfisch fällt ins Wasser (Germany)
  • Home a l'aigua (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 112 min
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Box Office

Budget $22,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $1,880,006, 20 Dec 1987

Did You Know?

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Trivia Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell's own young kids were always with them while making the film. Their youngest, Wyatt Russell, took his first steps on the set. See more »
Goofs When Annie visits the principal, the teddy bear on her desk jumps about between shots. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Moonstruck/Overboard/September/*Batteries Not Included/Ironweed (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Something Special See more »
Crazy Credits At the very end of the credits, there are three horn blasts. See more »
Quotes Annie: Mrs. Burbridge, would you come over here for a moment? Has it escaped your attention that these children have head-to-toe poison oak?
Adele Burbridge: Well, no, I... well, yes, but...
Annie: But what? My children are in need of medical assistance! And you can sit here and smugly lecture me on the importance of tests? Tests which exist to pigeonhole children's potential, a thing which cannot possibly be measured, least of all by anal-compulsive huns! And my husband may be a "large child," but that's none of your business! And my children may be rotten, but they're mine. And I think that they're bright, and sensitive, so I have no doubts whatsoever about their intelligence. I do, however, have serious doubts about yours!
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