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‘Burbs that we think?” You know Mark, you are right. My second favorite Tom Hanks ‘80s comedy.

This one has a wonderful starting point. Ray Peterson (played by Tom Hanks) is off from work for a week, where he plans to stay home and relax. He lives in a nice little non-descript suburb. One evening he notices some late night noises coming from the new neighbors’ house, but dismisses it. But his two other neighbors are not so easily convinced. They are played by the late great Richard Ducommun and Bruce “2 Oscars I have 2 Oscars” Dern. Both are adding absolute comedy gold to this with Hanks. Eventually, the curiosity grows and the team of three begin snooping for more and more info on the weird new neighbors, the Klopeks. Is their older neighbor down the road, Walter, missing? Did they kill him? It gets crazier and crazier. But I will not spoil any more about the story because it is hys terical at times and a total gem of a flick. But on to the other important parts: The cast. I already mentioned the three amazing actors above. Let’s just say Tom Hanks could do comedy in his sleep because his 80s run of com edy flicks is almost unbeatable. But let’s round out the rest of the cast. His wife in the flick is played by Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher. Also not her only time starring in a role with Tom. A few years before this, she’s in The Man With One Red Shoe with him. Okay, I mentioned two of his neigh bors above… how about Bruce Dern’s wife in this flick, Wendy Schaal? I know her from a ton of flicks, but you will recognize her voice as Francine on American Dad . How about the teenage neighbor that does not appear to have parents ever home? That role is played by… of course… Corey Feldman. But this is 1989 Corey Feldman , after Gremlins, Goonies, Lost Boys, Stand by Me and License to Drive . I mean, he was a name , and he is supporting cast in this. Last, but not least, are some of the Klopeks. The head of the Klopek family is played by the late Henry Gibson. I could prob ably write a twenty-five page rundown on this guy, but let’s just say if you don’t know who he is, seeing this movie is not what I am going to be shak ing my head at. And another one of the Klopeks, Hans, is played by Courtney Gains. Which is most noticeable as the Malachai in Children of the Corn horror flick. This is a few years after that, so he keeps the creepy vibe going. Solid, solid cast, and I am not mentioned a few. The second thing I always like to talk about is the director. And I will, but I want to start with the crew of this flick. It kind of is a weird grouping, so bear with me for a minute as I ramble. So this film is directed by Joe Dante, written by Dana Olsen and produced by Ron Howard and Michael Finnell. But here is the cool part, this is essentially the crew for the 1977 Ron Howard directorial debut Grand Theft Auto. So they all know one another and all held different roles on that film and twelve years later get ting back together to collaborate again on this. Three of them, I believe

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