Funny Farm 35 years old

Chevy Chase finds life in the country isn't what it's cracked up to be!

Funny Farm

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.

Credits

Funny Farm Cast

Name Character
Dakin Matthews He was 47, now 83 years old as Marion Corey Jr.
Sarah Michelle Gellar She was 11, now 47 years old as Elizabeth's Student (scenes deleted)
Chevy Chase He was 44, now 80 years old as Andy Farmer
Madolyn Smith Osborne She was 31, now 67 years old as Elizabeth Farmer
Joseph Maher He was 54, 64 years old when he died as Michael Sinclair
Alice Drummond She was 60, 88 years old when she died as Mrs. Ethel Dinges
William Duell He was 64, 88 years old when he died as Old Character
Kevin Conway He was 46, 77 years old when he died as Crum Petree, the Mailman
Mike Starr He was 37, now 73 years old as Crocker
Jack Gilpin He was 37, now 72 years old as Bud Culbertson
Helen Lloyd Breed She was 77, 94 years old when she died as Old Operator
William Newman He was 53, 80 years old when he died as Gus Lotterhand
Kevin O'Morrison He was 72, 100 years old when he died as Sheriff Ledbetter
Caris Corfman She was 33, 51 years old when she died as Betsy Culbertson
Glenn Plummer He was 26, now 62 years old as Mickey
Kit Le Fever as Young Operator
William Severs He was 56, now 92 years old as Newspaper Editor

Funny Farm Crew

Name Department
James W. Payne as Set Decoration. He was 58 (62) years old when He died Art
Bruce Bodner as Executive Producer. Production
Alan Heim as Editor. He was 52 (now 87) years old Editing
Ann Roth as Costume Design. She was 56 (now 92) years old Costume & Make-Up
Elmer Bernstein as Original Music Composer. He was 66 (82) years old when He died Sound
George Roy Hill as Director. He was 66 (81) years old when He died Directing
Robert Crawford, Jr. as Producer. He was 44 (now 79) years old Production
Funny Farm poster
Funny Farm (35 years)

Chevy Chase finds life in the country isn't what it's cracked up to be!

  • Release day: Friday, June 03, 1988
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Budget: 19000000.00
  • Revenue: 25537221.00