Goin' Coconuts

Goin' Coconuts
Directed by Howard Morris
Produced by John Cutts
Written by
  • William Mark Daniels
  • Raymond Harvey
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Frank Phillips
Edited by Frank Bracht
Production
company
Inter Planetary Pictures
Distributed by Osmond Entertainment
Release date
  • October 6, 1978 (1978-10-06) (Hawaii)
  • October 17, 1978 (1978-10-17) (wide)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Goin' Coconuts is a 1978 American musical adventure comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Donny and Marie Osmond. The feature film was released in theaters by Columbia Pictures on October 17, 1978. It was both a critical and commercial failure. Shooting took place in Oahu, Hawaii from March 31 to May 1978.

Synopsis

While performing in concert with Donny in Hawaii, Marie acquires a lovely necklace, unaware that it's coveted by a group of thieves and by a mysterious woman. Plenty of trouble soon follows, with Donny and Marie getting into one jam after another.

Cast

Soundtrack

Goin' Coconuts
Soundtrack album by Donny & Marie
Released October 1978
Genre Pop rock
Label Polydor Records
Producer Mike Curb, Michael Lloyd
Singles from Goin' Coconuts
  1. "On the Shelf"
    Released: October 1978

Goin' Coconuts soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by Polydor Records in October 1978. It earned platinum status, despite the film doing poorly at the box office. The first single release, "On the Shelf", was a U.S. Top 40 hit during November 1978 (Billboard #38, AC #25[1]). The song also charted in Canada, reaching #60 on the pop singles chart [2] and spending two weeks at #14 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."On the Shelf" (Steve Voice, Peter Yellowstone)3:58
2."Don't Play With the One Who Loves You" (Michael Lloyd)2:27
3."You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham)3:00
4."Baby Now That I've Found You" (Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod)3:04
5."Gimme Some Time" (Paul Harrison)2:54
6."Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)2:51
7."You Bring Me Sunshine" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)2:32
8."Fallin' In Love Again" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)2:19
9."Doctor Dancin'" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)3:09
10."You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry)3:20
11."May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)0:51

References

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1978-12-09
  2. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=86&
  3. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0075&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0075.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0075
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