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Club Paradise: Directed by Harold Ramis. With Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff. A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.
Club Paradise (1986) When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
David Standish. Chris Miller. When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
Club Paradise is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create a luxury resort from a seedy nightclub, and the series of events that take place.
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Jack Moniker is a Chicago firefighter who is injured on the job. Using his disability, he retires to the small Caribbean island of Saint Nicholas, and buys a small property. Anthony Croyden Hayes, appointed by the British crown as governor of St. Nicholas, is more concerned with vacationing than governing. Miss Phillipa Lloyd, who is visiting St. N...
Jimmy Cliffas Ernest ReedShooting took place from April to July 1985. Production company Warner Bros. planned to release it in early 1986, but held it back until July. Bill Murray turned down the film's lead role, which was eventually given to Robin Williams; his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, ended up in the cast instead. John Cleese was also slated to star, but immediately...
The film's soundtrack was released by Columbia Records and includes several tracks by Jimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello, Mighty Sparrow and Blue Riddim Band, some of which are unique to this release. The Jimmy Cliff track "The Lion Awakes" for example, was included only in the vinyl release, is noticeably absent from compact disc and digital formats and ...
The film was given mostly negative reviews from critics with Rotten Tomatoes maintaining Club Paradisean 11% rating based on 28 reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale. Variety said: "There are enough funny skits in Club Paradise to make for a good hour of SCTV, where most of the cast is f...
Roger Ebert July 11, 1986. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The world of the standup comedian is filled with a special desperation. He needs to win your approval at every single instant. If one joke goes bad, a silence falls, and up on the stage that silence sounds like a roar of disapproval. He will say anything to make you laugh.
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Fireman Jack Moniker and reggae singer Ernest Reed become partners in order to turn a dilapidated Caribbean resort into a swanky place for the wealthy. As Jack and Ernest are learning how to run a resort and handle various customer complaints, the corrupt prime minister of the island is working...
