The Couch Trip 1988
“A comedy of truly loony proportions.”
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Topic: Film "The Couch Trip" (1988). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1988
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 97 minutes
- Release date
- Jan 15, 1988
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- United States of America
- Studios
- Orion Pictures
- Genres
- Comedy
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Topic: Film "The Couch Trip" (1988).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Constraint 1: Write ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No inventing/guessing titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, etc.
Constraint 3: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
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Title: The Couch Trip
Year: 1988
Genre: Comedy (American comedy film)
Rating: R
Release Date: 01/15/1988 (US)
Runtime: 1h 37m
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writers: Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Sean Stein, and Walter Bernstein
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, David Clennon, Arye Gross, and Walter Matthau.
Plot Points:
John W. Burns Jr. is an escaped mental patient and delinquent.
He replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, claiming to be the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
He was sent to jail for computer fraud.
He cons his way into
Should you watch it?
“An escaped mental patient and delinquent takes over a radio show as a psychiatrist.”
- Directed by Michael Ritchie
- Features a cast including Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, and Walter Matthau
- Written by Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Sean Stein, and Walter Bernstein
- The provided sources do not detail specific negative aspects to avoid
Watch it if you want to see a 1988 comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie.
The film is a comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 37 minutes, released in the United States on January 15, 1988, and rated R.
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