Cabin Boy Imdb

A foul mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

Cabin boy imdb. A foul mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck. Both elliott and resnick worked for late night with david letterman in the 1980s as well as co creating the fox sitcom get a life in the early 1990s. Cabin boy is a 1994 fantasy comedy film directed by adam resnick and co produced by tim burton which starred comedian chris elliott. Cabin boy 1994 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.

Elliott co wrote the film with resnick. Chris elliot lends his flat and charmless presence to adam resnick s equally flat and charmless cabin boy. Both elliott and resnick worked for late night with david letterman in the 1980s as well as co creating the short lived fox sitcom get a life in the early 1990s. Actually it s genius has become much more apparent over the years it is a move that was well ahead of it s time and a masterpiece in absurdism.

With chris elliott ritch brinkley james gammon brian doyle murray. This is an inside joke for letterman fans as he also referred to himself as hofert in some skits back at his old program late night with david letterman 1982 on nbc. The crazy thing i liked when it came out in the theaters but now i love it. Directed by adam resnick.

The project was originally to be directed by tim burton. Cabin boy is a 1994 american fantasy comedy film directed by adam resnick and co produced by tim burton which starred comedian chris elliott elliott co wrote the film with resnick. Cabin boy 1994 trivia 8 add new david letterman appears as the old salt in the fishing village but the credits list him as earl hofert. Cabin boy is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Get ready for over the top hilarity when comedy original chris elliott goes overboard in this hysterical high seas misadventure that s sure to keep everyone laughing. It has gotten better with age.