Themes: Wishes Come True, Race Against Time, Fathers and Sons
Main Cast: George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, Miriam Flynn
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
On his 81st birthday, grandpa George Burns, bemoans the fact that he's wasted his life, and wishes he had it to do all over again. He gets his wish when he and his 18-year-old grandson Charles Schlatter are involved in an auto accident. When he awakens, Burns' personality has been transferred to Schlatter's body, and vice versa! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jennifer Runyon - Robin; Red Buttons - Charlie; George DiCenzo - Coach; Bernard Fox - Horton; Kenneth Tigar - Professor Swivet; Anthony Starke - Russ; Pauly Shore - Barrett; Ben Baker - Red; Emory Bass - Art Teacher; Kate Benton - 3d Nurse; Earl Boen - Robin's Dad; Kimberlin Ann Brown - Receptionist; Pat Crawford Brown - Old Lady; Nicholas Cascone - Frat Member; Kevin Haley - Team Member; Mark Kamiyama - Team Member; Edwina Moore - Nurse; Lance Slaughter - Mikey; Parker Whitman - Doctor; Nancy G. Fox - Waitress; Hal Smith - Irv; Stephanie Baldwin - Robin's Sister; Freddie Dawson - Orderly; Joshua Devane - J.P.; The Dickies - Themselves; Michael Fallon - Bewildered Art Student; Connie Gauthier - Artist's Model; Jim Jackman - Asylum Orderly; Mark Kramer - Track Team Starter; Darren Powell - Frat Member; Michael Rider - Asylum Orderly; Toni Sawyer - Robin's Mom; Cathy Scott - Runner; Michael J. Shea - Orderly; Leeza Vinnichenko - Woman at Party; Karl Wiedergott - Team Member; Melissa Skoff
Credit
Art Schaeffer - Associate Producer, Melissa Skoff - Casting, Larry S. Blum - Choreography, Anna Biller - Consultant/advisor, Chris Hutson - Consultant/advisor, Jack Buehler - Costume Designer, Stephen McEveety - First Assistant Director, Paul Flaherty - Director, Danford B. Greene - Editor, Michael Jaffe - Executive Producer, Irving Fein - Executive Producer, Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Stan Lee - Songwriter, Leonard Phillips - Songwriter, Sonny Throckmorton - Songwriter, Chuck Wagon - Songwriter, Gabor Kernyaiszky - Makeup, Dena Roth - Production Designer, Stephen M. Katz - Cinematographer, Walter Coblenz - Producer, Irving Fein - Producer, John Myhre - Set Designer, Howard Jensen - Special Effects, Russell Williams II - Sound/Sound Designer, Charlie Croughwell - Stunts, Josh Goldstein - Screenwriter, Jonathan Prince - Screenwriter, Norval D. Crutcher Jr. - Supervising Sound Editor, Norval D. Crutcher III - Assistant Sound Editor, Gus Edwards - Featured Music, Edward Madden - Featured Music
18 Again! is a 1988comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. This was one of a series of unrelated films, including Like Father, Like Son and Vice Versa, produced in the late 1980s involving a similar plotline.
Plot
Jack Watson (Burns) is a millionaire playboy who is about to turn 81 just as his grandson David (Schlatter) is about to turn 18. Jack laments his old age and wishes to get back to his teens once more. When an accident switches their souls, Jack gets to live his grandson's life and all that it entails: school, sports and romance. Unfortunately, David gets the raw end of the deal: as not only is he trapped in his grandfather's 81-year-old body, but he is also in a coma.
Jack gets to approach his family from a fresh point of view and doesn't always like what he sees: he's been a distant parent for his son Arnie (Tony Roberts) and has repeatedly disregarded his ideas for improving the family company. He also finds out that not only is his trophy wife Madeline (Anita Morris) unfaithful when she tries to seduce whom she thinks is her young step-grandson.
Jack's family decides to disconnect his 81-year-old body from life support. Knowing that this will kill David, Jack has to rush back to save him and set things right.
