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The Couch Trip is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and written by Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Sean Stein, and Walter Bernstein. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, David Clennon, Arye Gross, and Walter Matthau. Based on the 1971 novel, The Couch Trip, by Ken Kolb, the film follows John Burns (Aykroyd), a misfit patient at a Chicago mental facility…
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So many people hailed as messianic saviours are actually quite flawed persons that hide deep and debilitating insecurities behind facade of celebrity. An example can be found in one of the main characters is *The Couch Trip*, 1988 comedy directed by Michael Ritchie. Dr. George Maitlin (played by Charles Grodin) is well-renowned Los Angeles psychiatrist who became celebrity thanks to immensely popular radio show in w…More
