Movie
Summer Rental
Life is a beach.
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Summer Rental opened in theaters August 9, 1985. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Available now in United States
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More about Summer Rental
Cast
John CandyJack Chester
Richard CrennaAl Pellet
Rip TornScully
Karen AustinSandy Chester
Kerri GreenJennifer Chester
John LarroquetteDon Moore
Joey LawrenceBobby ChesterCredits
- Directed by
- Carl Reiner
- Written by
- Mark Reisman, Jeremy Stevens
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $24.7M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
St. Petersburg Clearwater Film CommisionUnited States- Bernie Brillstein ProductionsUnited States