Funny Farm (1988)
Overview
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $19,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $25,537,221.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 16.615 |
Directed By
George Roy Hill
Crew
George Roy Hill
Lee Harman
Craig Lyman
Jim Van Wyck
Michael Rapley
Lee Haas
George Goodman
Michael D. Moore
Robert E. Warner
Mike Cunningham
Liz Ryan
Henry Larrecq
Judy Cammer
Gerard Cubero
Robert DePatis
Michael Ross
Princess O'Mahoney
Marion Dougherty
Elmer Bernstein
Henry Bumstead
Robert Crawford Jr.
Alan Heim
James W. Payne
Bruce Bodner
Patrick Kelley
Ann Roth
Miroslav Ondříček
Deborah Dawson
Kaye Pownall
Lisa Dalton
Don Picard
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
John Patrick McLaughlin
John Robotham
George Robotham
Cliff Cudney
Jay Cronley
Jeffrey Boam
TOP CAST
Chevy Chase
Andy Farmer
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Elizabeth Farmer
Kevin O'Morrison
Sheriff Ledbetter
Joseph Maher
Michael Sinclair
Jack Gilpin
Bud Culbertson
Caris Corfman
Betsy Culbertson
William Severs
Newspaper Editor
Mike Starr
Crocker
Glenn Plummer
Mickey
William Duell
Old Character
Helen Lloyd Breed
Old Operator
Kit Le Fever
Young Operator (as Kit Le Fevre)
Dakin Matthews
Marion Corey Jr.
William Newman
Gus Lotterhand
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Ethel Dinges
Kevin Conway
Crum Petree (uncredited)
Bill Fagerbakke
Lon Criterion
Nicholas Wyman
Dirk Criterion
Brad Sullivan
Brock
Nesbitt Blaisdell
Hank
George Buck
Peterbrook
Audrie Neenan
Ivy (as Audrie J. Neenan)
MacIntyre Dixon
Mayor Barclay
Raynor Scheine
Oates
Peter Boyden
Reporter
Reg E. Cathey
Reporter
Dan Desmond
Reporter
Don Plumley
Reporter
Brett Miller
Teenager
Jamie Meyer
Teenager
David Woodberry
Ike
Kevin Murphy
Ewell
Dennis Barr
First Base Coach
Barbara Baker
Woman in Stands
David Williams
Marcus
Steve Jonas
Driving Instructor
Russell Bletzer
Councilman
Evelyn McLean
Caroler
Steven John
Caroler
Judson Duncan
Caroler
Alison Hannas
Caroler
Robert Ingram
Caroler
Mary Johnson
Caroler
Kristin Kellom
Caroler
Paul Link
Caroler
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