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Overview

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Director:
Nicholas Meyer
Writers:
Keith Critchlow (story)
David Isaacs (writer)
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Release Date:
16 August 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Ready or not, here they come more
Plot:
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
I cannot get this movie out of my head. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Hanks ... Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy ... Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson ... Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson ... John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe ... At Toon
George Plimpton ... Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada ... Chung Mee
Allan Arbus ... Albert Bardenaro

Xander Berkeley ... Kent Sutcliffe

Ji-Tu Cumbuka ... Cicero
Guillermo Río ... Sumo Guard
Jacqueline Evans ... Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual ... Tammy the Stewardess
Philip Guilmant ... Yale President
Chick Hearn ... Announcer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Venezuela more

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Trivia:
When John Candy attempts to destroy the bridge he says "What have I done?" This is the same line Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) says before the bridge is destroyed in _Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)_. more
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Anachronisms: On there flight to Lung Taho there using a Bell 212 (a twin turbine version of the military Bell 202/Huey 1a). Bell did not start manufacturing the Bell 212 (known in Military service as the Huey 1d) until 1967. The first models where not shipped till 1968. The movie is set in 1962. more
Quotes:
Chung Mee: Opium is my business. The bridge mean more traffic. More traffic mean more money. More money mean more power.
Lawrence Bourne III: Yeah, well, before I commit any of that to memory, would there be anything in this for me?
Chung Mee: Speed is important in business. Time is money.
Lawrence Bourne III: You said opium was money.
Chung Mee: Money is Money.
Lawrence Bourne III: Well then, what is time again?
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References Casablanca (1942) more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
I cannot get this movie out of my head., 3 May 2001
Author: Brent (brent-11) from Ottawa, Canada

It's been 15 years since I've seen this film, but still; Everytime I hear Tom Hanks name, it's the first thing to pop into my head.

For those who have enjoyed Tom's more recent movies, it's a must see. You can really see the development in his career.

For those who have never really been interested in any of Tom's more recent "chick flicks", this movie will show you the old Tom, before he realized that... well... Chick Flicks = Oscars and $$$.

I'm surprised I don't see it more often on T.V.

(but I guess Oscars=money, or is it time=money.... no... Opium=money and money=power.... or is it Opium=power and.... No.. Power=mon...)

-=-Inside joke for those who've seen the movie-=-

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