Moving Page #2

Synopsis: Meet Arlo Pear! He's a family man with a loving wife, a rebellious daughter, twin sons, and a half-dead dog, he's also got a nice job with the city in New Jersey. He's a mass transit engineer. But one day Arlo is fired so he must try to get another job. He finds a similar one to his old one, except it's in Boise, Idaho. Sounds good to Arlo, so he can finally get away from his insane neighbor who has a lawn mower the size of Pennsylvania. Only problem, how to break it to the family? The decision is soon made: they're moving. Now they've got to sell their house which has hilarious results, so now they need to get movers. Two former cons now movers show up with King Kong Bundy. Now, they gotta find a new house in Idaho. They soon find their dream house, so they return to New Jersey and head off to Boise. Arlo hires a man (Dana Carvey) to drive his SAAB to Idaho, not knowing he's a man of eight personalities. And if that isn't bad enough, their new house is not what they expected, and thei
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Alan Metter
Production: Warner Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
36
R
Year:
1988
89 min
586 Views


out Friday night!

Oh, Casey,

that's great!

I know, and he has

his own apartment.

Oh, that's

even better.

Yes, and he goes

to Fairleigh Dickinson,

and he's majoring

in pharmacy.

Oh, right, right,

sure.

I can just see you

living on a farm.

Man, on megaphone:

Arlo pear.

Stand away from that car.

Yeah. You, move it!

Man:
Ha ha ha!

I fooled you, didn't I?

And now we go in

for the kill!

You're not going

anywhere, pear.

I got you right

where I want you!

Cut it out, Frank!

It's just you

and me now, sport.

What's your problem,

Frank?!

I'll tell you

what my problem is.

I have a brain tumor.

I'll tell you

what my problem is.

I have a brain tumor!

cut the sh*t, Frank!

Arlo?

Honey, telephone.

Ohh!

Mayday, mayday.

We've been hit. We're going in.

Mayday, mayday.

Honey, I'm going.

See ya later.

Who is it?

Yes, this is Arlo pear.

What do you want?

What?

Yes, I'd be interested.

Well, that was

very nice of him.

Yes, I know where that is.

Yes, an hour? I could

be there in an hour.

I'll see you then.

Thank you very much.

Whoo! Ho ho ho!

Whoo h-oww!

Yoww! Hey! Ohh!

Good luck.

Thank you, Judy.

Arlo pear.

Yes, sir.

Hi. Simon Eberhard.

Gee, I'm glad

you could make it.

I've wanted

to meet you for years.

Have a seat.

Can I get you

anything? Coffee?

No, Mr. eberhard.

Thank you very much.

Please, call me Simon.

We're gonna be working

together every day.

Excuse me.

Would you find Gary?

Tell him Arlo pear's here.

That's Gary Marcus,

chairman of the board.

Canceled a flight today

so he could meet you.

Now, let's see,

you're the man who does--

where is he?

Hi. Gary Marcus.

Heard nothing but

great things about you.

Welcome to G.T.I.

Have you been

filling in our friend?

Well, yeah,

I was just about to.

Um, here, Arlo.

Take a look at this.

We call it

the phase one shuttle.

It's a fully automated

monorail commuter train,

the fastest, most advanced

train in the world.

180 Miles an hour.

Who's gonna drive

this thing, my wife?

Arlo,

we want you to head

our research and

development division.

You'll have

complete autonomy.

You can set your own staff,

set your own schedule,

whatever you want.

Let's be

perfectly Frank, Arlo.

I'm sure there

are a number

of other offers

that you're considering.

Mmm...

Arlo, we know what you

were getting at Metro,

and this job pays

20,000 more.

We'll treat you

like a king.

Full staff,

secretaries.

Stock options,

profit sharing.

Expense accounts,

state-of-the-art equipment.

Arlo, whatever you want,

you got it.

I personally

guarantee it.

How's that sound?

Terrific. Well,

I guess the first thing

on the agenda

is we gotta

get him out there

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Andy Breckman

Andrew Ross "Andy" Breckman (born March 3, 1955) is an American television and film writer and a radio personality on WFMU. He is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series Monk on the USA Network, and is co-host of WFMU radio's long-running conceptual comedy program Seven Second Delay. He has written screenplays for a number of comedy films including Sgt. Bilko (starring Steve Martin) and Rat Race (directed by Jerry Zucker), and is frequently hired as a "script doctor" to inject humorous content into scripts written by other screenwriters. His production bio at USA Network says, "He has trouble making friends." more…

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