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Career Opportunities (1991) -- Jim gets his job instructions from his supervisor.
Career Opportunities (1991) -- Josie's father introduces her to a couple of businessmen.
Career Opportunities (1991) -- Jim surprises two burglars when he pops up from under a counter holding a shotgun.
Career Opportunities (1991) -- Jim is mistaken for someone else during a job interview.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Bryan Gordon
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
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Release Date:
29 March 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
He took the job that no one wanted...and got the girl that everyone did. more
Plot:
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave home... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Cool Fun Movie! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frank Whaley ... Jim Dodge

Jennifer Connelly ... Josie McClellan

Dermot Mulroney ... Nestor Pyle
Kieran Mulroney ... Gil Kinney

John M. Jackson ... Bud Dodge

Jenny O'Hara ... Dotty Dodge
Noble Willingham ... Roger Roy McClellan
Nada Despotovich ... Penny Dodge
Reid Binion ... Cal Dodge

Barry Corbin ... Officer Don
Denise Galik ... Lorraine (as Denise Galik-Furey)

Wilbur Fitzgerald ... Bob Bosenbeck
Dan Albright ... Dave Hockner
Marc Clement ... Otis
Andrew Winton ... Boy #1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
One Wild Night
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #30893) | Germany:6 | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The German title "Kevins Cousin allein im Supermarkt" references to "Home Alone" (1990) and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992). more
Goofs:
Plot holes: During his conversation with Officer Don, Jim says he's locked in and can't get out. However, the two robbers manage to get in the store and Officer Don at the end also finds a way in. more
Quotes:
Josie: Big store.
Jim Dodge: Huge.
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Movie Connections:
References Modern Times (1936) more
Soundtrack:
King Kong Five more

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Cool Fun Movie!, 30 May 2004
Author: popnoff2001 from Los Angeles

Yea, I know this movie was not that good and the formula was well-worn but it was fun to watch for 2 reasons. Jennifer Connelly and the clothes and music. Jennifer was a heart-stopper as usual! I really couldn't see her attraction to Frank Whaley's character because he just seemed to dweebish!(80's term) I could see her more with the dark-haired thieve. But it did give the fantasy of the nerd getting the pretty girl some hope! All in all, it was a movie that was caught between eras! The years 1990-91 were sort of lost years where no one seemed to know what was next. Music was changing from the rock of the big hair style of Poison and GNR to the alternative sound of REM and none of the music in the movie sounded like neither. It was an experimental sound. The clothes seemed like the 80's but were trying to be something different. Of course we know what was on the horizon..Grunge! But this movie was the end of an era. It was released in 1991 but was probably made a year before that. It's one of those movies you will watch if you were a 20 something in the 80's and feel a nostalgic pang. I get it watching movies like Back to the Future and Breakfast Club, St; Elmos Fire..etc. So don't judge this flick to harshly. It's just filler but it does taste good! Especially Jennifer Connelly!

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