October 6, 1978
Osmond Entertainment
Comedy, Action, Musical
VHS
B-
My review of the novelization is here: http://rereadingeverybookiown.blogspot.com/2012/11/goin-coconuts.html. I'll just add a few things. One, I like to read a lesbian subtext into the fact that Tricia is more interested in Marie (well, Marie's necklace) than in Donny. Yes, the movie is wholesome-- despite some violence-- but it's slightly edgier than their variety show of that era. There is mild racism, especially towards "Orientals." A couple scenes will make you glad we live in an age of cell phones. The music and the Hawaiian scenery make this somewhat more entertaining than the book. It's not a great movie, but it's a pleasant time-passer, although if your tolerance for the Osmonds is low, definitely skip.
Marc Lawrence, who plays Webster, was Stiltskin in Foul Play and would be Torpedo in Super Fuzz. Herb Edelman, who plays manager Sid, would be Dorothy's ex on The Golden Girls, while villain Ted Cassidy is best known as Lurch on The Addams Family. Debbie, the girl that Donny falls for at the end of the movie is his wife to this day. (They married a few months before this movie came out.)
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| "Cute, Marie, real cute." |
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