Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Regisseur:

Penny Marshall

Drehbuchautoren:

David Franzoni (story)
David Franzoni (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

10. Oktober 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Komödie | Romanze | Thriller

Werbezeile:

A Dangerously Funny Movie

Plot:

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source...

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Funeral | Shot In The Chest | Shot To Death | British

Nutzerkommentare:

Profanely funny...Whoopi at her whoopiest...

Besetzung

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Terry Dolittle
Stephen Collins	...	Marty Phillips
John Wood	...	Jeremy Talbott
Carol Kane	...	Cynthia
Annie Potts	...	Liz Carlson
Peter Michael Goetz	...	James Page
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Archer Lincoln
Sara Botsford	...	Lady Sarah Billings
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Mark Van Meter (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Vyto Ruginis	...	Carl
Jonathan Pryce	...	Jack
Tony Hendra	...	Hunter
Jon Lovitz	...	Doug, 1st National Bank
Phil Hartman	...	Fred, 1st National Bank (as Phil E. Hartmann)
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Karen, 1st National Bank

Länge:

100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Firma:

Lawrence Gordon Productions

Dies und das:

Kellie Martin's film debut.

Pannen:

Verschiedenes: When Terry's apartment was broken into and Marty comes to her door, you see her door with the broken, fully engaged chain locks hanging on the inside of her door. If her apartment was broken into when she was not home, the locks would not have been engaged and both ends would be undamaged during a break in. The same thing is again shown when Lady Sara shows at her door to provide an exit key for Jack and she tries to tuck it into the door.

Dialogzitate:

Archer Lincoln: Miss Doolittle, do you know what a pawn is?
Terry Doolittle: [sarcastically] A type of shrimp.
Archer Lincoln: No. That is a prawn. A pawn...
Terry Doolittle: - is the smallest piece on the chessboard!
Archer Lincoln: And the most expendable.

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Soundtrack:

Sabre Dance

Profanely funny...Whoopi at her whoopiest...

If only for the dress shredding scene, this has enough laughs to keep the plot spinning as WHOOPI GOLDBERG gets deeper and deeper into deep you know what trying to help some guy in Russia do his spy thing.

It's all impossible, shows the technological gap existing between then and now with old computers, and all the while has Whoopi cutting loose as only she can. The scene at the Embassy ball and the telephone scene with her being dragged through the city streets, are just two of the highlights in this comedy directed by Penny Marshall.

STEPHEN COLLINS is totally wasted as the office worker replacement who lends some mild mannered assistance, as are JAMES BELUSHI and JONATHAN PRYCE in small parts, but since the film depends heavily on Whoopi for all the laughs, it doesn't matter much. PETER MICHAEL GOETZ is excellent as her impatient boss.

The plot is a flimsy spy plot with lots of sight gags as Whoopi flits around New York City keeping one step ahead of the bad guys. Passes the time and is generally good fun, but it's peppered with lots of profanity and vulgarisms, mostly from Whoopi, of course.