Club Paradise

Club Paradise (1986)

The vacation you'll never forget - no matter how hard you try.

When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.

Date of release
1986-07-11
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (108)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Harold Ramis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Chicago and Port Antonio
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Club Paradise is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create a luxury resort from a seedy nightclub, and the series of events that take place.

Production

Shooting took place in Jamaica, Chicago and Los Angeles from April to July 1985. The titular "Club Paradise" was a set constructed on Winnifred Beach in Portland Parish, while other scenes were shot in the city of Port Antonio. Warner Bros. Pictures planned to release it in early 1986, but held it back until July.

Bill Murray turned down the film's lead role Jack Moniker, which was eventually given to Robin Williams; his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, ended up in the cast. John Cleese was also slated to star, but immediately dropped out, before Peter O'Toole signed on to replace him.

"Ed Roboto" is a pseudonym for Harry Shearer, who was asked to do a rewrite with Tom Leopold. Only two words of what the two writers wrote ended up in the film (the title). Shearer commented that he was "so appalled by the movie" that he removed his name from the credits.

Adolph Caesar died of a heart attack four months before the film's release.

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