Captain Ron (1992)

Director:

Thom Eberhardt

Writers (WGA):

John Dwyer (story)
John Dwyer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

18 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Martin just wanted a nice, quiet family vacation. Instead, he got...

Plot:

A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the island of Ste...

Plot Keywords:

Toucan | Flare Gun | Guerilla | Monopoly Game | Boat

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kurt Russell	...	Captain Ron
Martin Short	...	Martin Harvey
Mary Kay Place	...	Katherine Harvey
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Benjamin Harvey
Meadow Sisto	...	Caroline Harvey
Sunshine Logroño	...	General Armando (as Emannuel Logrono)
Jorge Luis Ramos	...	General's Translator
J.A. Preston	...	Magistrate
Tanya Soler	...	Angeline
Raúl Estela	...	Roscoe
Jainardo Batista	...	Mamba
Dan Butler	...	Bill Zachery
Tom McGowan	...	Bill
Katherine Franco	...	Sneezing Woman
C.M. Talkington	...	Bicycle Messenger (as Clement Talkington)
Craig Rondell	...	Caroline's Fiancé
Paul Anka	...	Donaldson
Shanti Kahn	...	Patti, Donaldson's Secretary
Marty Eli Schwartz	...	Supervisor
John Scott Clough	...	Garth
Katherine Calzada	...	Barbara
Diego de la Texera	...	Man with Rifle
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Clarise, Island Girl
Janine Okada	...	Wong's Waitress
Eliseo López	...	Old Cuban Man
Gustavo Cerezo	...	Handsome Guerilla
Efrain 'Chico' Rosario	...	Guerilla
José Ciro	...	Guerilla
Silvestre Ramos González	...	Guerilla
Antonio Valdés Lazo	...	Guerilla
José Ángel Ortiz	...	Guerilla
Gustavo Rodríguez	...	Guerilla
Víctor Emilio Rodríguez	...	Guerilla
Ralph Arrieta	...	Dutch Dude
James Dudley	...	Dutch Dude
David Canal	...	Pirate
Edwin Delgado	...	Pirate
Carlos Miranda	...	Pirate
Gil Baldiris	...	Pirate
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rolando D'Lugo	...	Island Local (uncredited)

Directed by
Thom Eberhardt

Writing credits (WGA)
John Dwyer		(story)
John Dwyer		(screenplay) and
Thom Eberhardt		(screenplay)

Produced by
Andy Cohen	....	associate producer
Susanne Goldstein	....	associate producer
David Permut	....	producer
Ric Rondell	....	co-producer
Paige Simpson	....	producer
Ralph Winter	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nicholas Pike

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tina Hirsch

Casting by
Mary Gail Artz
Barbara Cohen

Production Design by
William F. Matthews

Art Direction by
James F. Truesdale

Set Decoration by
Jim Duffy		(as Irvin E. Jim Duffy Jr.)
Jeff Haley

Costume Design by
Jennifer von Mayrhauser		(as Jennifer Von Mayrhauser)

Makeup Department
Juan Alicea	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair stylist
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup artist
Dennis Liddiard	....	makeup artist
Susan Mills	....	hair stylist
Susan Mills	....	personal: Kurt Russell
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup department head (uncredited)

Production Management
Thomas J. Busch	....	unit production manager: Chicago unit
Ellen Gordon	....	production supervisor
Ric Rondell	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Capo	....	second unit director
Richard Coad	....	second assistant director
David Michael Katz	....	second second assistant director
Stephanie Moore	....	second assistant director: Chicago
Mayra Ortiz	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	second unit director (as Ronnie R. Rondell)
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director
Denis L. Stewart	....	first assistant director: second unit
Diego de la Texera	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Gerardo Calderon	....	property master
Bonita Huffman	....	lead person
David P. Kelsey	....	chief scenic painter (as Dave Kelsey)
Claude F. Powell	....	construction coordinator
Mark Powell	....	construction foreman
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Glenn Williams	....	set designer

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	adr editor
David Behle	....	sound recordist
Greg Curda	....	foley mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Mary H. Ellis	....	sound mixer
Bill Fibben	....	boom operator
Marva Fucci	....	assistant sound editor
Howell Gibbens	....	sound effects editor
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
Frank Howard	....	sound effects editor
Suhail Kafity	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Jack Keller	....	sound recordist
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor (as Nicholas Korda)
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Victoria Martin	....	foley editor
F. Hudson Miller	....	sound effects editor
Maggie Ostroff	....	assistant sound editor
R.J. Palmer	....	sound effects editor
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher C. Schiavo	....	assistant sound editor
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley artist (as Edward Steidele)
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Watters II	....	supervising sound editor (as George Watters)
Denise Whiting	....	supervising adr editor (as Denise Whiting-Gontz)
Norman R. Walker	....	apprentice sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jack 'Deuce' Bennett II	....	special effects foreman
Jack Bennett	....	special effects coordinator
Steve Krieger	....	special effects assistant
Anthony Mark Viverito	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Craig Barron	....	special visual effects
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	special visual effects
Elaine Edford	....	special miniature effects
Michael Pangrazio	....	special visual effects
Dennis Skotak	....	special miniature effects
Robert Skotak	....	special miniature effects
Rich McKay	....	camera assistant (uncredited)
Amy Pawlowski	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Kevin Rafferty	....	animator: PDI (uncredited)

Stunts
John Casino	....	stunts
John Garcia	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jimmy Halty)
Joe Hess	....	stunts
James T. Lawrence	....	stunts (as Jim Lawrence)
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts
Gary Lowe	....	stunts
Ron Michaels	....	stunts
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (as Ronnie R. Rondell)
Patricia A. Walrod	....	stunts
Danny Weselis	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bramley	....	still photographer
Jeremy Briggs	....	first assistant camera
Malcolm Brown	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Nicholas D. Brown	....	gaffer: second unit
Gary Capo	....	director of photography: second unit
Kenny S. Christiansen	....	rigging gaffer (as Kenny Christiansen)
Thomas C. Cook	....	best boy grip (as Tom Cook)
Ramón Cuadrado	....	key grip: second unit
Phil Dann	....	second assistant camera
Frank P. Flynn	....	director of photography: second unit (as Frank Flynn)
Dulce 'Candy' González	....	camera operator
James J. Green	....	dolly grip (as James Green)
Russ Harper	....	second assistant camera: Chicago
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse	....	key grip (as Chunky Huse)
David Kessler	....	first assistant camera: Chicago
Reginald F. Lake	....	gaffer
Cliff Lipson	....	still photographer
Daniel Cary McCrystal	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jeff Murrell	....	best boy electric
Leo J. Napolitano	....	camera operator: second unit
Dino Parks	....	gaffer
Milton Soto	....	grip: second unit
Eric Tramp	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Julian Whatley	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Pedro J. Villalón	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Zoraida Sanjurjo López	....	extras casting
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathy Kiatta	....	wardrobe supervisor
Heidi Shulman	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Ivonne Y. Carlo	....	apprentice film editor
Gail DuFosse	....	second assistant film editor
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Joseph Jett Sally	....	second assistant film editor
Rick Sparr	....	first assistant film editor
Ewa Zbroniec	....	second assistant film editor
Joe Parisella	....	colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Stan Jones	....	supervising music editor
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Allen Sides	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Fernando Barraza	....	transportation coordinator: second unit
Thaddeus E. Larkowski	....	transportation coordinator: Chicago
Raúl Rivera Martínez	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Wendy Berman	....	assistant: Mr. Permut
Rebeca Brookshire	....	assistant: Mr. Winter
Rebeca Brookshire	....	script supervisor: second unit
Chris Canute	....	studio teacher
Dominic Fidelibus	....	supervising copyist
Mary Beth Gentle	....	assistant: Mr. Winter
Adam Gerloff	....	production assistant
Rica Groennou	....	location manager (as Ana Groennou)
Lisa Lynn Kearsley	....	production coordinator (as Lisa Kearsley)
James T. Lawrence	....	boat captain (as James B. Lawrence)
Mable Lawson-McCrary	....	script supervisor (as Mable Lawson McCrary)
Marci Levine	....	production accountant
Juan Maldonado	....	helicopter pilot: second unit
Cheryl McHugh	....	payroll accountant
Charlene Norman	....	production coordinator: Chicago
David Oliver Pfeil	....	title designer
Mari Rovira	....	assistant production coordinator
Amy Goddard Smith	....	assistant: Mr. Eberhardt
Dina Sobalvarro	....	first assistant accountant
Anne Sterling	....	production associate
C. Ransom Walrod	....	marine coordinator
Deborah Wuliger	....	unit publicist
Jeff Coopwood	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Kurt Hall	....	laboratory technician: Continental Film Laboratories (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures
• Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1993) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)

Special Effects

• 4-Ward Productions (special miniature effects)
• Matte World Digital
• Matte World Digital (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Opticals  titles and opticals
• Coast to Coast Catering  catering
• PIKI  craft service
• Studio Sea  marine coordination
• Warner Hollywood Studios  re-recording facilities

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of sensuality, and for some language.

Runtime:

90 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-8 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:14A | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Benjamin Salisbury's film debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ben spills milk on his mother's plans, he picks up the carton. In the next shot the carton is on its side again.

Quotes:

Captain Ron: [telling how he lost his eye] Yeah, it happened when I went down off the coast of Australia.
Katherine Harvey: Your boat sank?
Captain Ron: No, no, no, no. Not my boat. My boss's boat. Yeah, we hit this reef. Huge son-of-a-bitch. Ran the whole coast.
Katherine Harvey: Wait. The Great Barrier Reef?
Captain Ron: You've heard of it, huh? Smart lady.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Naked Movie (2002)

Soundtrack:

BESITO EN LA BOQUITA

Family finds self

Every time i want to laugh, when i see this movie on, i catch a glimpse. This movie is guaranteed to make you laugh. And Mary Kay Place is such EYE candy for us men. She represents the type of woman we men would ask to marry. Beautiful yet supportive of her family and children. However, Kurt Russell steals the show. This movie was a role reversal where Martin Short is the serious one and Kurt is the odd-ball. It excellently shows how an outsider can help indirectly to save a group from its own fears and inadequacies. anyway, you will laugh your head off. The location shooting was just beautiful - makes me want to purchase a boat.