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A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations
Brian Hennessey
- Cortini
- (as Bryan Hennessey)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed in 30 days, except for the final shot, which was delayed for seven months. An unexpected early snowfall forced the shot (of a car on a road near the sea) to be postponed until the snow melted the following May.
- GoofsLevel of wine glass when Dave and Phonse are eating in the kitchen.
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What Goes On Up There
William Hurt has a failing restaurant in Newfoundland and an estranged wife in Washington D. C. He and friend Andy Jones -- who's building a small submarine -- discover a lot of cocaine in Hurt's wine cellar. After they establish it is good cocaine (so to speak), Hurt starts a rumor that a type of duck thought extinct has been spotted in the bay his isolated restaurant sits on. Suddenly people start showing up to look for the duck and eat, and his first hire is Molly Parker.
It's a very low-key comedy, as the heat develops between Hurt and Miss Parker, Jones' submarine gets an outing, and some guys who are obviously not birders set up in a Winnebago near the restaurant.
Hurt has always been a puzzle to me as a movie star -- and, according to reports, to himself as well. He moves slowly from inert, depressed lump to hopeful lump and I can see the emotional journey, but it's the situations and fog-bound images that held my interest. The movie itself is a paean to the polite eccentrics of Canada.
It's a very low-key comedy, as the heat develops between Hurt and Miss Parker, Jones' submarine gets an outing, and some guys who are obviously not birders set up in a Winnebago near the restaurant.
Hurt has always been a puzzle to me as a movie star -- and, according to reports, to himself as well. He moves slowly from inert, depressed lump to hopeful lump and I can see the emotional journey, but it's the situations and fog-bound images that held my interest. The movie itself is a paean to the polite eccentrics of Canada.
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- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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