Cops And Robbersons (1994) - Turner Classic Movies

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Meet the Robbersons, the very model of the '90s suburban family. There's Norman, a mild-mannered accountant who's addicted to TV cop shows. Helen Robberson is supermom, equally adept at whipping up a lobster crab souffle or a functioning volcano for her son's latest science project. Then there's vet

Cast & Crew

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Michael Ritchie

Chevy Chase

Greg Lynch

Charlie O'donnell

Jason James Richter

Dianne Wiest

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Thriller

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Brydon Bertram Baker III

Distribution Company

TriStar Pictures

Location

Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Synopsis

Meet the Robbersons, the very model of the '90s suburban family. There's Norman, a mild-mannered accountant who's addicted to TV cop shows. Helen Robberson is supermom, equally adept at whipping up a lobster crab souffle or a functioning volcano for her son's latest science project. Then there's veteran cop Jake Stone, who knows only one way to get things done--alone--and hates nothing more than interfering civilians. On the trail of a mobster named Osborn, Jake finds out that he's holed up in a house in the suburbs. Taking along his unwanted rookie partner, Jake becomes Osborn's new neighbor, staking out the gangster from the Robberson's house. The problem is, Jake is being staked out too--by Norman, Helen and the three Robberson kids.

Director

Michael Ritchie

Cast

Chevy Chase

Greg Lynch

Charlie O'donnell

Jason James Richter

Dianne Wiest

Ronald L Schwary

Jack Palance

Robert Davi

Amy Powell

Gus Savales

Patrick Patchen

David Barry Gray

Jim Holmes

Richard Romanus

Fay Masterson

Miko Hughes

Nelly Bly

Dawn Landon

Sal Landi

Preston Hanson

Jack Kehler

Crew

Peter Afterman

Music Supervisor

Pamela Alch

Script Supervisor

Mark Anderson

Assistant Camera Operator

Harold Arlen

James Ashwill

Christopher Aud

Rick Avery

Brydon Bertram Baker Iii

Sidney R. Baldwin

Tracy Barone

Associate Producer

Rita Bellissimo

Tricia Bercsi

Sharon Bialy

Bo Diddley

Jana Brooks

Michael Caiozzo

Construction Coordinator

Kathleen Callahan

Greg Callas

Construction Coordinator

Bill Cancienne

Assistant Property Master

Harry Cheney

Susan Chernus

Assistant Editor

Albert Cho

Assistant Director

Jeff Clark

Assistant Camera Operator

David B Cohn

Damon Cohoon

Clayton Collins

Tom Connole

Camera Operator

Mike Connors

Kurt Courtland

Assistant Sound Editor

Steve Cowie

Production Assistant

Gary L Dagg

Howard Davidson

Transportation Captain

Huw Davies

Location Manager

Lisa Davis

Steve Day

Production Assistant

Caroline Digiulio

Production Assistant

Willie Dixon

Bryan Dresden

Assistant Director

John M. Elliott Jr.

Steve Ellsworth

Dan Etheridge

Dane Farwell

Gary Fettis

Wayne Finkelman

Costume Designer

Gerry Fisher

Director Of Photography

Frank Foster

Thomas W Foster

Douglas Fox

Property Master

Nerses Gezalyan

Foley Recordist

Don Hall Jr.

Lee C Harman

Jim Harrison

Gary Hecker

Tory Herald

Casting Associate

Gilbert S Hernandez

Mildred Hill

Patty Hill

Richard Hoffenberg

Bruce R Hogard

Costume Supervisor

Larry Holt

Vaughn Horton

K J Jag

Assistant Production Accountant

Roxanne Jones

Elyse Katz

Production Coordinator

Michael Kehoe

Joe Kelly

Mark Lapointe

Catt Lebaigue

Stephen J Lineweaver

Production Designer

Christi Manders

Mark L. Mangino

Debra L. Manwiller

Antonio Martinez Garcia

Brian Mceachen

James M Mcewen

Lighting Technician

Peter Mckernan

Johnny Mercer

David Clayton Miller

Production Assistant

Todd Park Mohr

Tom Morga

Deborah Newman

Assistant Property Master

Dan O'connell

Kim Ornitz

David Orr

Robert Osterman

Richard Pagano

Patti Page

Gary D Paulsen

Transportation Co-Captain

John Platt

Joseph Ponticelle

Assistant Camera Operator

Jason Poteet

Darryl Pryor

Production Assistant

Roger J Pugliese

Unit Production Manager

Sergio Reyes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lauren Ritchie

Assistant Production Coordinator

Eric Roberts

Special Effects

Stephen F Robinett

John Robotham

Bill Roe

Camera Operator

William Ross

Stephen Rotter

Miklos Rozsa

Stacy Saravo

Assistant Sound Editor

William S. Scharf

Walter Schumann

Ronald L Schwary

Susan Carol Schwary

B Tennyson Sebastian Ii

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Albert Shapiro

Assistant Director

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

Bernie Somers

Joanie Spates

Assistant Production Accountant

Scott Spiegal

Assistant Camera Operator

Teresa Ekwall Spiegel

John J Stephens

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Morton Stevens

Donald Sylvester

Nancy Tanen

Ned Tanen

Tink Ten Eyck

Production Accountant

Gary Theard

Steven Ticknor

Tara Timpone

Assistant Editor

Philip Toolin

Chuck Waters

Stunt Coordinator

Jim Waters

Clifford P Wenger

Special Effects Supervisor

George Wilbur

John Wilde

David L Wolfson

Assistant Location Manager

Charles W Wright

Charles W Wright

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Thriller

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Brydon Bertram Baker III

Distribution Company

TriStar Pictures

Location

Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Articles

TCM Remembers - Michael Ritchie

May 22, 2001

Director Michael Ritchie died April 16th at the age of 62. A Wisconsin native, Ritchie studied at Harvard before succumbing to the attractions of the theatre. He started working in television during the 1960s where he directed episodes of The Big Valley and The Man from UNCLE among others. He moved into feature films with Downhill Racer (1969) at star Robert Redford's invitation and later directed Redford again in The Candidate (1972). The latter is a classic look at American political life that hasn't lost any of its power or insights over the years. This was the start of Ritchie's most productive period when he made several films that were both popular and critically acclaimed. You can find his sly wit and sense of critical drama in Smile (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976) and Semi-Tough (1978). By the 1980s, though, Ritchie's films focused less on social criticism and more on stars. The Survivors (1983) with Robin Williams remains under-rated but Ritchie-directed vehicles for Eddie Murphy (1986's The Golden Child), Bette Midler (1980's Divine Madness) and Chevy Chase (two Fletch films) didn't quite achieve their potential. Some of the old Ritchie spark and intelligence appeared in the made-for-cable The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) which earned him a Directors Guild Award. One of his final films was the long-awaited screen adaptation of The Fantasticks (1995) which partly brought Ritchie back to his theatrical roots.

ANN SOTHERN: 1909 - 2001
Actress Ann Sothern passed away on March 15th at the age of 89. Her film career spanned sixty years and included a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for The Whales of August (1987) and several Emmy nominations for her roles in the TV shows Private Secretary (1953) and The Ann Sothern Show (1958). Sothern was born as Harriette Lake in North Dakota. She made her first film appearance in 1927 in small roles (so small, in fact, that some sources omit any films before 1929) before deciding to work on Broadway instead. Shortly afterwards she signed with Columbia Pictures where studio head Harry Cohn insisted she change her name because there were already too many actors with the last name of Lake. So "Ann" came from her mother's name Annette and "Sothern" from Shakespearean actor E.H. Sothern. For most of the 1930s she appeared in light comedies working with Eddie Cantor, Maurice Chevalier, Mickey Rooney and Fredric March. However, it wasn't until she switched to MGM (after a brief period with RKO) and made the film Maisie (1939) that Sothern hit pay dirt. It proved enormously popular and led to a series of nine more films through 1947 when she moved into dramas and musicals. During the 50s, Sothern made a mark with her TV series but returned to mostly second tier movies in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally she earned an Oscar nomination for her work in 1987's The Whales of August (in which, incidentally, her daughter Tisha Sterling played her at an earlier age). Turner Classic Movies plans to host a retrospective film tribute to her in July. Check back for details in June.

Tcm Remembers - Michael Ritchie

TCM Remembers - Michael Ritchie

Director Michael Ritchie died April 16th at the age of 62. A Wisconsin native, Ritchie studied at Harvard before succumbing to the attractions of the theatre. He started working in television during the 1960s where he directed episodes of The Big Valley and The Man from UNCLE among others. He moved into feature films with Downhill Racer (1969) at star Robert Redford's invitation and later directed Redford again in The Candidate (1972). The latter is a classic look at American political life that hasn't lost any of its power or insights over the years. This was the start of Ritchie's most productive period when he made several films that were both popular and critically acclaimed. You can find his sly wit and sense of critical drama in Smile (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976) and Semi-Tough (1978). By the 1980s, though, Ritchie's films focused less on social criticism and more on stars. The Survivors (1983) with Robin Williams remains under-rated but Ritchie-directed vehicles for Eddie Murphy (1986's The Golden Child), Bette Midler (1980's Divine Madness) and Chevy Chase (two Fletch films) didn't quite achieve their potential. Some of the old Ritchie spark and intelligence appeared in the made-for-cable The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) which earned him a Directors Guild Award. One of his final films was the long-awaited screen adaptation of The Fantasticks (1995) which partly brought Ritchie back to his theatrical roots. ANN SOTHERN: 1909 - 2001 Actress Ann Sothern passed away on March 15th at the age of 89. Her film career spanned sixty years and included a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for The Whales of August (1987) and several Emmy nominations for her roles in the TV shows Private Secretary (1953) and The Ann Sothern Show (1958). Sothern was born as Harriette Lake in North Dakota. She made her first film appearance in 1927 in small roles (so small, in fact, that some sources omit any films before 1929) before deciding to work on Broadway instead. Shortly afterwards she signed with Columbia Pictures where studio head Harry Cohn insisted she change her name because there were already too many actors with the last name of Lake. So "Ann" came from her mother's name Annette and "Sothern" from Shakespearean actor E.H. Sothern. For most of the 1930s she appeared in light comedies working with Eddie Cantor, Maurice Chevalier, Mickey Rooney and Fredric March. However, it wasn't until she switched to MGM (after a brief period with RKO) and made the film Maisie (1939) that Sothern hit pay dirt. It proved enormously popular and led to a series of nine more films through 1947 when she moved into dramas and musicals. During the 50s, Sothern made a mark with her TV series but returned to mostly second tier movies in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally she earned an Oscar nomination for her work in 1987's The Whales of August (in which, incidentally, her daughter Tisha Sterling played her at an earlier age). Turner Classic Movies plans to host a retrospective film tribute to her in July. Check back for details in June.

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Released in United States Spring April 15, 1994

Released in United States on Video November 16, 1994

Completed shooting May 18, 1993.

Began shooting March 8, 1993.

Released in United States Spring April 15, 1994

Released in United States on Video November 16, 1994

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