Funny Farm (film)

Funny Farm is a 1988 American film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley. The movie was filmed on location in Vermont, mostly in Townshend, Vermont. It was the final film directed by George Roy Hill.

The film was mostly shot in Southeastern Vermont, including the towns of Townshend, Windsor, Grafton, and Hartland, Vermont using locals as extras. The Townshend Common today has an unusual souvenir from the production of Funny Farm to make the trees on the Common look as if it was mid autumn, the film crew dyed the leaves, which killed all of the trees, except for one in the middle of the Common. Today, the ring of newly planted trees around the edge of the Common are significantly shorter than the much larger one that survived the filming of Funny Farm.citation needed Funny Farm has received mixed to positive reviews at the time of its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 67, based onreviews, with an average rating of 5.210. However, film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel were strong champions of the film, praising it on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Ebert described the film as a small miracle., while Siskel called it the best film Chase has made and compared it to the films of Preston Sturges. ........

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