Nothing But Trouble (1991)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Dan Aykroyd

Writers (WGA):

Peter Aykroyd (story)
Dan Aykroyd (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

All they wanted was a little getaway. All they got was nothing but trouble.

Plot:

A businessman finds he and his friends the prisoners of a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in the backwoods of a bizarre mansion.

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Chase | Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Dysfunctional Family | Speeding

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Chevy Chase	...	Chris Thorne
Dan Aykroyd	...	Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
John Candy	...	Dennis / Eldona
Demi Moore	...	Diane Lightson
Valri Bromfield	...	Miss Purdah
Taylor Negron	...	Fausto Squiriniszu
Bertila Damas	...	Renalda Squiriniszu
Raymond J. Barry	...	Mark
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Brian
John Wesley	...	Sam
Peter Aykroyd	...	Mike the Doorman
Daniel Baldwin	...	Dealer #1 (Artie)
James Staszkiel	...	Dealer #2 (as James Staskel)
Deborah Lee Johnson	...	Dealer #1's Girlfriend
Karla Tamburrelli	...	Dealer #2's Girlfriend
John Daveikis	...	L'il Debbull
Earl Dixon	...	Porch Person
Danielle Aykroyd	...	Porch Person
P.H. Aykroyd	...	Porch Person
Richard Kruk	...	Porch Person
Robert K. Weiss	...	Porch Person
Laurence Bilzerian	...	Town Biker
Isaac Tigrett	...	Town Biker
Catherine Quinn	...	Party Goer
Ron Ulstad	...	Party Goer
Paul LeClair	...	Party Goer
Stan Garner	...	Train Master
James Frank Clark	...	Train Engineer (as James Clark)
Jeffrey P. Baggett	...	State Trooper
Kristina Kochoff	...	State Trooper
Gary Velasco	...	State Trooper
Roger Grimsby	...	TV Anchor
Susan Campos	...	TV Reporter
Humpty Hump	...	Digital Underground member
Shock-G	...	Digital Underground member
Money-B	...	Digital Underground member
Fuze	...	Digital Underground member
Chopmaster-J	...	Digital Underground member
Tupac Shakur	...	Digital Underground member (as 2 Pac Shakur)
Kent Racker	...	Digital Underground member
Nzazi Muhammed	...	Digital Underground member
Schmoovy-Schmoov	...	Digital Underground member
Karen Croney	...	Party Girl
D'Andrea Bryant	...	Party Girl
Jennifer Van Buskirk	...	Party Girl
Gianna Amore	...	Party Girl

Directed by
Dan Aykroyd

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter Aykroyd		(story)
Dan Aykroyd		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lester Berman	....	producer
Michael Ewing	....	assistant producer
John D. Schofield	....	associate producer
Robert K. Weiss	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey

Film Editing by
Malcolm Campbell
James R. Symons

Casting by
Marion Dougherty
Sharon Howard-Field

Production Design by
William Sandell

Set Decoration by
Michael Taylor

Costume Design by
Deborah Nadoolman

Makeup Department
Mike Elizalde	....	special makeup effects artist
David B. Miller	....	makeup supervisor
Lisa Rocco	....	special makeup effects artist: fat suits

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
M. James Arnett	....	second unit director (as Jim Arnett)
Garry A. Brown	....	first assistant director: second unit
Princess McLean	....	second assistant director
Jim Van Wyck	....	first assistant director

Art Department
William Boyd	....	construction foreman
Larry Clark	....	paint supervisor
Bruce Di Valerio	....	general construction foreman
John Eaves	....	model maker
Rudy Reachi	....	property master

Sound Department
Karen M. Baker	....	first assistant sound editor
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Avram D. Gold	....	supervising adr editor
Mark Lanza	....	assistant sound editor
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator
Frank Smathers	....	sound effects editor
Steve Mann	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark Noel	....	special effects
Tom Pahk	....	special effects foreman
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: first unit

Visual Effects by
Bruce A. Block	....	matte cameraman
Tom Martinek	....	model maker: Apogee (uncredited)

Stunts
Phil Adams	....	stunt coordinator
Phil Adams	....	stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (as Jim Arnett)
Clay Boss	....	stunts
Diana Cuevas	....	stunt double
Bud Davis	....	stunts (as Bud George Davis)
Robert Elmore	....	stunts (as Bob Elmore)
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts
Marian Green	....	stunts
Maria R. Kelly	....	stunts (as Maria Kelly)
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts
Peter McKernan	....	stunts
Bennie Moore	....	stunts
Rex Pierson	....	stunts
Don Pulford	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
John Robotham	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Sonia Ryusaki	....	stunts
Mark Stefanich	....	stunts
Victoria Vanderkloot	....	stunts
Al Wyatt Jr.	....	stunts (as Alan Wyatt Jr.)
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Marshall Ruge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Bean	....	video technician
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Don Burgess	....	director of photography: second unit
Richard 'Rico' Sands	....	gaffer: second unit
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator
Robert M. Stevens	....	director of photography: second unit (as Bob Stevens)
Rod Weaver	....	gaffer: second unit
Rod Weaver	....	rigging gaffer

Casting Department
Douglas Wright	....	casting coordinator

Music Department
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Chris Boardman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant
Les Godwin	....	assistant location manager
Kevin Marcy	....	assistant: Dan Aykroyd
Eileen Peterson	....	unit publicist
Trudy Ramirez	....	script supervisor (as Trudy G. Ramirez)
Alisa Statman	....	production assistant
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	animal trainer: dog
Nicholas Wolfert	....	production assistant
Yvonne Yaconelli	....	production coordinator
Steve Ray	....	double: Dan Ackroyd (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Applied Action
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Git (USA) (working title)
Valkenvania (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Applied Action

Trivia:

Bertila Damas, who plays Renalda Squiriniszu, is a popular Spanish-language singer. She sang "La Chanka".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Fausto: [as they leave a car and go into a building to a party] 20 minutes, hello, good-bye.
Renalda: Ok.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Daymaker (2007)

Soundtrack:

I Mean I Love You

Give this movie a try before you pass it by...

I, unlike a lot of others, found this movie to be extremely funny- both in a smart way and a sort of gross out way. Chevy Chase is really funny with his sort of smart-ass, dry wit, probably his best performance after Christmas Vacation. From the movies I've seen Demi Moore in, this ranks as her best and shows that she can do comedy. Dan Akroyd and John Candy each pull double duty in this one and do it well- I couldn't even tell the second character Dan was playing until the credits rolled. The sets are unreal- from the junkyard (complete with piles and PILES of random junk and the Baby Huey-esquire Lil' Debil and Bobo) to the house of the honorable judge, it's hard to believe they actually put this together. Don't take everybody's word, check it out and you won't be sorry...