Gotcha! (1985)

Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Kanew

Writers:

Paul G. Hensler (story), Dan Gordon (story)

Stars:

Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Edwards	...	Jonathan
Linda Fiorentino	...	Sasha
Jsu Garcia	...	Manolo (as Nick Corri)
Alex Rocco	...	Al
Marla Adams	...	Maria
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Vlad (as Klaus Loewitsch)
Christopher Rydell	...	Bob Jensen
Christie Claridge	...	Girl Student
Brad Cowgill	...	Reilly
Kari Lizer	...	Muffy
David Wohl	...	Professor
Irene Olga López	...	Rosario
Bernard Spiegel	...	Taxi Driver
Muriel Dubrule	...	Paris Blonde
Tiina Maria	...	Heidi

Storyline

Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha who says she is only interested in him because he is a virgin. She takes him with her to East Germany where they are separated and he has to escape back to the west on his own, all the while being trailed by East German spies. He arrives home only to find the game is still going on, and a canister of film is in his backpack. Then Sasha re-appears.

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Plot Keywords:

game | spy | female frontal nudity | rock band | roll of film | 

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Taglines:

He's a young college student on vacation in Europe for the first time. She's his first real affair. A beautiful, mysterious woman who thinks danger is one of the most powerful aphrodisiacs there is.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Russian French

Release Date:

3 May 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gotcha! - Ein irrer Typ

Filming Locations:

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Gross:

$8,800,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This spy caper was first released in the USA during early May 1985 which was just a few weeks before the stateside launch during late May 1985 of the then new James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985). The picture features a number of Bondian references.

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Goofs

When Jonathan returns to Los Angeles and first discovers the film that he inadvertently smuggled out of East Germany, it appears to be a canister of 35 mm film with an inch or two of film sticking out of the canister. Had the film already been used to photograph anything, it would not have had any film visible, as the camera would have been used to rewind all of the film back into the canister before the canister was removed from the camera. As presented in the movie, Jonathan appears to have smuggled an unused roll of film.

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Quotes

Manolo: Swedish chicks dig terrorists.

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Connections

References Sudden Impact (1983)

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Soundtracks

Never Too Late
Performed by Gregg Giuffria (as Giuffria)

User Reviews

80,s cold-war cult

This movie is a real 80,s movie but in a positive way. It also brings back those memories of the cold war that used to be. Especially in East-Berlin the movie becomes tense. Besides tense the movie is also quite funny.Anthony Edwards is well-cast as the young man being whirled into the wicked world of espionage behind the Iron Curtain, and I can´t help falling in love with Linda Fiorentino..That woman is so seductive and sexy in a strange mysterious way. She, and the border-tension of East Berlin, is my main reason for really liking this movie...They don´t make´em like this any more....Its Spy Game of the 80,s...