Cabin Boy

19941994
PG-13PG-13
1h 20min

Cabin Boy (1994)

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Adventure Comedy Romance

A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

Director
- Adam Resnick
Writers
- Chris Elliott(story)
- Adam Resnick(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Snobby school boy goes left and mistakes the "Filthy Whore" for his millionaire dad's yacht. He joins four filthy fishermen for hijinx on the high seas. —Cary Pincus <pincus@aracor.com>

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Taglines
- He's Setting Sail On The High Seas... Without A Rudder, A Compass, Or A Clue!
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for crude language
Parents guide

Trivia
David Letterman appears as the "Old Salt in the Fishing Village", but the credits list him as "Earl Hofert". This is an inside joke for Letterman fans, as he also referred to himself as "Hofert" in some skits back at his old program [error] on NBC. In real life, Hofert is an uncle of Letterman's on his mother's side.

Goofs
After fishing Trina out of the water and having his initial dialogue exchange with her, Nathanial summons the rest of the crew to meet her. Shortly after doing so, he refers to Trina by name despite Trina not having introduced herself to him in the previous scene.

Quotes
Nathanial Mayweather: These pipes are clean!

Alternate versions
The DVD version (at least) omits the scene taking place right after Nathanial Mayweather makes a short, snide lecture on hats at the start of the film. In the scene, he proceeds to demonstrate how to tip a hat in a rather bizarre manner.

Connections
Featured in The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)

Soundtracks
THE ALLEY CAT SONG
Written by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (as Frank Bjorn)

Top review

8/10

God, I love this movie...

No, not in the 'it's so bad it's good' way. I truly think it's one of the funnier comedies of the last 20 years or so. Perhaps a lot of it depends on how you feel about Chris Elliot to begin with. I think he's priceless. Used to love his old show Get A Life and have followed him ever since. The plot of this, kind of a twisted version of Captains Courageous, really doesn't matter. What's fun are the numerous sight gags, Elliot's constant barrage of sarcastic one-liners and the generally anything goes attitude of the whole enterprise. The ship's crew, filled with a number of character actors we're not used to seeing in this kind of thing, are a wonderfully sleazy bunch. David Letterman's hysterically amateurish cameo at the beginning is the stuff of legend. "Wanna buy a monkey?" Ha! OK Citizen Kane it ain't. I own that on DVD btw. Right next to it is Cabin Boy.

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Release date
- January 7, 1994 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Caos en alta mar
Filming locations
- Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $3,662,459
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,513,507
- Jan 9, 1994
Gross worldwide
- $3,662,459

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Runtime
- 1h 20min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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