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Synopsis: When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. From the moment the movers' truck gets lost with their furniture, though, there's little peace and less quiet. From a manical mailman to a dead body buried in the garden, Andy is distracted by the town and its wacky inhabitants. His effort at a novel is mediocre, at best, and he's threatened by Elizabeth's foray into writing when she attempts a children's book. Can the Farmers survive the townsfolk and each other?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): George Roy Hill
Production: Warner Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
PG
Year:
1988
101 min
1,030 Views


[HORN HONKING]

ANDY:

Listen.

What was that?

I didn't hear anything.

[HORN HONKING]

ANDY:

No.

It's them.

The movers are here.

Terrific.

Maybe now we can eat.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

Andy?

Hey. Andy?

Andy, look out!

[PETREE CACKLING]

- Honey, are you all right?

- Jesus. What the hell was that?

Who was that maniac?

What is it, a death threat?

No, it's a letter...

...addressed to the people we bought

the house from, the Musselmans.

- A letter?

- This is mail, Andy.

That maniac is our mailman.

I guess there's a lot we'll have to

get used to around here.

But I bet those are just the things

we come to love the mo...

What was that for?

A mosquito.

Honest.

Let me have a try.

Pardon me, sir.

- Could you give us some assistance, please?

- Yeah. Glad to help.

We're looking for Dog Creek Road.

That would be near the town of Redbud.

If I was going to Dog Creek Road,

I sure as hell wouldn't start from here.

But supposing you had to?

Well, then I'd swing around and go back

the way you came.

But this time, turn right

where the old Hollenshed barn used to be.

Then about five miles

before the road dead-ends, veer left...

...and follow the railroad tracks

straight into a town called Beaver Mills.

Or you could take the bridge at the fork in

the road and save yourself a heap of time.

But I wouldn't go that way if I were you.

This ain't a bridge.

- It's termites holding hands.

- We're going over it.

Not me. I wouldn't go over this thing

on a skateboard.

We're going over it. Have faith

in the craftsmanship of our forefathers.

Your forefathers, not my forefathers.

Oh, Lord.

[CREAKING]

This is insane. What are we doing, man?

We're just movers.

That's all. We're just movers.

No one gets paid for this sh*t.

Go back, go back, go back!

Go back, go back, go back.

It's over. It's over, man.

- Forefathers, my ass!

- Shut up. You're making me nervous.

Any sign of them?

Nope.

I think it's gonna be a sneak attack.

Where'd you get that?

From the picnic basket.

Anything else?

No. This was the last of it.

One banana.

- That's all. I'm sorry.

- No.

I thought I saw an apple.

Nope. Just this.

CROCKER:

Mickey?

MICKEY:
Yeah.

CROCKER:
You still got that map?

MICKEY:
Yeah.

CROCKER:
Don't lose it.

It might be the piece of evidence

that gets me off a murder charge.

MICKEY:

Who you gonna kill, Crocker?

CROCKER:

The son of a b*tch who drew that map.

[KNOCKING ON FLOOR]

ELIZABETH:
When they say

hardwood floors, what they really mean is...

...hard, wood floors.

ANDY:
Oh, it's not so bad. It's warm

in here. We have a roof over our heads.

Think about the settlers 200 years ago.

They slept under the stars

and bathed in icy streams.

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Jeffrey Boam

Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 24, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for Lethal Weapon 2 and 3, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, and The Lost Boys. Boam's films had a cumulative gross of over US$1 billion. He was educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. Boam died of heart failure on January 24, 2000 at age 53. more…

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