Out to Sea
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| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
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John Davis David T. Friendly |
| Written by | Robert Nelson Jacobs |
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| Music by | Michael Muhlfriedel David Newman |
| Cinematography | Lajos Koltai |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $30,716,901 |
Out to Sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon and Brent Spiner. It was the final film for Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Mulhare. The latter died on May 24, 1997, almost six weeks before the film's release.
Out to Sea was directed by Martha Coolidge, with a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs. The original music score was composed by Michael Muhlfriedel and David Newman.
Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon, cons his close friend and brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, whose recently deceased wife, Susie Gordon-Sullivan, was Charlie's sister, into an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America Mexican cruise. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to work as dance hosts and must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship. If they don't not dance, they will get fired and have to pay nearly up 3,000 dollars for the cruise, or get thrown off the ship.
Ruled over by tyrannical, control-freak cruise director Gil Godwyn ("a song and dance man raised on a military base"), they do their best, despite Charlie's not actually being able to dance. Each meets a lady of interest. One is the luscious heiress Liz LaBreche, whose wealth attracts Charlie every bit as much as the rest of her does. The other is lovely widow Vivian who was a successful book editor, who is under the impression that Herb is really a doctor, not a dancer. Liz came on board on the ship with his daughter and her newlywed husband to help her start dating again. After finally telling her the truth, Herb soon finds himself quite attracted to Vivian, and eventually the feeling becomes mutual. However, because Herb still pines for the day Susie will suddenly come back to him, this conflicts his very strong feelings for Vivian, leading him to eventually stand her up on the day that they were supposed to view the rare solar eclipse together. Herb doesn't know that Vivian is broke and he came on board this ship, to land a rich man.
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