This is of one the last works of John Belushi (Saturday Night Live, Blues Brothers) who had just started doing different projects such as the leading role in this movie. I watched this movie when it came out, and liked it. My husband was in graduate school doing graduate work in Ichthyology (studying fishes) and I was then a city Attorney trying to fit in with those weird people I though at the time: my husband was the only preppie guy, no one else were even half reasonably fashionable and some of his female classmates did not shave their legs nor their arm pits! One of his professors and some of the graduate students wore sandals all the time, and the Chair of the Graduate program wore a hat with a feather to an important meeting. That is what came to mind when I went to see this movie. I purchased the tape and have seen it many times! It is a fun story.
The script was written by Laurence Kasdam (The Accidental Tourist, Grand Canyon) Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Winner for The Big Chill. Steven Spielberg is an executive producer. This movie has all the ingredients for success but it did not receive the deserved attention.
Neel Porter, Blair Brown (Paper Chase, The Days and Night of Molly Dodd) is beautiful, feminine, eloquent, nicely dressed Ornithologist (studying birds) living in this primitive, quaint, yet charming mountain cabin in Colorado (a gorgeous State). Souchak is assigned to write about her. The city guy has trouble carrying his camping gear, and keeps falling backwards (funny scenes!) and the Ph.D. woman is just amazingly adjusted to the wilderness. Then they fight a lot. Then they fall in love. The plot is full of common places, but there plenty of room for laughter as those completely different people try to fit together.
My favorite scenes are: the going back and forth on the train, the relationship between Neel and the ex-football player, the bear in the cabin, and most of all Neel carrying Souchak down the slopes by herself. Eighteen years after I am now comfortable in the wilderness, and rather deal with animals than people; and my husband works in the city, two happy endings, but between Neel and Souchak there a continental divide.
The script was written by Laurence Kasdam (The Accidental Tourist, Grand Canyon) Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Winner for The Big Chill. Steven Spielberg is an executive producer. This movie has all the ingredients for success but it did not receive the deserved attention.
Neel Porter, Blair Brown (Paper Chase, The Days and Night of Molly Dodd) is beautiful, feminine, eloquent, nicely dressed Ornithologist (studying birds) living in this primitive, quaint, yet charming mountain cabin in Colorado (a gorgeous State). Souchak is assigned to write about her. The city guy has trouble carrying his camping gear, and keeps falling backwards (funny scenes!) and the Ph.D. woman is just amazingly adjusted to the wilderness. Then they fight a lot. Then they fall in love. The plot is full of common places, but there plenty of room for laughter as those completely different people try to fit together.
My favorite scenes are: the going back and forth on the train, the relationship between Neel and the ex-football player, the bear in the cabin, and most of all Neel carrying Souchak down the slopes by herself. Eighteen years after I am now comfortable in the wilderness, and rather deal with animals than people; and my husband works in the city, two happy endings, but between Neel and Souchak there a continental divide.