Housesitter

**Housesitter** is a UK VHS release by CIC Video and Universal on 8th March 1993 and 28th February 1994. It got re-released by 4 Front Video and Universal on 2nd April 2001.

## Description

Newton Davis built a dream house for his dream girl and hoped to live happily ever after. Then she said no!

Enter Gwen, a charming and disarming waitress whose penchant for fabricating reality sets the wheels of fantasy in motion and takes Newton on the emotional ride of his life.

Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn star in Housesitter, a romantic comedy about loving, lying and living together. Directed by Frank Oz (Little Shop Of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob?) and produced by Brian Grazer (Kindergarten Cop, Backdraft)

## Cast

* Steve Martin as Newton Davis
* Goldie Hawn as Gwen Duncle/Buckley/Phillips
* Dana Delany as Becky Metcalf
* Julie Harris as Edna Davis
* Donald Moffat as George Davis
* Peter MacNicol as Marty
* Richard B. Shull as Ralph / Bernie Duncle
* Ken Cheeseman as Harv
* Laurel Cronin as Mary / Mary Duncle
* Roy Cooper as Winston Moseby
* Christopher Durang as Reverend Lipton

## Credits

Imagine Films Entertainment Presents

A Brian Grazer Production

A Frank Oz Film

Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn

Housesitter

Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat, Peter MacNicol, Richard B. Shull, Laurel Cronin, Roy Cooper

Music By Miles Goodman

Casting By John Lyons

Costume Designer Betsy Cox

Associate Producers Karen Kehela, Michelle Wright

Film Editor John Jympson, C.S.A.

Production Designer Ida Random

Director Of Photography John A. Alonzo, A.S.C.

Executive Producer Bernie Williams

Story By Mark Stein and Brian Grazer

Screenplay By Mark Stein

Produced By Brian Grazer

Directed By Frank Oz

## Opening (Rental 1993 Re-release)

* Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video) [announced by Mark Roman]
* CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
* CIC Cinema Releases
* Jurassic Park teaser trailer [announced by Dave Benson Phillips]
* Leap of Faith trailer [announced by Brian Cummings]
* CIC Future Video Releases
* Death Becomes Her trailer [announced by Dave Benson Phillips]
* The Babe trailer [announced by Don LaFontaine]
* CIC Video National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
* Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Short Version)
* Housesitter title card with BBFC PG card (1982-2002)
* Universal Pictures Ident (1990-1997)
* Start of Housesitter (1992)

## Closing (Rental 1993 Re-release)

* End of Housesitter (1992)
* Closing Credits Film
* CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Opening (Original 1994 Release)

1. CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
2. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers Trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
3. Death Becomes Her Trailer [announced by Dave Benson Phillips]
4. CIC Video National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
5. Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Short Version)
6. Housesitter Title Card with BBFC PG Card (1982-2002)
7. Universal Pictures Ident (1990-1997)
8. Start of Housesitter (1992)

## Closing (Original 1994 Release)

1. End of Housesitter (1992)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Trailers and info

### Original 1994 release

1. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
2. Death Becomes Her

### Rental 1993 Re-release

1. Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video)
2. Jurassic Park
3. Leap of Faith
4. Death Becomes Her
5. The Babe