Details

Release year: 2005

Storyline

Richard Eason is flat-out filling his late father's shoes as CEO of an east Coast real estate developing company, so he can't spend nearly as much time with mother Annie and daughter Ella as they would like. Annie is dead-set on visiting a place in California where she and her late husband hoped to build their dream house and convinces Ella, who wants to drop out of school and aspires a singing career, to drive along. Ill-prepared but tempestuously stubborn, they embark on an adventurous road trip, where Ella meets hunky waiter Scott Tardy. Learning Annie needs surgery soon, Richard gives chase.

Top credits

Directors

Michael Switzer

Writers

Mike Leonardo

Cast

Betty White — Annie Eason
Richard Thomas — Richard Eason
Amy Davidson — Ella Eason
Ellen Albertini Dow — Louise Tette

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Did you know

• A portrait of Allen Ludden and a picture of Ludden and Betty White can be seen in this movie. The late Allen Ludden, better known as the host for Password (1961), was Betty White's husband.

• Annie's car is a 1960 Cadillac Series Sixty-Two convertible (one of the finest years for Cadillac since WWII). It is a bit rare in that it is equipped with factory air conditioning - rare in a ragtop then.