A Chicagoan inherits an old yacht. He, his wife, daughter and son fly to a Caribbean island and hire a dubious Captain Ron to sail them on an adventure to Miami.A Chicagoan inherits an old yacht. He, his wife, daughter and son fly to a Caribbean island and hire a dubious Captain Ron to sail them on an adventure to Miami.A Chicagoan inherits an old yacht. He, his wife, daughter and son fly to a Caribbean island and hire a dubious Captain Ron to sail them on an adventure to Miami.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- General Armando
- (as Emannuel Logrono)
- Bicycle Messenger
- (as Clement Talkington)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBoth of the cars that Captain Ron drives in the movie are missing a headlight on the same side as his missing eye.
- GoofsWhen Ben spills milk on his mother's plans, he picks up the carton. In the next shot the carton is on its side again.
- Quotes
Caroline Harvey: Captain Ron, I was wondering. Are we going to be going to any more "human" type places?
Captain Ron: Well, you heard of St. Croix?
Caroline Harvey: Yeah.
Captain Ron: We're going to the island just to the left of it.
Caroline Harvey: What's it called?
Captain Ron: Ted's.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Charles Grodin Show: Episode #1.1 (1995)
- SoundtracksZombies from Hell
Written by Daniel Arlie
Performed by T-Ride
Courtesy of Hollywood Records
[plays in the car as Caroline and her boyfriend make out]
Martin Short and his wife Mary Kay Place inherit a yacht that was once owned by Clark Gable and I'm sure if the boat could talk it could tell some fabulous tales. It's in dry dock in The Bahamas and in need of repair to put it mildly. But fix it and flip it as they say in today's world and get someone to pilot it to Florida.
Who Short and Place get is Kurt Russell the legendary Captain Ron who's seen and done all. At least according to him and the tales get taller as Russell imbibes. But he sure has Place enchanted their daughter Meadow Sisto is a believer and he's really got their young son Benjamin Salisbury ready to go to far away places with him.
I won't go into it, but the castaways on Gilligan's Island never faced anything like what Kurt Russell puts Short and his family through in their '3 hour tour'. I'm sure Clark Gable and Carole Lombard and anyone else whoever sailed on this craft never had a saga like Short, Place and their kids have.
Everyone performs well and I have to say Martin Short must have been a great sport about essentially being Kurt Russell's straight man. As for Russell you can see what attracted him to the part, a chance to have a seven course meal on the scenery and not be criticized for it as the role calls for it. It's an actor's dream.
Kurt Russell is having fun and the fun is infectious for the viewer.
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Box office
- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,518,097
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,893,112
- Sep 20, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $22,518,097
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1