Risky Business (1983)
Plot summary
Directed by: Paul Brickman
Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Masur, Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise plays a suburban Chicago teenager named Joel Goodsen, whose parents leave on vacation, and he cuts loose. An unauthorized trip in his father's Porsche and a night with a hooker called Lana (De Mornay), who steals his mother's crystal egg once Joel couldn't pay for the night, means a sudden need for cash, which he raises in a creative way with the help of Lana and her friends.
Continuity mistake: In the movie's final moments when Tom Cruise is buying back all his household items, the lady in the cargo bay says "that's everything," except for the crystal egg she throws out into the yard for Tom to catch. You can clearly see many more items left in the truck. But when the truck pulls away seconds later, nothing is left in the cargo bay except our villain sitting on a chair. Where did everything else go?
Service Manager: Who's the U-Boat Commander?
Trivia: Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage and Timothy Hutton all auditioned for the role of Joel.
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