Visible crew/equipment: While Lana and her friend are staying at Joel's house, after dinner, Lana goes upstairs to visit Joel in his room to see if he wants to go out for ice-cream. As Lana enters the room, the bedroom door swings open and you can see a crew member's hand catch the doorknob, just before the camera pans to the right.
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.
More mistakes in Risky Business
Joel's Father: Sometimes you just gotta say "what the heck."
Trivia: Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage and Timothy Hutton all auditioned for the role of Joel.
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