A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There’s one big complication though; he’s fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
- Allen Bauer: Tom Hanks
- Madison: Daryl Hannah
- Walter Kornbluth: Eugene Levy
- Freddie Bauer: John Candy
- Mrs. Stimler: Dody Goodman
- Mr. Buyrite: Shecky Greene
- Dr. Ross: Richard B. Shull
- Jerry: Bobby Di Cicco
- Dr. Zidell: Howard Morris
- Tim, the Doorman: Tony DiBenedetto
- Michaelson: Patrick Cronin
- Michaelson’s Partner: Charles Walker
- Claude: David Knell
- Junior: Jeff Doucette
- Buckwalter: Royce D. Applegate
- Augie: Tony Longo
- Ms. Stein: Nora Denney
- The President: Charles Macaulay
- Dr. Johannsen: Ronald F. Hoiseck
- Bartender: Lou Tiano
- Manny: Joe Grifasi
- McCullough: Rance Howard
- Wife: Corki Grazer
- Husband: Fred Lerner
- Lt. Ingram: David Lloyd Nelson
- Fat Jack: Al Chesney
- Stan, the Tour Guide: Lowell Ganz
- T.V. Dept. Manager: James Ritz
- TV Salesman: Maurice Rice
- Rudy: Babaloo Mandel
- Dr. Hess: Pierre Epstein
- Girl at Wedding: Cheryl Howard
- Girl at Wedding: Louisa Marie
- Wedding Guest: Valerie Wildman
- Wedding Guest: Christopher Thomas
- Wedding Guest: Rick Dano
- Wedding Guest: Clint Howard
- Man with Date: Ron Kuhlman
- Girl with Date: Lori Kessler
- Sergeant Munson: Joe Cirillo
- Parilli: Tom Toner
- Sergeant Lelandowski: Lee Delano
- Wanda: Migdia Skarsgård Chinea
- Man by Elevator: Jack Denton
- George: Nick Cinardo
- Policeman: Fil Formicola
- Mr. Ambrose: Than Wyenn
- TV Reporter: Clare Peck
- Dr. Fujimoto: Eileen Saki
- Reporter: Jodi Long
- Reporter: Victoria Lucas
- Reporter: Jeffrey Dreisbach
- Reporter: Amy Ingersoll
- Reporter: Daryl Edwards
- Reporter: Jack Hallett
- Ralph Bauer: Bill Smitrovich
- Mary Bauer: Nancy Raffa
- Young Allen: David Kreps
- Young Freddie: Jason Late
- Young Madison: Shayla Mackarvich
Film Crew:
- Editor: Mike Hill
- Stunts: Danny Aiello III
- Editor: Daniel P. Hanley
- Story: Brian Grazer
- Director: Ron Howard
- Casting: Bill Shepard
- Art Direction: Jack T. Collis
- Screenplay: Bruce Jay Friedman
- Art Direction: John B. Mansbridge
- Set Decoration: Norman Rockett
- Production Manager: John Thomas Lenox
- Original Music Composer: Lee Holdridge
- Director of Photography: Donald Peterman
- Costume Design: May Routh
- Set Decoration: Philip Smith
- Screenplay: Lowell Ganz
- Screenplay: Babaloo Mandel
- First Assistant Director: Jan R. Lloyd
- Second Assistant Director: Doug Metzger
- Second Assistant Director: Hans Beimler
- Second Assistant Director: Christopher Griffin
- Sound Mixer: Richard S. Church
- Chief Lighting Technician: Kal Manning
- Property Master: Wilbur L. Russell
- Costume Supervisor: Jack Sandeen
- Key Costumer: Sandy Berke Jordan
- Makeup Supervisor: Robert J. Schiffer
- Makeup Artist: Bruce Hutchinson
- Unit Publicist: Lyla Foggia
- Production Coordinator: Bobbi Kronowitz
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Mitch Suskin
- Sound Supervisor: Robert Hathaway
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Joe Parker
- Sound Effects Editor: George Fredrick
- Supervising Music Editor: Jack Wadsworth
- Music Editor: Richard Luckey
- Dialogue Editor: Al Maguire
- Assistant Editor: Roger Tweten
- Assistant Editor: Carol Ann Jackson
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Richard Portman
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Nick Alphin
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Frank Regula
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Gerard
- Title Designer: Wayne Fitzgerald
- Title Designer: David Oliver Pfeil
- Stunts: Jophery C. Brown
- Stunts: Tim Gallin
- Stunts: Bill Anagnos
- Stunts: John De Bello
- Stunts: Al Cerullo
- Stunts: John Cade
- Stunts: Len DeVirgilio
- Stunts: Jery Hewitt
- Stunts: Lisa Dalton
- Stunt Coordinator: Hubie Kerns Jr.
- Stunts: Victor Magnotta
- Stunts: Anne Senelly Kyle
- Stunt Coordinator: Edgard Mourino
- Stunts: A.L. Sheppard
- Stunts: Catherine Schultz
- Stunts: Roy Thomas
- Stunts: Alex Stevens
- Stunts: Jesse Wayne
- Stunt Coordinator: Fred Waugh
- Stunts: Tommy J. Huff
- Stunts: Scott Leva
- Stunts: Peggy Westmoreland
- Stunts: Michael M. Vendrell
Movie Reviews:
- Kamurai: Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
- Even after 25 years, this holds up, though a modernization is probably due soon.
- Hop in the way back machine and see some of the greats early on: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. That team pretty much carries the movie and they go through a wonderful, fun-filled adventure into a mystery of a new girl in Allen’s life. Honestly, you could probably cut out the mermaid bit and have her be a crazy foreign girl, though that sounds like a movie someone has made already.
- It being a mermaid movie definitely makes some allowances, and makes the movie more memorable. It adds in a metaphor of the importance of communication into the writing, and gives a focal point for the story to move around and become a focus in the 3rd act. As there is barely a direct antagonist in this, this sort of conflict is usually how a romantic comedy resolves.
- It’s a fun watch, well made for it’s time, and imagine most people, especially mermaid movie fans, will enjoy it.
- CinemaSerf: Twenty years earlier “Allen” (Tom Hanks) had a mysterious underwater encounter with a rescuer. Advance to present day and he is managing a fish market with his sibling “Freddie” (John Candy). Another trip to Cape Cod, another accident and yep, it’s the same saviour – only this time their eyes meet over a choppy sea and shortly afterwards she follows him onto the land. It’s lust/love at first sight and pretty soon she is living with him. She (Daryl Hannah) calls her self “Madison” after the avenue/president and after a day in Bloomingdale’s television department picks up enough English to join in the rest of this rather slapstick movie – or to at last have a post-coital chat! Thing is, madcap scientist “Prof. Kornbluth” (Eugene Levy) is soon on her tail (!) and after chucking buckets of water at a similarly attired couple a few times, our lovebirds find themselves incarcerated in a lab where they are to be the subject of some nasty experiments. Can they escape the clutches of their captors and get her back to the open sea before six days expire and she finds herself stuck? The idea is quite fun and at the start when they are in their respective discovery phases, it’s quite entertaining. It just repeats itself too often, though, and the presence of his annoyingly selfish brother just clutters it all up, gradually creating the look of a slightly farcical episode of the “A-Team”. It’s watchable but I didn’t find there to be any chemistry between the stars – Hannah was never a particularly engaging actor, I found – and it’s all rather forgettable.