Taking Care of Business (1990)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writers (WGA):

Jill Mazursky (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)

Release Date:

17 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Jimmy Dworski Finally Got A Life... Somebody Else's!

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.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Radio | Jail | Swimming Pool | Wig

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Filofax (South Africa: English title)
Taking Care of Business (South Africa: English title) (TV title)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min | Spain:105 min | USA:107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #30597) | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Angel Stadium of Anaheim - 2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

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.

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.

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.

Movie Connections:

References "Batman" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

the illest

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.