Coupe de Ville

Director: Joe Roth Joe Roth

Overview

Three rebellious bickersome brothers reunite to drive their father's title car from their Detroit homes to Florida. The auto is to be a gift to celebrate their mother's birthday party. Along the way, their adventures are punctuated by pop tunes from 1963 that include "Louie, Louie," a song that inspires a hilarious debate as the three attempt to fathom the song's meaning.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/05/2014
UPC:	0025192119019
Original Release:	1990
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	30,865

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patrick Dempsey	Robert 'Bobby' Libner
Arye Gross	Buddy Libner,Young Bobby
Daniel Stern	Marvin Libner
Annabeth Gish	Tammy
Rita Taggart	Betty Libner
Joseph Bologna	Uncle Phil
Alan Arkin	Fred Libner
James Gammon	Doc Sturgeon
Ray Lykins	Rick
Chris Lombardi	Raymond
Josh Segal	Billy
John Considine	Kloppner
Rod Swift	Finkelstein
Fred Ornstein	Barney
Don Sheldon	Fishing Buddy
Boots Crowder	Waitress
Michael Weiner	Young Buddy
Dean Jacobson	Young Marvin
Steve Boles	Policeman #1
Don Tilley	Policeman #2
Terry Loughlin	Garage Worker #1
Reid 'Pete' Shook	Garage Worker #2
James Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

Stu Krieger

Stu Silver

Mike Binder

Joe Roth	Director,Executive Producer
Larry Brezner	Producer
Mickey Gilbert	Stunts
Greg Hull	Special Effects
James G. Robinson	Executive Producer,Producer
Paul Schiff	Producer
Marci Liroff	Casting
Stu Krieger	Screenwriter
Stu Silver	Screenwriter
Jerry Baerwitz	Producer
Mike Binder	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

This comedy from future studio mogul Joe Roth and screenwriter Mike Binder is formulaic and predictable, with a trio of central characters that are more types than flesh-and-blood humans. Nevertheless, Coupe de Ville is a warm, gentle, and good-natured film that wraps up in a surprisingly winning, emotionally satisfying fashion. Of the three young stars, Daniel Stern makes the strongest impression as the rigid, autocratic Marvin, a departure from the actor's usual role of the naïve rookie or blissfully zonked-out airhead. His is an especially notable performance because, like Arye Gross and Patrick Dempsey -- the actors portraying his brothers -- Stern is saddled with a role that's over the top and annoyingly exaggerated at times. It's apt that he's the standout here, as Coupe de Ville, in its nostalgia for a bygone era, bears comparison to the Baltimore films of director Barry Levinson, the first of which, Diner (1982), also starred Stern. It's a shame that Roth and Binder couldn't create a film as observant and emotionally trenchant as those of Levinson; a unique variation of the standard road picture might have been the welcome result.