Club Paradise

1986
15
1h 36m

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5.1/10

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A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

7.1K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,162

604

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The film was originally intended to star Bill Murray and John Cleese. In the end, their roles were filled by Robin Williams and Peter O'Toole respectively.

Goofs
Near the beginning of the movie, when the dog jumps out the window and lands on the life net, there are paw prints on the life net before the dog makes first contact with it, probably from a previous take.

Quotes
Phillipa Lloyd: What island are you from?
Jack Moniker: Ellis, originally.
Phillipa Lloyd: So, what do you do around here? After you left The Palms, they said you were a smuggler.
Jack Moniker: No, I'm a snuggler.

Crazy credits
The initial credits are played over shots of the major characters, until the listing of the Flamboyants begins.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Club Paradise/Desert Bloom/Under the Cherry Moon/The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Soundtracks
Club Paradise
Written & Performed by Jimmy Cliff
Courtesy of Columbia Records

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Featured review

6/10

Long live the Caribbean, mahn!

Before Robin Williams solidly established himself as a star in "Good Morning, Vietnam", he starred in several innocuously silly movies such as "Club Paradise". He plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago firefighter who retires and moves to the Caribbean island of St. Nicholas. There, he joins up with tour guide Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff) and the two of them open a wild business, with the help of Gov. Anthony Cloyden Hayes (Peter O'Toole). Once the rich American tourists start arriving, the high finks take off.

The movie is mostly an excuse for a bunch of goofy things to happen, especially when the characters played by Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis embarrass themselves. True, Williams did better with some of his later work, but "Club Paradise" is still pretty funny.