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 | rock band | roll of film | one word title | 

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Taglines:

Meet Jonathan. A college student who loves girls, games & gunplay. This year, on vacation in Paris, he's going to find out about all three. For real!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Russian French

Release Date:

3 May 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bang du er død

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

Just the second released movie of actress Linda Fiorentino. The movie was one of three Fiorentino was seen in during 1985, the others being Vision Quest (1985) and After Hours (1985).

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Goofs

The scenes of "East Berlin" at night are clearly "West Berlin" by the street lighting - "East" Berlin had very distinctive mass produced street lights that are to be found in nearly every town and city of the former East Germany.

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Quotes

Jonathan: I'm not your type. I'm not a weirgin.

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Connections

References Bambi (1942)

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Soundtracks

I Love L.A.
(uncredited)
Written by Randy Newman

User Reviews

Don't let the picture on the box fool you!

Gotcha is a perfect example of the old expression "you can't judge a book by it's cover". In this case, you can't judge a film by the art on the video box. If you can manage to ignore the misleading 80's teen sex romp box art long enough to give Gotcha a chance, what you'll find is a fast paced, surprisingly suspense filled, action-comedy starring everybody's favorite ER doc Anthony Edwards (who knew he ever had this much hair?) as a college loser hoping to find himself as he embarks for a few weeks in Europe. What he finds is espionage, assassins and a beautiful stranger with a secret.