| Release Date: | Mar 1984 |
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| Genre: | Comedy / Drama / Romance |
| Cast: | Rob Lowe (John Berry), Jodie Foster (Frannie Berry), Paul McCrane (Frank), Beau Bridges (Mr. Win Berry), Lisa Banes (Mother), Jennifer Dundas (Lilly (as Jennie Dundas)), Seth Green ('Egg' Berry), Wally Aspell (Hotel Manager), Nastassja Kinski (Susie the Bear), Joely Richardson (Waitress), Wallace Shawn (Freud), Jobst Oriwol (German Man (as Jobst Oriwal)), Linda Clark (German Woman), Nicholas Podbrey (Boy with Rifle), Norris Domingue (High School Band Conductor), Matthew Modine (Chip Dove), Wilford Brimley (Iowa Bob), Cali Timmins (Bitty Tuck), Dorsey Wright (Junior Jones), Richard Jutras (Lenny Metz), Johnny O'Neil (Chester Pulaski), Colin Irving (Chip Dove Gang Member), Anthony Ulc (Chip Dove Gang Member), Nick Nardi (Chip Dove Gang Member), Charles Fournier (Howard Tuck), Anita Morris (Ronda Ray), Fred Doederlein (Finnish Doctor), Walter Massey (Texan), Young Sup Chung (Oriental Couple), Inhi Chung (Oriental Couple), Ada Fuoco (New Jersey Woman), Joan Heney (Connecticut Woman), Robert Thomas (Harold Swallow), Gayle Garfinkle (Doris Wales / Screaming Annie), Jonelle Allen (Sabrina), Elie Oren (King of Mice), Roger Blay (Arbeiter), Timothy Webber (Wrench), Janine Manatis (Schwanger), Jean-Louis Roux (Old Billig), Amanda Plummer (Miss Miscarriage), Sharon Noble (Babette), Lorena Gale (Dark Inge), Jade Bari (Jolanta (as Jade D. Bari)), Adrian Aron (American Woman), Arthur Grosser (American Man), Tara O'Donnell (American Daughter), Louis Di Bianco (Bartender (as Louis di Bianco)), Michele Scarabelli (Chip Dove Girlfriend), Jeffrey Cohen (New York Journalist), Jyanna Horey (Bar Patron), Benoît Laberge (Bookstore Man (as Benoit Laberge)), Jon Hutman (Reporter No. 1), James V. Mathews (Reporter No. 2), Prudence Emery (Mean Female Reporter), Gerald Iles (Austrian President (uncredited)), Marlon Sterling Long (Actor (uncredited)) |
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.