Overboard Page #9

Synopsis: Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye, Dean is left unpaid while Joanna sets sail. The following day, Joanna is fished out of the sea, after falling overboard, suffering from amnesia. Dean sees a neat way to regain the money she owes him... he tells her she's his wife; that way Dean gets a free housekeeper and mother for his four kids.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Garry Marshall
Production: MGM
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
PG
Year:
1987
106 min
2,762 Views


to which we were born.

But you, madam, on the other hand,

have had the rare privilege

of escaping your bonds for just a spell

to see life from an entirely

new perspective.

How you choose to use that information,

madam, is entirely up to you.

- Captain Karl?

- Yes, ma'am.

- We've never really had time to talk.

- No, we haven't.

Well, there's no time now.

- What are you doing?

- Turning the boat around.

- Why?

- I'm going home.

You're turning that wheel too fast.

Captain Karl! Why is the land

on the wrong side of the yacht?

Oh, she did?

Well, she's gone too far this time.

She thinks she's dealing with an idiot!

So we're heading back

to the jungles of Oregon!

- I want to go back, Grant.

- To him?

Yes. I'm sorry.

You haven't begun to be sorry,

you hillbilly harlot!

Captain Karl, go below with the crew.

I'm taking over.

Andrew, go get Dr Korman! Go!

- Get out of my way, Karl!

- But, sir!

Now I'm in charge!

We're coming about... at full speed ahead!

- Who is it?

- Dr Death. Let's go.

We're gonna go get her!

Come on! Billy's friends'll help us!

- I hope I don't get court-martialled.

- Yeah, I owe you.

- Anything in the manual?

- Not about pulling alongside a ship

and telling a passenger

you love them, sir.

Put your nose in the manual

and find something, Lucas!

Whatever you do,

I'm getting off at the next port.

Don't be ridiculous.

Nobody leaves a Stayton.

I don't love you any more.

Please try and understand that.

What has love got to do with marriage?

You'd actually prefer living in squalor

with that cave dweller!

They should have kept you

in the hospital psycho ward!

What did you say?

How did you know that?

You left me there, didn't you?

You snake!

How could you do that?

How could you be such a slime?

Call me all the names you want,

but many women adore me!

Do you wanna know what I was doing?

I'll tell you.

I was whacking the donkey

with painted ladies. They loved me!

Yes! I did leave you.

There! Now I've confessed. So what?

We're at sea. And I'm a god at sea!

Nine o'clock in the morning.

This better be good.

Doctor, Grant's having

another nervous breakdown.

- He thinks he's God. Keep him busy.

- All right.

- Morning, Grant.

- Korman, my wife is insane.

- Do we have a straitjacket?

- I always carry one.

Good! Put her in it!

You're overwrought, Grant.

I want you to take a Valium.

Here, take one of mine.

- Is Nino here?

- Nino on break.

I have to stop the boat.

My husband's a little bit crazy...

- The captain stop the boat.

- I'm the captain!

No, please don't salute!

I have to find a red button...

Vessel sighted straight ahead, sir!

- Identify.

- There's a fat guy in my way, sir.

Who you callin' fat, you little weasel!

Come here!

Where's the thing? I need the red...

- Here! Here it is!

- No, please!

- The boat stopped.

- Yes, it stopped!

- I need to get it turned around.

- Nino on the break.

He's here!

He's here! That's him!

Stop that boat immediately

and let me get my mom!

- Qu'est-ce que c'est?

- Pee Wee Herman.

- Qui est-ce?

- Maman! Qu'est-ce qu'on mange ce soir?

Come in, Immaculata.

- He's here!

- There's mutiny afoot.

She's at the bottom of this mutiny.

I'm gonna rid myself of this albatross.

He's here!

- Go back to New York, Dr Korman.

- Really? Thank you.

- Dean!

- Madam! The ship has stopped.

What happened? Did he strike you?

- Did he make you do something?

- No! Everything's wonderful.

- Message over the radio, sir.

- Annie! Ha-ha!

Looks like the fun's over. We've got some

salmon poachers fishing in illegal waters.

That takes precedence

over your friend's love life.

- Come about!

- Son, no more radio.

Hey! Hey! Hey, wait a... Hey!

- Billy, what's goin' on?

- We're turnin' round.

They're going after salmon poachers.

He's leaving. Where's he going?

- Catarina!

- Arturo!

I'm coming!

- Man overboard!

- Sh*t! Sound the horn.

Coming about again, Czapowskyj.

Annie!

Oh, no, madam. I cannot let you do this!

- What?

- Not without a lifejacket.

Dean! I'm coming!

Madam, you really should

play a little hard to get.

Tell my mother I'll call her!

Woman overboard!

She's wearing an evening dress, sir.

Get those kids out of the rescue boat.

Let's go!

My mom's out there! Let me...

Halt! You treasonous tramp!

Conspiring with the enemy

at sea is mutiny!

Pull!

Another man overboard!

I am giving my notice, sir!

- Annie!

- Oh, Dean!

Annie!

I love you! I'll never leave you again!

I'll never let you go!

You're my Annie. You always will be.

Man overboard

is kissing woman overboard.

Our rescue boat is starboard.

The guy with the arrows

is being pulled in at port.

It's a helluva day at sea, sir.

- I can't believe you did it.

- Oh, I saw you jump so I jumped.

No, I don't mean that.

I can't believe

you gave all that up just for me.

- I didn't.

- What do... What do you mean?

Well, the truth is that it's mine.

The boat, the money, everything.

It's all mine.

Dean! Dean, it's OK!

Oh! Did you tell 'em?

Yeah.

- They're making out their Christmas lists.

- Oh, already?

How do you spell Porsche?

They got me thinking, though.

What can I possibly give you, ever,

that you don't already have?

A little girl.

# Different people

# Different worlds

# You just call me

# And I'll be there for you

# We belong together

# You know it's true

# Cos there's something special about

# Me and you

# Something special about our love

# It's all right

# Baby, it's OK

# We're gonna make it

# No matter what they say

# Sure as the stars shine

# In the sky above

# There is something special

about our love

# People change

# As time goes by

# Others come between

# But I'll love you

# Till the day I die

# Cos there's something special about

# You and me

# Something special

# About our love

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Leslie Dixon

Leslie Dixon is an American screenwriter and film producer. She began her career as an original screenwriter, writing films such as 1987's Outrageous Fortune and Overboard. She then moved into adaptations and re-writes, developing the screenplays for: Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair, Pay It Forward, and Hairspray. She has also produced a variety of films, and the television series Limitless. more…

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