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Directed by Howard Zieff
Produced by Christopher W. Knight
Written by Jon Connolly and David Loucka
With: Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Larry Pine, Richard Fitzpatrick, Freda Foh Shen, and Michael Lembeck
Cinematography: Adam Holender
Editing: Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Music: David McHugh
Runtime: 113 min
Release Date: 07 April 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Comedy about unsupervised psychiatric inmates wandering loose in NYC takes the Cuckoo's Nest "fishing trip" sequence and builds an entire movie around it. The talented cast doesn’t embarrass themselves but this material requires a far more deft hand than director Howard Zieff (Private Benjamin) brings to the table.