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| Director: | Tony Richardson | 
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| Writer: | Tony Richardson, John Irving | 
| Staring: | 
| Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 09, 1984 | 
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| Director: | Tony Richardson | 
| Writer: | Tony Richardson, John Irving | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | bomb, prostitute, rape, hotel, based on novel or book, fight, satire, stuffed animal, terrorism, vienna, austria, motley crew | 
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures, Woodfall Film Productions, Filmline Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $5,100,000 Budget: $7,500,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Rob Lowe | John Berry | 
| Jodie Foster | Franny Berry | 
| Paul McCrane | Frank Berry | 
| Beau Bridges | Win Berry | 
| Lisa Banes | Mother Berry | 
| Jennifer Dundas | Lilly Berry | 
| Seth Green | Egg Berry | 
| Wally Aspell | Hotel Manager | 
| Joely Richardson | Waitress | 
| Wallace Shawn | Freud | 
| Jobst Oriwol | German Man | 
| Linda Clark | German Woman | 
| Nicholas Podbrey | Boy with Rifle | 
| Norris Domingue | High School Band Conductor | 
| Matthew Modine | Chip Dove / Ernst | 
| Wilford Brimley | Iowa Bob | 
| Cali Timmins | Bitty Tuck | 
| Dorsey Wright | Junior Jones | 
| Richard Jutras | Lenny Metz | 
| Johnny O'Neil | Chester Pulaski | 
| Colin Irving | Chip Dove Gang Member | 
| Anthony Ulc | Chip Dove Gang Member | 
| Nick Nardi | Chip Dove Gang Member | 
| Charles Fournier | Howard Tuck | 
| Anita Morris | Ronda Ray | 
| Fred Döderlein | Finnish Doctor | 
| Walter Massey | Texan | 
| Young Sup Chung | Oriental Couple | 
| Inhi Chung | Oriental Couple | 
| Ada Fuoco | New Jersey Woman | 
| Joan Heney | Connecticut Woman | 
| Robert Thomas | Harold Swallow | 
| Gayle Garfinkle | Doris Wales / Screaming Annie | 
| Jonelle Allen | Sabrina Jones | 
| Elie Oren | King of Mice | 
| Nastassja Kinski | Susie the Bear | 
| Roger Blay | Arbeiter | 
| Timothy Webber | Wrench | 
| Janine Manatis | Schwanger | 
| Jean-Louis Roux | Old Billig | 
| Amanda Plummer | Miss Miscarriage | 
| Sharon Noble | Babette | 
| Lorena Gale | Dark Inge | 
| Jade Bari | Jolanta | 
| Adrian Aron | American Woman | 
| Arthur Grosser | American Man | 
| Tara O'Donnell | American Daughter | 
| Louis Di Bianco | Bartender | 
| Jyanna Horey | Bar Patron | 
| Michele Scarabelli | Chip Dove Girlfriend | 
| Jeffrey Cohen | New York Journalist | 
| Benoît Laberge | Bookstore Man | 
| Jon Hutman | Reporter No. 1 | 
| James V. Mathews | Reporter No. 2 | 
| Prudence Emery | Mean Female Reporter | 
| Charles Biddle Jr. | Football Player (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Tony Richardson | Screenplay, Director | 
| David Watkin | Director of Photography | 
| John Irving | Novel | 
| Jocelyn Herbert | Production Design, Costume Design | 
| Robert K. Lambert | Editor | 
| André Laperrière | Special Effects | 
| Louis Craig | Special Effects | 
| Jacques Godbout | Special Effects | 
| John Meighen | Art Direction | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Neil Hartley | Producer | 
| Pieter Kroonenburg | Producer | 
| Grahame Jennings | Executive Producer | 
| Kent Walwin | Executive Producer | 
| Jim Beach | Co-Producer | 
| Norman Twain | Associate Producer | 
| David J. Patterson | Producer | 
| Bill Scott | Associate Producer | 
| George Yaneff | Executive Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Tony Richardson | Nominated | 
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