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The luxurious villa of yuppie couple Mark and Jessie Bannister is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house upside-down and nearly destroy it.The luxurious villa of yuppie couple Mark and Jessie Bannister is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house upside-down and nearly destroy it.The luxurious villa of yuppie couple Mark and Jessie Bannister is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house upside-down and nearly destroy it.
Richard Alexander
- Bust Somebody
- (as Dick Alexander)
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- TriviaJohn Larroquette was approached for this film while working on the sixth season of Night Court. But the show's executive producer would not allow Larroquette the time off to make the film. Because of delays in the film, Larroquette was approached again during the seventh season of Night Court. This time, the show's producer and the film's producers worked out a schedule that would allow Larroquette to work on both projects simultaneously. Mondays to Thursdays, Larroquette would rehearse for the series during the day and work on the film all night. On Friday nights, the series would tape their episodes. As soon as taping finished, he would go to the film's set and work all weekend.
- GoofsWhen Mark and Jessie hear the message from Dr. Penix on the answering machine, the machine is not plugged into the phone line.
- Quotes
Jessie: [Mark's having a nightmare where zombies are surrounding the house] Mark, what do they want?
Mark Bannister: They want... to stay here!
Jessie: Oh Mark, why?
Mark Bannister: I don't know. Maybe we're in some vacation guide for the damned.
- Crazy creditsBernice's cat can be heard meowing after the closing credits end.
- Alternate versionsIn the theatrical and original VHS release, Claudia calls her ex-husband a 'Middle Eastern Maggot'. After the rights to the movie were sold when Orion went bankrupt, it was changed to 'Two-Bit Desert Rat' for cable and syndication airings.
- SoundtracksLet's Dance
Written and Performed by Chris Rea
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Not as funny as I was hoping, although it tends to get more interesting in the last segment. Basically, 2 sets of relatives plus the next door neighbor family eventually move into the childless Bannister's new home for various reasons and lengths of time, causing various types of havoc. The neighbor's house gets accidentally burned down by the Bannisters, and their own house is partly wrecked due to the activities of the guests and the police, who are clued that Mr. Bannister received a shipment of cocaine from Columbia, thanks to a teen nephew presently living in his house.
Several running gags are included: Scruffy: cousin Bernice's mischievous cat, keeps dying, buried, and mysteriously reappearing. It even goes supersonic in circles when it eats some cocaine. Meanwhile, C. L: the half-grown neighbor boy's string of firecrackers cause several explosions. Then, there's the toilet which people keep forgetting to jiggle to stop the flow of water, which irritates Mark. However, Mark Bannister's treatment of it at the end of the film is unwarranted. Then, cousin Bernice's weeks-long stay after breaking her leg, bed-ridden in a traction contraption, occasions periodic attention.
One of my favorite scenes in when Mark's stock brokering boss, Mr. Grindle, unexpectedly arrives at the Bannister's house with some fantastic news and a promotion offer for Mark. But, Mark is so sure that he has come to tell him he's fired, that he doesn't listen to Grindle's talk, instead backtalking belligerently, with name calling. Finally, Mark's wife tells him to shut up and listen.
Several running gags are included: Scruffy: cousin Bernice's mischievous cat, keeps dying, buried, and mysteriously reappearing. It even goes supersonic in circles when it eats some cocaine. Meanwhile, C. L: the half-grown neighbor boy's string of firecrackers cause several explosions. Then, there's the toilet which people keep forgetting to jiggle to stop the flow of water, which irritates Mark. However, Mark Bannister's treatment of it at the end of the film is unwarranted. Then, cousin Bernice's weeks-long stay after breaking her leg, bed-ridden in a traction contraption, occasions periodic attention.
One of my favorite scenes in when Mark's stock brokering boss, Mr. Grindle, unexpectedly arrives at the Bannister's house with some fantastic news and a promotion offer for Mark. But, Mark is so sure that he has come to tell him he's fired, that he doesn't listen to Grindle's talk, instead backtalking belligerently, with name calling. Finally, Mark's wife tells him to shut up and listen.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,036,771
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,240,816
- Feb 19, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $21,036,771
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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