David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
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Comic, cool, classical in form and ironic.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Albert BrooksDavid Howard
- Julie HagertyLinda Howard
- Michael GreenePaul Dunn
- Garry MarshallCasino Manager
- Maggie RoswellPatty
- Tom TarpeyBrad Tooley
- Ernie BrownPharmacist
- Joey ColemanSkippy
- Art FrankelEmployment Agent
- Donald GibbEx-Convict
Crew
- Albert BrooksDirector
- Albert BrooksWriter
- Monica JohnsonWriter
- Eric SaarinenDirector of Photography
- Arthur B. RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
- David FinferEditor
- Marty KatzProducer
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