Club Paradise
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| Directed by | Harold Ramis |
| Produced by | Michael Shamberg |
| Written by | Ed Roboto & Tom Leopold and Chris Miller & David Standish (story) Harold Ramis & Brian Doyle-Murray (screenplay) |
| Starring | Robin Williams Peter O'Toole Jimmy Cliff Rick Moranis |
| Music by | David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks |
| Cinematography | Peter Hannan |
| Editing by | Marion Rothman |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 1986 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Club Paradise is a 1986 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, and starring Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Cliff. The film reunites director/cowriter Ramis with most of his SCTV co-stars -- SCTV cast members Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, and Robin Duke play supporting roles in the film, as does co-writer Brian Doyle-Murray, a former SCTV staff writer.
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[edit] Plot details
Jack Moniker (Williams) is a Chicago firefighter who gets injured on the job. Using his disability money, he decides to retire and live the good life in a small Caribbean island named Saint Nicholas. He buys a small amount of property there and lives among other washed-up personalities such as Anthony Cloyden Hayes (Peter O'Toole). Appointed by the British crown as governor of St. Nicholas, Hayes is more concerned with vacationing than governing.
Jack befriends financially troubled reggae musician Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff), and they together form "Club Paradise," which they market as a Club Med-style resort. This attracts a handful of tourists, including Barry and Barry (Rick Moranis and Eugene Levy), who are there for the pot and the women. Much of the film involves the tourists' comic misadventures adjusting to island life and the low-rent facilities of Club Paradise.
(Brian Doyle-Murray) plays a key role, as a developer who wants to run Jack and Ernest off their property so he can build a massive high-end casino on the beach. To do that, he uses the help of the local prime minister (Adolph Caesar) and the prime minister's men to cause trouble and get Club Paradise to close "legally." When this doesn't work, the prime minister orders a military takeover of the island. Ernest builds up a resistance force, and St. Nicholas is soon threatened with the possibility of civil war.
[edit] Tagline
- The vacation you'll never forget -- no matter how hard you try.
[edit] Cast
- Robin Williams .... Jack Moniker
- Peter O'Toole .... Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes
- Rick Moranis .... Barry Nye
- Jimmy Cliff .... Ernest Reed
- Twiggy .... Phillipa Lloyd
- Adolph Caesar .... Prime Minister Solomon Gundy
- Eugene Levy .... Barry Steinberg
- Joanna Cassidy .... Terry Hamlin
- Andrea Martin .... Linda White
- Brian Doyle-Murray .... Voit Zerbe
- Joe Flaherty .... Pilot
- Steven Kampmann .... Randy White
- Robin Duke .... Mary Lou
- Mary Gross .... Jackie
- Simon Jones ... Toby Prooth
- Louise Bennett ... Portia
- Ansel "Double Barrel" Collins ... Flamboyant (Ernest Reed's band)
- Earl "Chinna" Smith ... Flamboyant (Ernest Reed's band)
- Carey Lowell ... Fashion Model
- Louis Zorich ... Swiss Businessman
- Bruce McGill ... Dave, Jack's fireman buddy
- Anne Ramis, wife of director Harold Ramis ... Travel Agent
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