Shaking the Tree

Shaking the Tree is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Duane Clark, starring Arye Gross, Gale Hansen, Doug Savant and Steven Wilde. Cast Arye Gross as Barry Gale Hansen as John "Sully" Sullivan Doug Savant as Michael Steven Wilde as Terry "Duke" Keegan Courteney Cox as Kathleen Christina Haag as Michelle Michael Arabian as Nickel Dennis Cockrum as Bannelli Nathan Davis as Grandpa Sullivan Ron Dean as Duke's Father Brittney Hansen as Brigette Turk Muller as Ape Ned Schmidtke as Mr. Jack Maurice Chasse as Cashier Mik Scriba as Tony Villanova Barbara Robertson as Nurse Kirk Thatcher as Craps Player Reception Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the "flaw at the heart" of the film was the "improbability of such cross sections of humanity ever cohering in real life." Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com rated the film 0.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "The characters and their problems are both so cliched that it makes you wonder if the filmmakers had ever seen a movie before; didn't they realize how stunningly unoriginal, how worn out and overused, this material was?"