Yes, Toronto folk, the ScreenAnarchy-curated
Russellmania: The Legend Of Kurt Russell retrospective continues to continue at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this week as we move away from the John Carpenter part of the program and on Russell's big rom-com hit,
Overboard!
Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is a fabulously wealthy hausfrau who, like
many fabulously wealthy people, believes her fabulous wealth gives her
license to treat all those around her horribly -- including, on this
particular day, blue-collar carpenter Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell -- and
yes, that's really the character's name), whom she stiffs for $600 on a
renovation job. But when Joanna is stricken with amnesia after falling
overboard on a sailing trip, Dean hits upon a not-at-all complicated
revenge scheme: rechristen Joanna as "Annie," convince her and the
hospital staff that the two of them are married, and have the one-time
queen bee cook and clean up after him and his four motherless sons in
their ramshackle man-cave. Shenanigans duly follow in this cheerful,
immensely likeable comedy that reunited real-life couple Russell and
Hawn after their first co-starring venture in Jonathan Demme's Swing Shift.
Overboard hits the screen at 9:30pm tomorrow and we want you to be there! We've got two pairs of tickets to give away and all you need to do to win one is
email me here and name a film starring one of Russell and Hawn's children! Good luck!