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Overview

User Rating:
4.7/10   916 votes
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Writer (WGA):
Robert Klane (written by)
Release Date:
1 May 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Jon Aldrich is about to come face to face with the most terrifying force known to man... His parents.
Plot:
A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
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Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Selleck ... Jon Aldrich

Don Ameche ... Harry Aldrich
Anne Jackson ... Mildred Aldrich
Christine Ebersole ... Arlene Aldrich

Wendy Crewson ... Audrey Aldrich

Michael Murphy ... Ed

Robert Pastorelli ... Fred
Kevin Chevalia ... Kevin (as Kevin Timothy Chevalia)
Maggie Murphy ... Maggie (as Margaret Murphy)
Joseph Miller ... Jerry
T.J. Parish ... Steve

J. Patrick McCormack ... Howard (as John McCormack)
Peter Burns ... Another Trader

Jon Favreau ... Chicago Taxi Driver
Jackye Roberts ... Gail
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Boca Raton, Florida, USA more
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Company:
Penta Pictures more

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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: John calls Ed a "backstabbing pig" when he finds out that the FBI has closed down the place where he works. However, it looks like "pig" replaced "prick" in post production to gain a PG-13 rating. more
Quotes:
Jon: I remember this picture.
Harry: Oh yeah. Guy on the left had is Tom Hankerman, he flew 37 missions before going down over Okinawa.
Jon: Pop, you're putting your shorts on backwards.
Harry: Huh? Oh yeah. That guy there is Lenny Coleman. Lenny ran that little airfield I flew out of after the war.
Jon: Is that the place you took me to for my first ride?
Harry: Your mother too. And last ride for her!
Jon: Pop, you see much of Arlene?
Harry: Arlene?
Jon: Your loving daughter.
Harry: No.
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Referenced in Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
GRAVEL ROAD more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Watch this movie!, 18 October 1998
Author: KES-3 from Los Angeles

When I watched Folks! for the first time I could not stop laughing. It was hilarious! I highly recommend you watch it. You will not regret it!

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