small town,based on novel or book,slapstick comedy,city country contrast,vermont

Funny Farm (1988)

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Chevy Chase finds life in the country isn't what it's cracked up to be!

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.

Cast & Crew

Director
George Roy Hill
  • Profile picture of Chevy Chase
    Andy Farmer Chevy Chase
  • Profile picture of Madolyn Smith Osborne
    Elizabeth Farmer Madolyn Smith Osborne
  • Profile picture of Kevin O'Morrison
    Sheriff Ledbetter Kevin O'Morrison
  • Profile picture of Joseph Maher
    Michael Sinclair Joseph Maher
  • Profile picture of Jack Gilpin
    Bud Culbertson Jack Gilpin
  • Profile picture of Mike Starr
    Crocker Mike Starr
  • Profile picture of Glenn Plummer
    Mickey Glenn Plummer
  • Profile picture of William Duell
    Old Character William Duell

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Keywords

  • small town
  • based on novel or book
  • slapstick comedy
  • city country contrast
  • vermont