HOUSESITTER (DVD)ENGLISH/SPAN/WIDE 16X9 1.85:1/DOLBY SURROUND DVD

Housesitter
In this Romantic comedy from director Frank Oz, Steve Martin plays Boston architect Newton Davis, an impulsive dreamer who builds a bucolic dream home for his girlfriend (Dana Delany) as a means of proposing to her -- only she turns him down. Three months later, the depressed Davis meets a waitress who calls herself Gwen (Goldie Hawn), though pretending to be Hungarian proves to be only the first of her many deceptions. Davis has a one-night stand with Gwen during which he tells her the sad story of the house, which remains unoccupied just outside the city in his hometown of Dobbs Mills, because he can't bear to sell it. Following what seems to be a familiar path for this con artist, Gwen locates the house, figuring she can take up residence without anyone noticing. During a trip to the local grocery, she ends up telling the proprietor she's Davis' wife while trying to charge her purchases to his account. When she offers the same story to a local furniture dealer (Donald Moffat), unaware he's Davis' father, it triggers a string of fabrications in which the shocked Davis unwittingly becomes a co-conspirator. Seeing an opportunity of his own, Davis allows Gwen to stay in the house and agrees to go along with her story in hopes of winning back his jealous ex. Of course, this also necessitates outlandish lie upon outlandish lie, leaving the whole enterprise forever on the verge of collapse. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast Steve Martin as Newton Davis Goldie Hawn as Gwen Dana Delany as Becky Julie Harris as Edna Davis Donald Moffat as George Davis Peter MacNicol as Marty Richard B. Shull as Ralph Laurel Cronin as Mary Roy Cooper as Moseby Christopher Durang as Reverend Lipton Heywood Hale Broun as Travis Cherry Jones as Patty Vasek Simek as Karol Suzanne Whang as Moseby's Secretary Mary Klug as Lorraine Alice Duffy as Hazel Ken Cheeseman as Harv

Crew Jack Blackman - Art Director Jefferson Sage - Art Director Karen Kehela - Associate Producer Michelle Wright - Associate Producer John Lyons - Casting Betsy Cox - Costume Designer Frank Oz - Director John Jympson - Editor Bernard Williams - Executive Producer Miles Goodman - Composer (Music Score) Ida Random - Production Designer Jeff Sage - Production Designer John A. Alonzo - Cinematographer Brian Grazer - Producer Philip Messina - Set Designer Tracy A. Doyle - Set Designer Marty Bolger - Sound/Sound Designer Mark Stein - Screenwriter Brian Grazer - Screenwriter

Housesitter
The dream pairing of Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn does not produce the comic gold, so to speak, one would hope for, but Housesitter still has its share of lukewarm pleasures. Frank Oz's follow-up to the hits Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and What About Bob? is at its best when allowing the two veterans to engage in their experts-only subliminal sparring. As lie builds upon lie and both must go along with the others' whoppers for their own preservation, it's wonderful to watch Martin and Hawn match wits, trying to work each other into a corner without blowing the whole charade. The frustration, disbelief, and panic they barely contain, instead forcing a smile and having to run with the other's story, is priceless. However, the script on the whole doesn't live up to these best moments, asking altogether too many characters to play a lot dumber than they would really be. The ending is too hasty to sit well, for that matter. There's something too restrained about Housesitter, especially if one considers it a screwball comedy. Martin and Hawn's verbal gymnastics are good, but one wishes Oz would have found room for their gifts at physical comedy, which both have made something of a trademark. Still, their other trademarks -- Martin's righteous outrage ("I punched a totally innocent Hungarian!") and Hawn's blithe teasing -- make Housesitter worth recommending to their fans. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Spanish Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 102 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Chapter List 1. Opening Credits [7:03] 2. Gwen Do You Get Off? [8:41] 3. Homeward Bound [4:46] 4. Off To A Good Start [9:32] 5. Caught In A Trap [10:21] 6. Davis Strikes Back [4:37] 7. Divine Intervention [5:16] 8. Married Life [8:37] 9. Kicking Architectural Butt [5:20] 10. Heating Up An Old Flame [5:53] 11. Righting A Wrong [5:33] 12. Family Gathering [7:51] 13. An Irish Lullaby [4:36] 14. Davis Stories [5:07] 15. The Truth At Last [4:27] 16. End Credits [3:34]