The 'Burbs
“He's a man of peace in a savage land... Suburbia.”
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
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Cast
37 people
Tom Hanks
Ray Peterson
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Billy Stevenson
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Bruce Dern
Lt. Mark Rumsfield
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Carrie Fisher
Carol Peterson
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Rick Ducommun
Art Weingartner
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Wendy Schaal
Bonnie Rumsfield
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Corey Feldman
Ricky Butler
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Courtney Gains
Hans Klopek
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Henry Gibson
Dr. Werner Klopek
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Gale Gordon
Walter Seznick
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Dick Miller
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Robert Picardo
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Dickinson
Joe Dante Director · Dana Olsen Writer Jerry Goldsmith Composer
Worldwide gross $49M · Budget $18M · United States release February 17, 1989
Box office
Budget
$18,000,000
Worldwide gross
$49,101,993
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Production
Rollins-Morra-Brezner Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Norway · February 17, 1989
Theatrical
United States · February 17, 1989
Theatrical
United States · August 10, 1989
Physical · VHS
Australia
June 22, 1989 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 26, 1989 · Theatrical
France
January 1, 1990 · Physical · Sortie VHS en 1990 sans date précise.
Germany
June 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 26, 1989 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 3, 1989 · Theatrical
December 25, 2002 · TV · V8
June 10, 2004 · Physical · DVD
June 26, 2014 · Physical · Blu ray
Portugal
August 25, 1989 · Theatrical
Spain
August 18, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 11, 1990 · Physical · VHS
May 22, 1991 · TV · Filmnet
May 27, 2004 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
May 26, 1989 · Theatrical
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