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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Keith Critchlow (story)
David Isaacs (writer)
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Release Date:
16 August 1985 (USA) more
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Ready or not, here they come more
Plot:
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out... more | add synopsis
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I cannot get this movie out of my head. more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Hanks ... Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy ... Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson ... Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson ... John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe ... At Toon
George Plimpton ... Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada ... Chung Mee
Allan Arbus ... Albert Bardenaro

Xander Berkeley ... Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka ... Cicero
Guillermo Río ... Sumo Guard
Jacqueline Evans ... Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual ... Tammy the Stewardess
Philip Guilmant ... Yale President
Chick Hearn ... Announcer
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Runtime:
107 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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When John Candy attempts to destroy the bridge he says "What have I done?" This is the same line Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) says before the bridge is destroyed in _Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)_. more
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Anachronisms: During the climatic scene on the bridge, Lawrence is able to distract John by pretending to hear the sound of a Russian MiG-25 fighter jet. While the movie is set in 1962, the first prototype MiG-25 did not fly until 1964 and the aircraft did not enter service until 1970. more
Quotes:
John Reynolds: Bourne? Hey, I got a telegram about you.
[Reads telegram]
John Reynolds: You must have some kind of pull back home.
Lawrence Bourne III: Well, we do like to consider Washington our back yard.
John Reynolds: Yep; never seen anything like it. Waiver of training, physical, background check; immediate assignment to the Peace Corps at Loon Ta.
Lawrence Bourne III: What! Loon Ta! You mean I'm in the Peace Corps? There, there must be some mistake!
Tom Tuttle: Hey, Larry, you going to Loon Ta? So am I.
Lawrence Bourne III: Wait a minute, don't tell me he's going too!
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References Casablanca (1942) more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
I cannot get this movie out of my head., 3 May 2001
Author: Brent (brent-11) from Ottawa, Canada

It's been 15 years since I've seen this film, but still; Everytime I hear Tom Hanks name, it's the first thing to pop into my head.

For those who have enjoyed Tom's more recent movies, it's a must see. You can really see the development in his career.

For those who have never really been interested in any of Tom's more recent "chick flicks", this movie will show you the old Tom, before he realized that... well... Chick Flicks = Oscars and $$$.

I'm surprised I don't see it more often on T.V.

(but I guess Oscars=money, or is it time=money.... no... Opium=money and money=power.... or is it Opium=power and.... No.. Power=mon...)

-=-Inside joke for those who've seen the movie-=-

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