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''The 'Burbs'' is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Joe Dante starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal and Henry Gibson. The film was written by Dana Olsen, who also has a cameo in the movie. The film pokes fun at suburban environments and their eccentric dwellers. ==Plot== On Mayfield Place, a quiet cul-de-sac in the fictional suburban town of Hinkley Hills, Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) is trying to learn more about his mysterious new next-door neighbors, the Klopeks. Art Weingartner (Rick Ducommun), the Petersons' other next-door neighbor, believes the Klopeks are murderers. One evening, Ray, Art, and veteran Lt. Mark Rumsfield (Bruce Dern) watch Hans Klopek (Courtney Gains) drive his dilapidated car from the garage to the curb, then carry a large, heavy garbage bag from the trunk, place it in his garbage can and bang it repeatedly with a garden hoe. During the night, Ray watches the Klopeks digging in their back yard with pick-axes in a rainstorm. The following morning, Art runs out to check the contents of the garbage truck as it is collecting the Klopeks' can. He is quickly joined by Rumsfield and Ray, but they find no human remains. Bonnie Rumsfield (Wendy Schaal) finds neighbor Walter Seznick's (Gale Gordon) dog running loose and wonders if Walter went away. Ray, Art, Bonnie and Ricky Butler (Corey Feldman) go to Walter's house, finding his toupee in the kitchen. Noting signs of a struggle, Art and Rumsfield begin to worry. Ray collects the dog and leaves a note for Walter explaining the situation. The following night, Ray and Art have a meeting in the Petersons' basement and theorize about Walter's disappearance. Art's suspicions for the Klopeks deepens. Carol (Carrie Fisher), Ray's wife, grows tired of her husband and his friends snooping around the Klopek's home and she requests that she, Ray, and the Rumsfields pay the Klopeks a friendly visit, meeting Hans, Reuben (Brother Theodore) and Werner (Henry Gibson) while Art peeks around in the back yard. Later that evening, Ray reveals to Art and Rumsfield that he found Walter's toupee in the Klopeks' basement, which he previously slipped through Walter's mailslot. Ray and the others are all firmly convinced the Klopeks have murdered Walter, and the trio agree to investigate the Klopeks' back yard when the owners leave in the morning. The next day, Carol and son Dave (Cory Danziger) go to visit Carol's sister, leaving Ray free to explore the Klopeks' place. After Art disables the Klopeks' security system, he and Ray enter the yard and begin digging while Rumsfield stands guard on his roof. After hours of digging and finding nothing, Ray and Art enter the house, where they discover what they believe to be a crematorium. Ray then begins to dig into the loose soil that constitutes the basement floor, believing there may be bodies buried there. That evening, the Klopeks come back, only to reverse out when they see lights on in their basement. Not long after, Rumsfield, Art and Ricky are shocked to see Walter return home. When the Klopeks return with the police, Art goes into the Klopeks' home to rescue Ray, who hits a gas line with his pick-axe. He yells for Art to flee right before the house explodes into flames with Ray still inside. A disheveled Ray emerges from the flames just as his wife returns. Art talks to an officer, who explains that Walter had a medical problem and his family took him to the hospital. While away, Walter had made arrangements for the Klopeks to pick up his mail. When Ray had previously slipped the toupee back through the mail slot, it got picked up with the mail. Ray snaps at Art and declares that the neighbors were wrong about the Klopeks, before lunging at Art and then throwing himself into an ambulance on a gurney. Joining Ray in the ambulance, Werner Klopek, thinking Ray must have seen the skull of one of his former neighbors in the basement, attempts to murder Ray to collect ''his'' skull too, revealing that Art was right all along. Hans assumes the role of the ambulance driver, but crashes into the Weingartners' house during the three-way struggle. The gurney, with Ray and Werner aboard, rolls out of the ambulance and down the street. Ray makes a citizen's arrest on his would-be murderer as Ricky uncovers a large selection of human bones in the Klopeks' trunk. The Klopeks are arrested and the charges against Ray are dropped. Ray tells Ricky that he and his family are going away for a while to recover from the craziness that he went through, and that he needs him to keep an eye on the neighborhood. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The 'Burbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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