Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaProduction nearly stopped towards the end of shooting when Christopher Pettiet's drug addiction was getting out of control. The producers cut a few of his scenes to keep the film on schedule.
- GoofsSeveral times, the children refer to being on summer vacation. However, the computer at the office reads March 22, 1989, and the tickets Sue Ellen gets as a gift read April 1st, 1990.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Sue Ellen "Swell" Crandell: I'm right on top of that, Rose.
- Crazy creditsThe two groundskeepers for the cemetery stand over the Babysitters grave and comment how nice it was for her to leave them the money. The tombstone reads "Nice Old Lady inside who died of natural causes".
- Alternate versionsTV versions edit the shot of the three drag queens stealing the car and also cut the line of dialogue from Sue Ellen that goes, "Oh yeah, what are we gonna say? Liza Minnelli stole our Buick?"
- SoundtracksDraggin' the Line
Performed by Beat Goes Bang
Produced by Alan Meyerson and Beat Goes Bang
Courtesy of Restless Records
Written by Tommy James and Robert King (as Robert L. King)
Published by Longitude Music Co.
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This film is sort of like a perfect time capsule for what life was like before the internet. What a trip.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Real World
- Filming locations
- 15548 Iron Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, California, USA(The Crandell house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,196,249
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,233,415
- Jun 9, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $25,196,249
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) officially released in India in English?
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