Moving Page #4

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
587 Views


That's a quarter in

the swear jar, young lady.

Fine.

25 cents in the swear jar?

Here's $1.00, dad.

Because there's no goddamn way

I'm goddamn movin'

to any son-of-a-b*tch,

sh*t-eating,

goddamn-Ida,

goddamn, shitty-ho!

That's...

Leave the room.

Arlo:
Well, you guys,

don't you want dessert?

Both:
Oh, yeah!

Now!

Wait a minute. I helped

you guys last week.

Cowards!

I love this house.

Arlo:
So do I.

I love this town.

I love our friends.

I don't wanna move.

I don't wanna move,

either, baby,

but things change.

You could always work

for my father.

I'm sure that offer's

still good.

Making mustard.

But you wouldn't be

making mustard.

You'd be

supervising people.

Who are making mustard.

I am a transportation

engineer.

That's what I do.

That's what I do.

This job offer out there...

It's a good job, huh?

Once in a lifetime.

I can't believe

I'm moving again.

No, not this time.

I'm gonna take care

of everything.

If they kiss,

we're dead.

You swear?

That's it.

We're moving.

Arlo:
All right, ladies

and gentlemen, listen up.

We're gonna take

it from the top,

and this time, I want

some feeling in it, ok?

Operation Idaho.

5 weeks to go,

and what's the plan?

All:
We sell the house

for as much as we can.

And what do we do

with 4 weeks to go?

Buy a new house in Idaho.

3 weeks to go,

what do you say?

Clean up the attic

and throw stuff away.

2 weeks to go,

and the big yard sale...

Arrange with the mailman

to forward the mail!

One week to go,

and what's the job?

Hire somebody

to drive the Saab!

Moving day, and we're

out of Jersey!

We're gonna start a new life

in a town called Boise!

Great! That was excellent!

Hey, case. Fries

or onion rings?

Fries.

Have you told him yet?

No!

Why not?

Because I'm not moving.

What do you mean?

I mean I'm not moving.

Even if I have to

kill someone.

Where did you

get him, coach?

It ain't over

till it's over.

Come on, Freddy, go!

One more lap!

Come on,

let's go, Randy!

One more lap, baby!

You can do it!

You've done it before!

Let's go!

I can't believe

you're leaving me!

Woman:
As you can see,

the entire house

is very sunny.

It's wonderful

for plants.

Philip, wouldn't

our brown couch

look good in here?

Uh-huh, and, honey,

look at the paneling.

And here are the 2

downstairs bedrooms.

Sounds like

they like it.

If they make an offer,

let me do the talking.

Don't even nod your head.

I'll handle everything.

Ok.

Aah! Oh, my God! Aah!

Oh, my God!

What the hell?

Where's Casey?

Ohh, stop...

Stop what?

Stop me.

What's this?

Oh, I was just doing

some work around the house.

Monica:
You'll love

the kitchen.

It has all the

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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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