ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE: DON'T DRINK THE WATER (TV)
Summary
One in this series of movies presented by ABC. This is the first movie Woody Allen has made for television, serving as director, writer, and star of this adaption of his 1966 Broadway farce about the Cold War. While visiting the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, an American couple, Walter and Marion Hollander, and their daughter, Susan, are forced to seek asylum at an American Embassy when they are mistaken for spies. Unfortunately, the American Ambassador is in Washington on business, leaving his inept son, Axel, in charge. Also at the Embassy is a priest, Father Drobner, who has been unable to leave the building for six years. When a promised exchange of prisoners falls through and rumors emerge that the Soviet police plan to have the Hollanders kidnapped, Father Drobner, Axel, and Susan realize that the only way the Hollanders will ever return to the United States is for the family to attempt a daring escape, but it takes a little persuasion to convince Susan's paranoid father. At the same time, an Emir is visiting the Embassy along with his harem of fourteen wives, and Axel finds that he is falling in love with Susan. Includes commercials, promos, a public service announcement, and an ABC News Brief. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: December 18, 1994 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:55:12
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:35402
- GENRE: Comedy; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Cold War; Soviet Union; Tourist trade
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1962-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "I.Q." (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Advil Cold & Sinus medicine
- TV - Commercials - American Express Charge Against Hunger
- TV - Commercials - American Express Optima credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Bayer aspirin
- TV - Commercials - Braun Oral B plaque remover
- TV - Commercials - Braun Super Volume blow dryer
- TV - Commercials - Campbell's soups
- TV - Commercials - Children's Tylenol Cold Plus Cough pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Clairol Natural Instincts hair coloring
- TV - Commercials - Continental airlines
- TV - Commercials - Designer Imposters for Men cologne
- TV - Commercials - Energizer batteries
- TV - Commercials - First Alert carbon monoxide detector
- TV - Commercials - Ford Taurus automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Gravity cologne
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark greeting cards
- TV - Commercials - Hanes Her Way underwear
- TV - Commercials - J.C. Penney department stores
- TV - Commercials - KFC fast food
- TV - Commercials - Kodak Royal Gold film
- TV - Commercials - Lady Stetson perfume
- TV - Commercials - Nestle Toll House morsels
- TV - Commercials - Phillips' laxative
- TV - Commercials - Pizza Hut World of the Pagemaster Meal Deal
- TV - Commercials - Prince Matchabelli Night Musk
- TV - Commercials - Radio Shack electronics
- TV - Commercials - Red Lobster seafood restaurant
- TV - Commercials - Stetson Preferred Stock cologne
- TV - Commercials - Stetson Sierra cologne
- TV - Commercials - Taco Bell fast food
- TV - Commercials - Toyota automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Visa credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Zales diamond store
- TV - PSA - AIDS Awareness
- TV - Promos - "ABC News: Turning Point"
- TV - Promos - "All-American Girl"
- TV - Promos - "Coach"
- TV - Promos - "Columbo: A Bird in the Hand"
- TV - Promos - "Ellen"
- TV - Promos - "Full House"
- TV - Promos - "Grace Under Fire"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "Matlock"
- TV - Promos - "Me and the Boys"
- TV - Promos - "Monday Night Football"
- TV - Promos - "NYPD Blue"
- TV - Promos - "Roseanne"
- TV - Promos - "Sister Sister"
CREDITS
- Jean Doumanian … Executive Producer
- J.E. Beaucaire … Executive Producer
- Letty Aronson … Co-Executive Producer
- Robert Greenhut … Producer
- Woody Allen … Director, Writer
- Aram Khatchaturian … Music by
- H.M. Farrar … Music by
- Ed Herlihy … Narrator
- Woody Allen … Cast, Walter Hollander
- Mayim Bialik … Cast, Susan Hollander
- Dom DeLuise … Cast, Father Drobney
- Michael J. Fox … Cast, Axel Magee
- Edward Herrmann … Cast, Mr. Kilroy
- Julie Kavner … Cast, Marion Hollander
- Austin Pendleton … Cast, Chef Oscar
- Josef Sommer … Cast, Ambassador Magee
- Erick Avari … Cast, the Emir's Aide
- Rosemary Murphy … Cast, Miss Pritchard
- Robert Stanton … Cast, Mr. Burns
- Ed Van Nuys … Cast, an Embassy Staff Member
- Skip Rose … Cast, an Embassy Staff Member
- Leonid Uscher … Cast, a Policeman
- Stas Kmiee … Cast, a Policeman
- Vit Horejs … Cast, Krojack
- Sandor Tecsy … Cast, Krojack's Colleague
- John Doumanian … Cast, the Emir
- Brian McConnachie … Cast, the Washington Reporter
- Victor Steinbach … Cast, Herbert Gruber
- Frederick Rolf … Cast, Yannis Kasnar
- Elizabeth de Charay … Cast, Countess Bordoni
- Taina Elg … Cast, Anna Gruber
- For "ABC News Brief":
- Sheilah Kast … Anchor