Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 9, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount,St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commision,Paramount Pictures,Bernie Brillstein Productions
- Cast
- John Candy,Richard Crenna,Rip Torn,Karen Austin,Kerri Green,John Larroquette,Joey Lawrence,Aubrey Jene,Dick Anthony Williams,Richard Herdand 39 more
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Writer
- Mark Reisman,Jeremy Stevens
- Producer
- Bernie Brillstein,George Shapiro
- Cinematography
- Ric Waite
- Music
- Alan Silvestri
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $24,689,704
- IMDb
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