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Overboard (1987)

Overboard poster
Directed by
Garry Marshall
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 993 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy woman falls off her yacht and gets amnesia. A carpenter she treated badly pretends she is his wife and takes her home to work for him.

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What happens

Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Leslie Dixon, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and executive produced by Roddy McDowall, who also co-stars alongside Edward Herrmann and Katherine Helmond. The film is a remake inspired by the 1974 Italian comedy directed by Lina Wertmüller Swept Away, originally called Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (“Swept by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August”). The film follows a spoiled, wealthy socialite who develops amnesia after falling from her yacht while vacationing on the Oregon Coast, only to be taken in by the working-class carpenter whom she mistreated. The film's soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri while the Wright Brothers music used in the film was produced by Gary S. Paxton in Nashville, TN. Although it opened to mixed reviews, it was a box office success. Overboard is considered a classic by some, and has been remade several times. In 1992, it was adapted in the Indian film Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, in 2006, it was adapted into the South Korean television series Couple or Trouble, and in 2018, it was remade with Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez in reversed roles. The plot of the 1997 Malayalam film Mayaponman is loosely based on this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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