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Exotic Island | Family Vacation
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Brenda Bakke's debut.
The film was shot mostly on Catalina Island and also partly in Griffith Park. Producers Roger Corman and Julie Corman did everything to keep production costs down, and insisted on the cheapest accommodations possible. In many instances, there was no water and sometimes no roofs on the buildings the actors were staying. The extras were expected to sleep outside on the beach and to bring their own food.
Charles Grodin thought this was one of the funniest movies he ever made, and especially enjoyed working with Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz. When the film was finished, Grodin attempted to buy the film from Roger Corman so that Grodin could distribute it with his friends Edgar J. Scherick and Julian Schlossberg, but Corman refused.
In his 1994 book "We're ready for you, Mr. Grodin : behind the scenes at talk shows, movies, and elsewhere", Charles Grodin reveals that he did a rewrite on the picture, on which he replaced nearly all of the dialogue, but kept the basic story the same. Steve Zacharias and Jeff Buhai, who had written the first draft, contested this, for they knew that they would be payed more if they didn't have to share the credit with Grodin. In the end, producers Roger Corman and Julie Corman managed to avoid allowing the writers any bonus at all by premiering the movie on cable television before it was released theatrically.
"Bobby Lollar: At least I'm not a fag. George Lollar: Don't use that word. Nobody likes it. Bobby Lollar: OK. At least I'm not a homosexual. George Lollar: Congratulations. Anyway, we don't know what you are."
