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Plot

Robin Williams' comic shtick sabotages any attempt at comic development in Harold Ramis' patchy comedy farce Club Paradise. Williams plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago fireman injured in the line of duty, who uses his disability money to open up a run-down Caribbean resort. Jack eagerly awaits the planeload of tourists who will be his first patrons. This group of low-rent jackanapes include Barry Nye (Rick Moranis) and Barry Steinberg (Eugene Levy), a couple of horny geek bachelors; Phillipa Lloyd (Twiggy) and Terry Hamlin (Joanna Cassidy) as a couple of gals on the make; and Linda White (Andrea Martin), as a bossy American tourist. While the tourists shindig around Jack's ramshackle resort, a revolution is brewing on the island headed by revolutionary Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff). Trying to prevent the revolutionary upheaval is the dissipated British governor-general of the island, Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes (Peter O'Toole), and the pompous Prime Minister Solomon Gundy (Adolph Caesar).
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
96min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/11/1986
DVD Release Date:
02/14/2006
Distributor(s):
Warner Brothers
Director(s):
Harold Ramis
Starring:
Robin Williams , Peter O'Toole , Rick Moranis , Jimmy Cliff , Twiggy
Themes:
Nothing Goes Right,Brief Encounters,Nightmare Vacations,Dropping Out
Tone:
Bright,Easygoing,Goofy,Light,Madcap,Frantic,Silly,Upbeat
Keywords:
Prime-Minister,beachfront-property,corruption,firefighter,insurance-settlement,life-changes,real-estate-tycoon,reggae-music,resort,songwriter,tourist,vacation
Country of Origin:
USA (07-11-1986)