A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.
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Cast
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| Chevy Chase | ... | Andy Farmer | |
| Madolyn Smith Osborne | ... | Elizabeth Farmer (as Madolyn Smith) | |
| Kevin O'Morrison | ... | Sheriff Ledbetter | |
| Joseph Maher | ... | Michael Sinclair | |
| Jack Gilpin | ... | Bud Culbertson | |
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Caris Corfman | ... | Betsy Culbertson |
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William Severs | ... | Newspaper Editor |
| Mike Starr | ... | Crocker | |
| Glenn Plummer | ... | Mickey | |
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William Duell | ... | Old Character |
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Helen Lloyd Breed | ... | Old Operator |
| Kit Le Fever | ... | Young Operator (as Le Fevre) | |
| Dakin Matthews | ... | Marion Corey Jr. | |
| William Newman | ... | Gus Lotterhand | |
| Alice Drummond | ... | Mrs. Ethel Dinges | |
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When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. From the moment the movers' truck gets lost with their furniture, though, there's little peace and less quiet. From a manical mailman to a dead body buried in the garden, Andy is distracted by the town and its wacky inhabitants. His effort at a novel is mediocre, at best, and he's threatened by Elizabeth's foray into writing when she attempts a children's book. Can the Farmers survive the townsfolk and each other? Written by Rick Munoz <rick.munoz@his.com>
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Country:
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3 June 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aventuras y desventuras de un yuppie en el campo See more »Edit
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$19,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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To receive a PG certificate the 1989 UK video version was cut by 3 secs by the BBFC to remove one use of 'fuck you' and several uses of 'shit'. See more »Soundtracks
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While watching this movie, I realized that on several levels we live in a small town not much different from the Vermont one depicted. Our tourist town is located on a Channel Island in the Pacific, but the characters couldn't be more identical to those Chevy and wife deals with in the rural town they move to for serenity and quiet. Everyone tests their resolve to live in that community, and in failing to measure up to their standards, they are treated as outsiders. Once they understand the neighborhood peculiarities, everyone becomes acquainted, then accustomed to one another. While finding a common bond and learning to fit in, there is one silly misadventure after another. There are a lot of laughs in this movie that allow a person to stand back and realize that this is how small communities conduct themselves everywhere, and is a study in human behavior. Chevy's characters rarely make anything easy, which combined with a seemingly conservative personality has become his calling card.