Captain Ron

Captain Ron (1992)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

5.6/10
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Release date

1992-09-18

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Genre

Adventure, Comedy

Budget

$24 000 000

Revenue

$22 518 097

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Director

Thom Eberhardt

Actors

Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place, Benjamin Salisbury, Meadow Sisto, Tom McGowan, Dan Butler, Paul Anka, Sunshine Logroño, Jorge Luis Ramos
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Scenario

Producer

Paige Simpson, David Permut, Ralph Winter

Operator

Daryn Okada

Composer

Nicholas Pike

Artist

Audition

Mary Gail Artz, Barbara Cohen

Editing

Tina Hirsch, Ellen Gordon
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• The idea for the film was inspired by screenwriter John Dwyer's life story: in 1969, his father bought an old yacht and decided to sail it to Texas with his family, hiring a one-eyed sailor named Ron, who claimed to be an experienced captain but turned out to be a heavy drinker, earning him the nickname Ron Rico after a brand of cheap rum. During the voyage, all the yacht's electronics failed, they got lost, and ran into a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Captain Ron drives two cars in the film. Both are missing a headlight – on the same side as Ron's missing eye.
• A significant portion of Captain Ron's wardrobe was borrowed from Kurt Russell's own closet. Furthermore, the actor suggested many of Ron's defining characteristics – such as a penchant for wearing swim trunks, a raspy, pirate-like voice, and so on. Russell initially objected to the depiction of drinking, but was told it would be in keeping with his character, and he withdrew his objections.
• When Kurt Russell was cast in the lead role, there was a plan to have John Carpenter direct. He later recounted that he would have accepted the offer – primarily because of the opportunity to film in the Caribbean.