Delirious

Delirious (1991)

A comedy about a soap opera writer who's typing without a ribbon.

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

Date of release
1991-08-09
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (178)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Director
Tom Mankiewicz

Casting

Interesting facts

Delirious is a 1991 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz and written by Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman. It stars John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, David Rasche, Dylan Baker, and Charles Rocket. Candy plays Jack Gable, the head writer of a television soap opera who, after suffering a head injury, awakens in the fictional town in which his series is set and discovers that whatever he writes on his typewriter becomes reality.

Production

Principal photography began in New York City in March 14, 1990, and concluded in early June, with filming also taking place in Los Angeles and Southern California.

Filming took place at two luxury estates in Montecito, California, near Santa Barbara, while additional exterior scenes were shot at a Pasadena residence previously used as Wayne Manor in the 1960s television series Batman. Other locations included Griffith Park, Elysian Park, Angeles Crest Highway, Malibu State Park, Greer Ranch in Murrieta, Golden Oak Ranch (owned by The Walt Disney Company, and Brookfield Farms in Thousand Oaks.

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