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Captain Ron movie storyline. Martin Harvey is a middle-aged office worker who lives in a suburb of Chicago with his wife, Katherine, 16-year-old daughter, Caroline and 11-year-old son, Ben. When he learns his recently deceased uncle has bequeathed him a 60′ yacht once owned by Clark Gable, he decides to take his family to the island of Ste. Pomme de Terre (“Saint Potato”) to retrieve the yacht so he can sell it. Katherine resists the idea, but agrees after Caroline announces she has just gotten engaged.
When the Harveys arrive at the island, they discover that the yacht, the Wanderer, is in terrible condition. Upon hearing this, the yacht broker cancels his plan to send an experienced captain to help them sail to Miami, and instead hires a local sailor, Captain Ron Rico, a one-eyed man with a very laid back attitude, and Navy veteran who claims to have piloted the USS Saratoga.
He launches immediately when he sees the car he arrived in roll off the dock and sink. The car’s owner arrives at the dock and shoots at Captain Ron. Captain Ron takes Ben’s money in a game of Monopoly, giving him beer to drink and charging him for it later, but shows loyalty to Martin, who he refers to as “Boss”. Martin doesn’t like him, calls him “Moron” in his diary, and believes that he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
The Harveys decide to stop off in the Caribbean, but learn that Captain Ron doesn’t know how to navigate. While on a random island, Martin decides to go on a nature hike, but runs into guerrilla led by General Armando. Captain Ron bargains for Martin’s freedom by giving them a lift to the next island, and receiving some firearms in return to fight off pirates. This angers Martin, as he declares there will be no firearms on his yacht and tosses them overboard, before realizing that without them, he is going to have to give the guerrillas a lift.
In the yacht’s cabin, Katherine shows Martin the initials from Clark Gable and Carole Lombard marked on the bedpost. Katherine and Martin are so excited that they share their feelings and have passionate sex. When they arrive at their next destination, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Martin and Katherine are arrested for smuggling guerrillas. Caroline and Ben party with the locals and Captain Ron, which ends with Caroline getting a tattoo, Ben breaking his glasses and Captain Ron losing his glass eye. Martin and Katherine are released from jail, but forced to leave that night. Martin decides to leave Captain Ron behind and they encounter pirates who steal the yacht, and are stuck floating in a raft.
Captain Ron is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Thom Eberhardt, produced by David Permut, and written by John Dwyer for Touchstone Pictures. It stars Kurt Russell as the title character, a sailor with a quirky personality and a checkered past, and Martin Short as an upper-middle class, suburban family man who hires him to sail a yacht through the Caribbean with him and his family aboard. Mary Kay Place, Meadow Sisto, and Benjamin Salisbury also star as his wife and children.
Captain Ron (1992)
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Starring: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place, Meadow Sisto, Benjamin Salisbury, Meadow Sisto, Sunshine Logroño, Jorge Luis Ramos, Tanya Soler, Roselyn Sanchez
Screenplay by: John Dwyer
Production Design by: William F. Matthews
Cinematography by: Daryn Okada
Film Editing by: Tina Hirsch
Costume Design by: Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Set Decoration by: Jim Duffy, Jeff Haley
Art Direction by: James F. Truesdale
Music by: Nicholas Pike
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for elements of sensuality, and for some language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: September 18, 1992
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