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Men at Work (1990)

PG_13 98 min  -  Comedy | Action | Crime  -   24 August 1990 (USA)
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Director:

Emilio Estevez
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Sheen ...
Emilio Estevez ...
Leslie Hope ...
Keith David ...
Dean Cameron ...
John Getz ...
Hawk Wolinski Hawk Wolinski ...
Biff
John Lavachielli John Lavachielli ...
Mario
Geoffrey Blake ...
Frost
Cameron Dye Cameron Dye ...
Luzinski
John Putch ...
Mike
Tommy Hinkley ...
Jeff
Darrell Larson Darrell Larson ...
Jack Berger
Sy Richardson ...
Walt Richardson
Kari Whitman Kari Whitman ...
Judy
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Storyline

Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors. One evening he sees a man giving a female neighbor a hard time. As she leaves he shoots the man with a pellet gun. Hiding, he and James miss two men strangling the man and leaving with the body. When he appears in a can on their route they are afraid and hide the body, fearing that they may be implicated in the death. Trying to crack the case, they spy on the woman, join up with a slightly to majorly crazed Vietnam vet, kidnap a pizza man and help to protect the ecology. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Pellet Gun | Garbage | Vietnam Vet | Garbage Truck | Surfer  | See more »

Taglines:

Cleaning up in August at theaters everywhere. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Dos chalados y un fiambre See more »

Filming Locations:

Hermosa Beach, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,184,311 (USA) (26 August 1990) (962 Screens)

Gross:

$16,247,964 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

James' (Emilio Estevez's) locker contains a sticker for "The Circle Jerks", who starred with him in Repo Man. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Jeff and Mike - bike cops - leave the first time, both use the correct hand signal to turn left, but neither stop at the stop sign. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Jack Berger: I can't support this activity any longer, Max.
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Soundtracks

"WEAR YOU TO THE BALL"
Performed by UB40
Written by John Holt
Publisher The Sparta Florida Music Group
Courtesy of Virgin Records See more »