Summer Rental
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.
Cast & Crew
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Carl Reiner
Director
John Candy
Jack Chester
Richard Crenna
Al Pellet
Rip Torn
Scully
Karen Austin
Sandy Chester
Richard Herd
Angus MacLachlan
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.
Director
Carl Reiner
Director
Cast
John Candy
Jack Chester
Richard Crenna
Al Pellet
Rip Torn
Scully
Karen Austin
Sandy Chester
Richard Herd
Angus MacLachlan
Kerri Green
Jennifer Chester
Joseph Lawrence
Bobby Chester
Aubrey Jene
Laurie Chester
John Larroquette
Santos Morales
Lois Hamilton
Carmine Caridi
Frank Mccarthy
Pierrino Mascarino
Harry Yorku
Dick Anthony Williams
Bob Wells
Scot Samis
Tom Blackwell
Saundra Dunson-franks
Tanzia Franks
Walter Franks
Roger Perkovich
Lisa Anthony
Elyn Swofford
Cyndi Vicino
Yvonne Cook
Robert Starr
Bill Cordell
Barbara Wells
Dolores Starling
Leonard Altobell
Marion L Boswell
Jerry Previch
Colin Male
Christian Chicles
Peggy Shay
Al Hesse
Sal Biagini
Tracey May
Robert Stout
Rob Cleveland
Patricia Herd
Carolyn B Peterson
Tina Burton
Murphy Dunne
Leigh French
Reni Santoni
Jack C Woods
Francis X Mccarthy
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
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
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