The 'Burbs
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The 'Burbs is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Joe Dante and written by Dana Olsen. It stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson and Gale Gordon.
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The 'Burbs is a 1989 American film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Ron Howard and Dana Olsen. The screenplay was written by Dana Olsen, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The production companies involved were Imagine Entertainment and Rollins-Morra-Brezner Productions. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, including via video on demand.
The cast features Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, and Rick Ducommun. The movie runs for 102 minutes and is categorized as a comedy drama, horror film, adventure film, mystery film, and thriller. Its tagline describes the setting as "Suburbia." The film has a budget of 18,000,000 and grossed 49,101,993 at the box office.
Critical reception includes a review score of 53%, 6/10, and 45/100. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 and a TMDb vote average of 6.754. The narrative involves themes of garbage, psychopaths, paranoia, and dark comedy. The film is in the English language.
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Vinony files it under 1989 American films, 1989 black comedy films and 1989 English-language films.
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Film · TMDB
6.8When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Ray Peterson
- Bruce Dern as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- Carrie Fisher as Carol Peterson
- Rick Ducommun as Art Weingartner
- Wendy Schaal as Bonnie Rumsfield
- Corey Feldman as Ricky Butler
Themes
- garbage
- psychopath
- paranoia
- dark comedy
- vacation
- suburbia
- neighbor
- serial killer
- slasher
- chainsaw
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Screenwriter
- Dana Olsen
- Cast member
- Dana Olsen
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Dana Olsen
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 797723
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-02-17
- title
- The 'Burbs
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 45/100
- capital cost
- 18000000
- box office
- 36601993
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