Quicksilver (1986)

Jack was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal Gypsy.

Director:

Thomas Michael Donnelly (as Tom Donnelly)

Writer:

Thomas Michael Donnelly (as Tom Donnelly)

Stars:

Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Bacon	...	Jack Casey
Jami Gertz	...	Terri
Paul Rodriguez	...	Hector Rodriguez
Rudy Ramos	...	Gypsy
Andrew Smith	...	Gabe Kaplan
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	...	Mr. Casey
Laurence Fishburne	...	Voodoo (as Larry Fishburne)
Louie Anderson	...	Tiny (as Louis Anderson)
Charles McCaughan	...	Airborne
David Harris	...	Apache
Whitney Kershaw	...	Rand
Joshua Shelley	...	Shorty
Georgann Johnson	...	Mrs. Casey
Nelson Vails	...	Messenger in Maroon Beret
Lou Dinos	...	Cha Cha

Storyline

Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?

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Plot Keywords:

bicycle | new york city | stockbroker | courier service | bicycle courier | 

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Taglines:

Winning is a feeling you never lose.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Movie Channel [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

El placer de ganar

Filming Locations:

4th Street Bridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,170,215, 17 February 1986

Gross USA:

$7,634,909

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Delphi V Productions, IndieProd Company Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was the first cinema movie that actor Kevin Bacon was seen in after his box-office smash-hit film Footloose (1984) which had been Bacon's breakthrough screen role. Quicksilver (1986), however, was a commercial failure at the global box-office, and went straight to home-video in several territories.

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Goofs

When Jack is dancing on his bike in his apartment, Rand's hands keep changing between takes.

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Quotes

Jack Casey: Sometimes things don't happen the way you planned, sometimes you could end up lower than you started.

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Connections

Featured in The Goldbergs: Agassi (2017)

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Soundtracks

Crash Landing
(Instrumental) (uncredited)
Performed by Tony Banks
Released on his "Soundtracks" album (1986)

User Reviews

quicksilver as an alternative life promoter

I liked quicksilver and still do today after 20 years of its release date. Instead of looking at Quicksilver as a bunch of losers who ran a bike, I appreciated the kevin Bacon part as a character who suffered from a severe setback, and found in cycling a way to overcome depression and become a loser. The initial scene where he goes on a taxi and paid the taxi driver to race a bike courier, show how fascinated he was by this "alternative life", representing more freedom, athletic performance, and no ties to an office or a company organization. For me this was the main interest of Quicksilver, besides its music, which is quite good.

As a negative point, I regret that none of the characters, followed a different path to its life, as a result of the quicksilver experience, and in fact they all dream of having a regular job, making more money, etc. In fact the script is light, trying to please a large audience, and I think the movie was reasonably successful at the time it was released. I recommend viewing it or buying the DVD.