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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy film written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Dick Bartlett, based on the 1968 short story by Shepherd. A satire of childhood recollections of annual family vacations, it follows the Parker family (of A Christmas Story ) as they travel to a Michigan lakeside camp ...
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss: Directed by Dick Bartlett. With Jean Shepherd, James Sikking, Dorothy Lyman, Jerry O'Connell. 14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.
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- Comedy, Family
- Dick Bartlett
- 1988-08-06
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- Story and Early Screenplay
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The blue-collar working world of 1950s Indiana, with period-style footage and clips from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, is accompanied by Shepherd's voiceover narration as the adult Ralph. The fourteen-year old Ralph and friends Flick and Schwartz endure bureaucratic "terminal official boredom," to get their "working papers," to be able to apply for thei...
Ralph, the Man: Jean ShepherdOld Man: James B. SikkingMom: Dorothy LymanYoung Ralph: Jerry O'ConnellShepherd originally wrote the story, upon which the film is based, in 1968 as one of a series for Playboy Magazine between 1966 and 1970.The stories were later published in Shepherd's collection Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memoriesin 1971. Shepherd later described his stories as not based literally on childhood memories, "People are always tryin...
PBS and WGBH made a series of TV movies with Jean Shepherd, as part of American Playhouse, based on the fictional Parker family, including The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters, The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski, and The Phantom of the Open Hearth. The theatrical sequel to A Christmas Story was Shepherd's 1994 My Summe...
Jun 20, 2022 · JEAN SHEPHERD - 14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to Ollie Hopnoodle's haven of bliss, a summer resort.** Director:...
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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss is a 1988 comedy Made-for-TV Movie directed by Dick Bartlett, written by Jean Shepherd, and starring James B. Sikking and Jerry O'Connell.
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