Movies - Summer Rental

Home > Listing Index > Movies > Summer Rental

	Movies - Summer Rental

Summer Rental is a 1985 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy. The screenplay is written by Mark Reisman and Jeremy Stevens. The original music score is composed by Alan Silvestri.

Taglines: Life's a beach.

Join John Candy for a holiday hilarity!

Plot summary

The plot involves John Candy's character taking his family on a summer vacation in Florida, during which they are constantly beset by a never-ending barrage of problems. Candy's character receives a leg injury that prevents him from being able to spend time with his family, and his immobility, though temporary, is a major source for much of the film's comedy.

When Chicago air-traffic controller Jack Chester and his family leave for what turned out to be a pretty decrepit shack on a public beach in Florida, he eventually locks horns with Al Pellet, the owner of this dubious piece of real estate, and their conflict terminates in a boat race in which Jack and his motley crew are at first glance, and even second no match for the others in the race. In the meantime, there are plenty of skits with Jack dressed as an anything from an ample, unintentional likeness of a geisha to the normal tourist dude in a Hawaiian shirt. His long-suffering wife Sandy and their daughter Jennifer tackle their own problems, related to sexuality in one way or another, mostly another.

Main cast

John Candy
- Jack Chester
Karen Austin - Sandy Chester
Kerri Green
- Jennifer Chester
Joey Lawrence
- Bobby Chester
Aubrey Jene - Laurie Chester
Rip Torn
- Scully
Richard Crenna
- Al Pellet
John Larroquette
- Don Moore
Lois Hamilton
- Vicki Sanders

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Summer Rental ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Summer Rental; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay