Overboard (1987 film)

Overboard
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGarry Marshall
Written byLeslie Dixon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn A. Alonzo
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Star Partners Ltd.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed byMGM/UA Distribution Co.
Release date
  • December 18, 1987 (1987-12-18)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22 million[2]
Box office$26.7 million[1]

Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Leslie Dixon, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell,[3] and produced by Roddy McDowall, who also co-stars alongside Edward Herrmann and Katherine Helmond. The film follows a demeaning, wealthy socialite who suffers from amnesia after falling from her yacht while vacationing on the Oregon Coast, only to be taken in by a working-class carpenter whom she had 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.

  1. ^ a b "Overboard (1987)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "30 Years Later: Why Overboard Needed Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell". Vanity Fair. December 25, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Revenge of the epic movie flops". The Independent. London. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2010.

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