Last Resort (1986)

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Last Resort is a 1986 comedy film directed by Zane Buzby and produced by Julie Corman. It revolves around George Lollar, who takes his family on vacation to "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On this tropical island they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accommodations and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George manages to have fun in the sun.

Production

The film was from the writers of Revenge of the Nerds. It was originally called Club Sandwich.

Charles Grodin said his agent tried to persuade him not to make the film as "he felt Roger Corman and Charles Grodin could be a troublesome combination, but I liked the script and they said I could pick the director. Eventually they also hired me to do a rewrite." Grodin estimated he "rewrote every scene and added about twenty new ones.

Grodin was presented with four directors and selected Zane Busby, who had never directed a film before but was an established comic actor. Grodin says the writers wanted another director but Busby "was a happy choice. She seemed to know where every undiscovered comedy actor in Hollywood was." This included Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz.

The film was mostly shot in Catalina Island and Los Angeles, with scenes filmed in Griffith Park and the San Fernando Valley. Grodin said " No one had actually told me how low budget the picture was, and I could never bring myself to ask" but said filming "was a strange but kind of magical experience."

Grodin said when the film "was finished it was screened and the response was everything we hoped it would be."

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