The comedy “Overboard” flopped at the box office, but the film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell is still a classic. This is how the actress has changed.
Exactly 35 years ago today flickered “Overboard – A goldfish falls into the water” also on the German cinema screens. Critics praised the strip at the time as “very good comedy”if “warm” and “amusing”. Nevertheless, the film was considered a flop at the box office in the 1980s.
In Germany not even 400,000 people saw him. Nevertheless is “Overboard” Cult and a classic. Goldie Hawn played a millionaire who lost her memory in a boating accident, and Kurt Russell a carpenter who jumped at the chance to bring a mother into the house for his sons.
Love without a marriage license
Even then, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were considered Hollywood’s dream couple. Three years before the shooting too “Overboard” the two had each other on the set of “Swing Shift – temporary love” in love with each other. They became a couple and still are to this day. However, they never married.
Goldie Hawn, who has already been divorced twice, brought the children Kate and Oliver Hudson into the relationship, and Kurt Russell brought a son from his first marriage. Their youngest child together, son Wyatt, is now 36 years old.
First Oscar at the age of 24
Both also share an early passion for the stage. Russell was already acting in TV series at the age of twelve, Hawn wanted to be a dancer as a little girl and thus follow her mother’s profession. Her Hollywood career began with television slapstick shows. When Hawn landed her first small film role in 1969 “The cactus blossom” alongside Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, she immediately won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 24.
After that, it went in quick succession. Steven Spielberg got her for the thriller in the mid-70s “Sugarland Express” in front of the camera. With “Shampoo” alongside Warren Beatty and “A very crooked tour” she established her reputation as a comedy star. “Protect Benjamin”her first film with her own production company, was a box office hit in 1980 and earned her an Oscar nomination for best leading role.
Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep and Co.
After “Overboard” Goldie Hawn continued to take on many Hollywood stars. Mel Gibson chased her in the action comedy “A bird on a tightrope”. In satire “Death suits her” she competed against Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis. She took in with Bette Midler and Diane Keaton “The Devils Club” Revenge on unfaithful husbands.
In “Sleepless in New York” she ended up with Steve Martin in Manhattan, in “City, country, kiss” she made eyes at Warren Beatty. In the tragic comedy “Groupies Forever” she mimed a former rock groupie from the sixties. In “girls strip” smashed her as a mother-daughter team with Amy Schumer. Yes, the list of her films is long.
However, it has been three years since your last film. Goldie Hawn was in the 2020 Christmas movie “The Christmas Chronicles 2” to see. Together with their partner, they once again slipped into the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.
In addition, Goldie Hawn devotes herself to social tasks like her mother did in the 1960s. Her foundation established in 2003 “The Hawn Foundation” helps children with emotional problems to cope with stress. The actress has developed mindfulness and meditation programs with doctors and psychologists. According to its website, the foundation has reached more than six million children in schools worldwide.
