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1989 film by Valerie Breiman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Going Overboard is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Valerie Breiman, and stars Adam Sandler in his film debut, Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle, and Billy Bob Thornton in a small role. The film was originally released in 1989, but once Sandler became successful after appearing on Saturday Night Live and starring in the film Billy Madison, it was given a wider release by Vidmark Entertainment in 1995.
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| Going Overboard | |
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| Directed by | Valerie Breiman |
| Written by | Valerie Breiman |
| Produced by | Mark Daniel Jones Adam Rifkin |
| Starring | Adam Sandler Burt Young |
| Cinematography | Ron Jacobs |
| Edited by | Randy D. Wiles |
| Music by | Steven "Scooby" Scott Smalley |
Production company | L.A. Dreams Productions |
| Distributed by | Theater Technologies, Inc. Vidmark Entertainment |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) is a struggling comedian working on a cruise ship. Shecky gets his chance to be the ship's comedian when it is thought that the regular comedian, Dickie Diamond (Scott LaRose), had fallen overboard and drowned. (Dickie actually locked himself in the men's room.) Shecky is nervous about performing, but King Neptune (Billy Zane) convinces him to go for the opportunity by telling Shecky about the power of laughter. Shecky's first performance is very unsuccessful as he is booed off the stage, he is especially heckled by the construction worker Dave (Billy Bob Thornton). However, after a lecture by Milton Berle, Shecky succeeds in making the audience laugh. At that point, the terrorists come on board and want to kill Miss Australia. Shecky, remembering the advice about the power of laughter, saves her by promising to put the assassins in a film.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has four reviews listed, all of which are negative.[1]
David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it zero out of four, and called it "...a slapdash and thoroughly amateurish piece of work that suffers from a total dearth of positive attributes."[2] J.R. Taylor of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade D.[3]
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