Summer Rental


1h 28m 1985

Brief Synopsis

A working-class guy saves up the money and hauls his family to Florida for a vacation in a rented house, but once there things don't go as planned.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1985
Production Company
Metrocolor; Panavision, Ltd.; Paramount Pictures
Distribution Company
Paramount Home Media; Paramount Pictures
Location
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m

Synopsis

Stressed air traffic controller Jack Chester just wants to get away to a little beach cottage. But when he runs afoul of a local yachtsman, he'll have to stand up for himself and make his family proud.

Crew

Louis Alter

Song

Irene Aparicio

Hair Stylist

Denny Arnold

Stunts

Diane Barnett

Assistant

Frawley Becker

Location Manager

Carl Boles

Chief Lighting Technician

Bernie Brillstein

Executive Producer

Jimmy Buffett

Song Performer

Jimmy Buffett

Song

Lee Burch

Editing

Marjorie K Chan

Costumer

John Craig

Auditor

Kelly G Crawford

Assistant Editor

Howard Davidson

Transportation Coordinator

Marie Del Russo

Makeup Artist

Barry Delaney

Costumer

Juno J. Ellis

Foley Editor

Marty Ewing

Assistant Director

Harold Faltermeyer

Song

Charles Fox

Song

Leigh French

Looping Coordinator

Jack Gary

Assistant Camera

Gigi Givertz

Assistant

Robert Gutknecht

Sound Effects Editor

Cecelia Hall

Sound Effects Editor

Sean Hanley

Adr Editor

Rob Harris

Publicity

Bishop Holiday

Song

Frank Howard

Sound Effects Editor

Joey Ippolito

Foley Editor

Will Jennings

Song

Larry K Johnson

Script Supervisor

Richard E Johnson

Special Effects

John S. Karas

Construction Coordinator

Liz Keigley

Casting

Ray Kinzer

Key Grip

Elizabeth Lambert

Makeup Artist

Gregg Landaker

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Lasalandra

Music Editor

Scott Lipsker

Song

Frank Loesser

Song

Kenny Loggins

Song

Steve Maslow

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert L Mccallister

Apprentice Editor

Johnny Mercer

Song

Frank Miller

Camera Operator

Margaret Ann Miller

Camera Operator

Marvin Miller

Unit Production Manager

Michael Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bud Molin

Editor

Gary Moreno

Set Decorator

Stephen Myers

Assistant Editor

Judy Nagy

Assistant

Gina Neilson

Assistant

Alan L Nineberg

Adr Editor

Al Overton Jr.

Sound Mixer

Stan Paul

Sound Effects Editor

Harold Payne

Song

Penny Perry

Casting

Dean Pitchford

Song

Carl Reiner

Song Performer

Mark Reisman

Screenwriter

Mark Reisman

Associate Producer

Stacy Rhodes Resch

Extras Agent/Coordinator

Shari Rhodes

Casting

Zade Rosenthal

Photography

Victor Schertzinger

Song

Roger Schumacher

Animal Trainer

Albert Shapiro

Assistant Director

George Shapiro

Producer

Alan Silvestri

Music

Baird Steptoe

Assistant Camera

Jeremy Stevens

Associate Producer

Jeremy Stevens

Screenwriter

Ray Summers

Costume Supervisor

Robert Cecil Thorson

Production Auditor

Michael Utley

Song

Ric Waite

Director Of Photography

Ric Waite

Unit Director

Dan Wallin

Music

George Watters

Sound Effects Editor

Michael D Weldon

Assistant Camera

Paul H. Williams

Song

Jack Woods

Sound Effects Editor

Peter Wooley

Production Designer

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1985
Production Company
Metrocolor; Panavision, Ltd.; Paramount Pictures
Distribution Company
Paramount Home Media; Paramount Pictures
Location
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m

Articles

Richard Crenna, 1927-2002


Actor Richard Crenna, the versatile, highly respected character actor of television and film, died on December 17 of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. He was 75.

Born on November 30, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, Crenna was the son of a pharmacist father and a mother who managed a number of small hotels in the Los Angles area the family owned, where Crenna was raised. At the tender age of 11, he was encouraged by a teacher to audition for a radio show, "Boy Scout Jamboree" at the nearby KFI-AM radio studio. Little did he realize that it would be the start of a very long and prosperous career.

Crenna found steady radio work for the next several years, culminating in 1948 with his breakthrough role of the goofy, squeaky-voiced Walter Denton in the hit radio series Our Miss Brooks. Crenna carried the momentum of his success to television when he spent four more seasons as Walter on Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). Almost immediately after the run of that show, Crenna scored another hit series as Luke McCoy in the rustic comedy The Real McCoys (1957-1963) co-starring Walter Brennan.

Although he had been acting in films since the early '50s Crenna roles didn't come to critical notice until the mid '60s, appearing in Robert Wise's acclaimed The Sand Pebbles (1966) as the stalwart gunboat captain co-starring Steve McQueen; Terence Young's intense thriller, Wait Until Dark (1967), as a criminal who terrorizes a blind Audrey Hepburn; and another Robert Wise film, the Gertrude Lawrence biopic Star! (1968) playing the high profile role of Richard Aldrich opposite Julie Andrews.

Crenna's profile slowed down in the '70s, despite a brief return to television comedy in Norman Lear's political satire All's Fair (1976-1977) with Bernadette Peters. That show may not have lasted long, but Crenna bounced back with a resurgence in the '80s with a string of hit character parts: Lawrence Kasden's stylish film noir Body Heat (1981), as Kathleen Turner's ill-fated husband; Ted Kotchoff's hit Rambo: First Blood (1982), as Colonel Samuel Trautman, Sylvester Stallone's former Commander; Gary Marshall's excellent coming-of-age tale The Flamingo Kid (1984), one of his best performances (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) as a smooth, charismatic gin-rummy champ who takes Matt Dillon under his tutelage; and many other quality roles in theatrical and made for television movies.

At the time of his death, Crenna was a member of the Screen Actors Guild board of directors and had a recurring role in the hit CBS dramatic series Judging Amy. In addition to Penni, his wife of 47 years, Crenna is survived by a son, Richard, two daughters, Seana and Maria, and three granddaughters.

by Michael T. Toole
Richard Crenna, 1927-2002

Richard Crenna, 1927-2002

Actor Richard Crenna, the versatile, highly respected character actor of television and film, died on December 17 of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. He was 75. Born on November 30, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, Crenna was the son of a pharmacist father and a mother who managed a number of small hotels in the Los Angles area the family owned, where Crenna was raised. At the tender age of 11, he was encouraged by a teacher to audition for a radio show, "Boy Scout Jamboree" at the nearby KFI-AM radio studio. Little did he realize that it would be the start of a very long and prosperous career. Crenna found steady radio work for the next several years, culminating in 1948 with his breakthrough role of the goofy, squeaky-voiced Walter Denton in the hit radio series Our Miss Brooks. Crenna carried the momentum of his success to television when he spent four more seasons as Walter on Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). Almost immediately after the run of that show, Crenna scored another hit series as Luke McCoy in the rustic comedy The Real McCoys (1957-1963) co-starring Walter Brennan. Although he had been acting in films since the early '50s Crenna roles didn't come to critical notice until the mid '60s, appearing in Robert Wise's acclaimed The Sand Pebbles (1966) as the stalwart gunboat captain co-starring Steve McQueen; Terence Young's intense thriller, Wait Until Dark (1967), as a criminal who terrorizes a blind Audrey Hepburn; and another Robert Wise film, the Gertrude Lawrence biopic Star! (1968) playing the high profile role of Richard Aldrich opposite Julie Andrews. Crenna's profile slowed down in the '70s, despite a brief return to television comedy in Norman Lear's political satire All's Fair (1976-1977) with Bernadette Peters. That show may not have lasted long, but Crenna bounced back with a resurgence in the '80s with a string of hit character parts: Lawrence Kasden's stylish film noir Body Heat (1981), as Kathleen Turner's ill-fated husband; Ted Kotchoff's hit Rambo: First Blood (1982), as Colonel Samuel Trautman, Sylvester Stallone's former Commander; Gary Marshall's excellent coming-of-age tale The Flamingo Kid (1984), one of his best performances (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) as a smooth, charismatic gin-rummy champ who takes Matt Dillon under his tutelage; and many other quality roles in theatrical and made for television movies. At the time of his death, Crenna was a member of the Screen Actors Guild board of directors and had a recurring role in the hit CBS dramatic series Judging Amy. In addition to Penni, his wife of 47 years, Crenna is survived by a son, Richard, two daughters, Seana and Maria, and three granddaughters. by Michael T. Toole

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Released in United States Summer August 9, 1985

Re-released in United States on Video June 22, 1994

Released in United States Summer August 9, 1985

Re-released in United States on Video June 22, 1994