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Going Overboard (1989)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Adam Sandler Schecky Moskowitz
Billy Zane King Neptune
Burt Young General Noriega
Scott LaRose Dickie Diamond
Lisa Collins Ellen
Tom Hodges Bob
Adam Rifkin Croaker
Peter Berg Mort Ginsberg
Valerie Breiman Bambi
Joe Gieb Referee
Ricky Paull Goldin Terrorist Without Shirt
Warren Selko Terrorist With Mustache
Steven Brill Priest
Terry Moore Gen. Noriega's Mistress
Diane Boyce
Kim Ferrill
Movie Details
Genre Comedy
Director Valerie Breiman
Producer Adam Rifkin; Randolf Turrow; Mark Daniel Jones
Writer Adam Rifkin; Valerie Breiman
Studio Lion's Gate
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 99 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 1.9
Plot
At the beginning of this no-budget cheapie, Adam Sandler tells us this is a "loosely thrown together story" built around free access to a cruise ship and "a lot of good-looking women." So they get an A for truth in advertising. Sandler (very green in his first feature film) plays Shecky Moskowitz, a cruise ship waiter with dreams of being a standup comedian. At one point, General Manuel Noriega sends some goons to take over the ship. And there's a lot of voluptuous women hanging around in bikinis. So much for the plot. Sold as a wacky sex comedy, Going Overboard is more of a funny-nose-and-glasses movie, desperately trying anything for a laugh. Sandler's trademark being-funny-by-being-unfunny hadn't started to click yet. Only Billy Zane (as a sort of long-suffering-Jewish-grandmother-ish King Neptune) and Adam Rifkin (as a self-absorbed, mossy-toothed heavy metal star) seem to have any comic timing. A number of the supporting cast would go on to play roles in other, better Adam Sandler movies. Look fast for Billy Bob Thornton(!), appearing here as "Dave the heckler." --Geof Miller
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 305
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Going Overboard at Movie Collector Connect
IMDB
Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 031398701736
Release Date 3/1/2000
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Surround [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Dolby