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Taking Care of Business (1990) -- A convict finds an organizer of an executive and takes over his life.

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Overview

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6.0/10   2,736 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jill Mazursky (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)
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Release Date:
17 August 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Jimmy Dworski Finally Got A Life... Somebody Else's! more
Plot:
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Horror Unleashed: 6 minutes of red-band Jenna Jameson!
 (From Fangoria. 30 September 2009, 10:06 PM, PDT)

J.J. Abrams: Pop-culture polymath
 (From EW.com - PopWatch. 4 September 2009, 12:32 PM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Belushi ... Jimmy Dworski
Charles Grodin ... Spencer Barnes

Anne De Salvo ... Debbie Lipton
Loryn Locklin ... Jewel Bentley
Stephen Elliott ... Walter Bentley

Hector Elizondo ... Warden Toolman
Veronica Hamel ... Elizabeth Barnes

Mako ... Mr. Sakamoto

Gates McFadden ... Diane Connors
John de Lancie ... Ted Bradford Jr.
Thom Sharp ... Mike Steward
Ken Foree ... J.B., Prisoner making demands
John Marshall Jones ... LeBradford Brown (as J.J.)
Andre Rosey Brown ... Heavy G
Terrence E. McNally ... Hamilton
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Filofax (South Africa: English title)
Taking Care of Business (South Africa: English title) (TV title)
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Runtime:
Germany:104 min | Spain:105 min | USA:107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Joe Torre featured as one of the sports commentators in the film, would become the manager of the New York Yankees, who have won four World Championships under his reign. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Scene with Sakamoto and Connors at restaurant meeting. Connors takes cigarette out of case before Sakamoto walks in. When she gets up to greet Sakamoto and then sits back down, she reaches for another cigarette. Then after they cut back to her, she already has it lit. But you never hear her lighter click. more
Quotes:
Spencer Barnes: [inside the prison] Look me up when you get out.
Jimmy Dworski: OK. I get out in about 20 minutes.
Spencer Barnes: In that case, forget it.
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Movie Connections:
References "Batman" (1966) more
Soundtrack:
Take Me Out To The Ballgame more

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the illest, 1 July 2003
10/10
Author: Nathan (suprflycat) from Seattle, WA

this is probably one of my favorite movies ever made, (sentimentaly anyways). james belushi is a perfect fish in this flick. the baseball undertones are great, not to mention walters daughter, jewel, who is just a 4 alarm fire. belushi and charles grodin have an undeniable chemistry together. is it a little chessy? yeah. was it the early 90's? hell yeah. is it a great little flick? betchorass it is.

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