When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
A morgue attendant is talked into running a brothel at his workplace after a deceased pimp is sent there. However, the pimp's killers don't look too kindly on this new 'business', nor does the morgue's owner.
Director:
Ron Howard
Stars:
Henry Winkler,
Michael Keaton,
Shelley Long
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
Director:
Howard Zieff
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Christopher Lloyd,
Peter Boyle
After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.
Director:
Stan Dragoti
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Teri Garr,
Frederick Koehler
An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A ... See full summary »
Director:
Robert Mandel
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Maria Conchita Alonso,
Ajay Naidu
An NYPD Detective (Michael Keaton) and his struggle for justice, while taking care of his late partner's three little girls after he is killed in the line of duty.
Director:
Heywood Gould
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Rene Russo,
Anthony LaPaglia
Hunt Stevenson works for a large car manufacturer that has just been bought out by a Japanese firm. Suddenly finding himself having to justify his own job, he's forced to choose between redundancy or the seemingly inhuman Japanese work ethic that the new owners have brought with them.Written by
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The make and models of the cars manufactured at the motor corporation in the film are 1983 Fiat Regatas ('Assan' 1a serie [149]) and 1986 Fiat Spazios ('Assan' [147]). See more »
Goofs
When Hunt gets back from Japan, he sees and mentions how the local pizza place closed yesterday. Later, while calling potential employers trying to relocate, he is eating some slices from what looks to be a local pizza place box. See more »
Quotes
Hunt Stevenson:
[to Kazihiro]
Hey! If you guys are so great... HOW COME YOU LOST THE BIG ONE?
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Alternate Versions
Some international editions distributed by Paramount on DVD, reduced the aspect ratio from original 2.39:1 to 2.09:1. See more »
Having watched this movie as part of a homework assignment, it is my opinion that this film is quite honest at a lot of viable levels. By studying the communication assumptions and mistakes that each party makes in reference to the other, based on the fact that symbolic communication is a receiver-based standard, this movie is ideal to show exactly how, when people do not understand the shared symbols, how chaotic and confusing such communications can become.
Therefore, before hucking it under the pile, never to be seen again, you might want to look upon it in a most serious light and see if it doesn't share some elements of truth that you've experienced when interfacing with other cultures in your life.
Just a thought.
David I. Brager
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Having watched this movie as part of a homework assignment, it is my opinion that this film is quite honest at a lot of viable levels. By studying the communication assumptions and mistakes that each party makes in reference to the other, based on the fact that symbolic communication is a receiver-based standard, this movie is ideal to show exactly how, when people do not understand the shared symbols, how chaotic and confusing such communications can become.
Therefore, before hucking it under the pile, never to be seen again, you might want to look upon it in a most serious light and see if it doesn't share some elements of truth that you've experienced when interfacing with other cultures in your life.
Just a thought.
David I. Brager