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6.2/10
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A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Allen Garfield
- Howard McDermott
- (as Allen Goorwitz)
Mike Bacarella
- Delaney
- (as Michael Bacarella)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Dan Aykroyd, most of the production crew on Neighbors (1981) was on cocaine throughout filming, with the inevitable result that John Belushi was sucked back into an addiction he had been trying to quit. Belushi had been completely clean and sober during the making of Continental Divide (1981) which he shot just before Neighbors (1981).
- GoofsWhen Souchak rides the Empire Builder back to Wyoming with Nell, the train takes a route the Empire Builder never takes. In the movie, the train goes through Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then on to Victor, Wyoming, where they get off. The real Empire Builder goes north from Chicago to Milwaukee and then Minneapolis before heading northwest and crossing North Dakota, Montana and Idaho near the Canadian border. It goes nowhere near Iowa or Wyoming.
- Quotes
Ernie Souchak: It's so quiet up here, you could hear a mouse get a hard on.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, after some mountain shots, there's a sequence of a selection of some of the black-and-white photos of Ernie and/or Nell that Souchak had on his desk.
- SoundtracksTheme from Continental Divide (Never Say Goodbye)
Music by Michael Small
Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Performed by Helen Reddy
Available on MCA Records
Record Produced by Joel Diamond
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One of the most underrated movies of the 80s
I loved this movie when it first came out, and after catching it again recently, I was reminded of why I liked it so much. John Belushi is so good and so funny, it reminds me again of how sad it was to lose this comedy gem. And it's always great to see Blair Brown, one of our best actresses ever. Seeing her in her prime again is delightful. I was also impressed at how well it holds up over time. It's a shame it was critically panned and did poorly at the BO when it came out, b/c in a decade full of strange movies, this is a standout, and now, IMHO, a classic. And the best part? Being reminded that the Bald Eagle population in the early 80s was only 2,000 in North America, and now it's in the six figures. The mountain lion scene is a little far-fetched, but, goodness, that is a gorgeous cat.
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,578,237
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,218,347
- Sep 20, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $15,578,237
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