Goin' Coconuts
Goin' Coconuts is a 1978 American musical adventure comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Donny and Marie Osmond. The feature film was released in theaters on October 18, 1978. It was both a critical and commercial failure. Shooting took place in Oahu, Hawaii from March 31 to May 1978, during the annual production hiatus for the Osmonds' variety TV series. It was Ted Cassidy's final film appearance before his death in January 1979 (although he continued to amass a number of animation-voiceover credits).
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Directed by | Howard Morris |
Produced by | John Cutts |
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Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
Edited by | Frank Bracht |
Production company | Inter Planetary Pictures |
Distributed by | Osmond Entertainment |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.2 million (US rentals)[1] |
Synopsis
While performing in concert with Donny in Hawaii, Marie acquires a lovely necklace, unaware that it's coveted by a group of thieves and by a mysterious woman. Plenty of trouble soon follows, with Donny and Marie getting into one jam after another.
Cast
- Donny Osmond as Donny
- Marie Osmond as Marie
- Herb Edelman as Sid
- Kenneth Mars as Kruse
- Ted Cassidy as Mickey
- Marc Lawrence as Webster
- Khigh Dhiegh as Wong
- Harold Sakata as Ito
- Jack Collins as Charlie
- Danny Wells as Al
- Charles Walker as Jake
- Tommy Fujiwara as Alecki
Soundtrack
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Released | October 1978 |
Genre | Pop rock |
Label | Polydor Records |
Producer | Mike Curb, Michael Lloyd |
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Goin' Coconuts soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by Polydor Records in October 1978. It earned platinum status, despite the film doing poorly at the box office.
The first and only single release, "On the Shelf", was a U.S. Top 40 hit during November 1978 (Billboard #38, AC #25[2]). The song also charted in Canada, reaching #60 on the pop singles chart[3] and spending two weeks at #14 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] The album also included "May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day", which the Osmonds sang to close each episode of their TV series.
The album was released by 7t / Cherry Red Records out of the UK on a two-for-one CD in 2014. It was paired with Donny & Marie's 1977 album "Winning Combination."
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "On the Shelf" (Steve Voice, Peter Yellowstone) | 3:58 |
2. | "Don't Play With the One Who Loves You" (Michael Lloyd) | 2:27 |
3. | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham) | 3:00 |
4. | "Baby Now That I've Found You" (Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod) | 3:04 |
5. | "Gimme Some Time" (Paul Harrison) | 2:54 |
6. | "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) | 2:51 |
7. | "You Bring Me Sunshine" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) | 2:32 |
8. | "Fallin' In Love Again" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) | 2:19 |
9. | "Doctor Dancin'" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) | 3:09 |
10. | "You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry) | 3:20 |
11. | "May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) | 0:51 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[5] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY Epstein, Andrew. Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1980: o6.
- http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1978-12-09
- http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=86&
- http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0075&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0075.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0075
- "American album certifications – Donny & Marie Osmond – Goin' Coconuts". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
External links
- Goin' Coconuts at IMDb
- Goin' Coconuts at the TCM Movie Database
- Goin' Coconuts at AllMovie