Going Overboard

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Going Overboard
DVD cover
Directed by	Valerie Breiman
Written by	Valerie Breiman Scott LaRose Adam Rifkin Adam Sandler
Produced by	Mark Daniel Jones Adam Rifkin
Starring	Adam Sandler Burt Young
Cinematography	Ron Jacobs
Edited by	Randy D. Wiles
Music by	Steven "Scooby" Scott Smalley
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures
Release date	May 11, 1989 (1989-05-11)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200,000

Going Overboard is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Valerie Breiman, and stars Adam Sandler in his film debut, Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle and Billy Bob Thornton in a small role. The film was originally released in 1989, but once Sandler became successful after appearing on Saturday Night Live and in the films Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, it was given a wider release by Vidmark Entertainment in 1996.

Plot[]

Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) is a struggling comedian working on a cruise ship. Shecky gets his chance to be the ship's comedian when it is thought that the regular comedian, Dickie Diamond (Scott LaRose), had fallen overboard and drowned. (Dickie actually locked himself in the men's room.) Shecky is nervous about performing, but King Neptune (Billy Zane) convinces him to go for the opportunity by telling Shecky about the power of laughter. Shecky's first performance is very unsuccessful as he is booed off the stage, he is especially heckled by the construction worker Dave (Billy Bob Thornton). However, after a lecture by Milton Berle, Shecky succeeds in making the audience laugh. At that point, the terrorists come onboard and want to kill Miss Australia. Shecky, remembering the advice about the power of laughter, saves her by promising to put the assassins in a film.

Cast[]

• Adam Sandler as Shecky Moskowitz
• Burt Young as General Noriega
• Tom Hodges as Bob
• Scott LaRose as Dickie Diamond
• Allen Covert as The Bartender
• Billy Zane as King Neptune
• Terry Moore as Mistress
• Milton Berle (credited) as Himself
• Billy Bob Thornton as Dave
• Dan Povenmire as Yellow Teeth
• Steven Brill as Priest
• Peter Berg as Mort Ginsberg
• Adam Rifkin as Croaker / Miss Spain
• Gabe Sachs as Funeral Moaner
• Ricky Paull Goldin as Terrorist Without Shirt
• Warren Selko as Terrorist With Mustache

Reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has 4 reviews listed, all of which are negative.^[1]

David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it 0 out of 4 and called "...a slapdash and thoroughly amateurish piece of work that suffers from a total dearth of positive attributes."^[2] J.R. Taylor of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade D.^[3]

As of 2021, the film is 15 in IMDB's list of the Bottom 100 Films on the website.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Going Overboard at IMDb
• Going Overboard at AllMovie

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