Taking Care of Business (1990)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writers (WGA):

Jill Mazursky (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)

Release Date:

17 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Jimmy Dworski Finally Got A Life... Somebody Else's!

Plot:

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Radio | Jail | Swimming Pool | Wig

Cast

James Belushi	...	Jimmy Dworski
Charles Grodin	...	Spencer Barnes
Anne De Salvo	...	Debbie Lipton
Loryn Locklin	...	Jewel Bentley
Stephen Elliott	...	Walter Bentley
Hector Elizondo	...	Warden Toolman
Veronica Hamel	...	Elizabeth Barnes
Mako	...	Mr. Sakamoto
Gates McFadden	...	Diane Connors
John de Lancie	...	Ted Bradford Jr.
Thom Sharp	...	Mike Steward
Ken Foree	...	J.B., Prisoner making demands
John Marshall Jones	...	LeBradford Brown (as J.J.)
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Heavy G
Terrence E. McNally	...	Hamilton

Also Known As:

Filofax (South Africa: English title)
Taking Care of Business (South Africa: English title) (TV title)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min | Spain:105 min | USA:107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #30597) | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Angel Stadium of Anaheim - 2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

The car is a 1989 Lotus Esprit, a mid-engined British-built sports car, with a 4 cylinder turbo.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jimmy and Spencer do the Batman slide down the cable at the ballpark, you can see Jimmy hanging from the hidden safety cable after Spencer drops to the ground at the end of their slide.

Quotes:

Spencer Barnes: [inside the prison] Look me up when you get out.
Jimmy Dworski: OK. I get out in about 20 minutes.
Spencer Barnes: In that case, forget it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Heart and Souls (1993)

Soundtrack:

Takin' Care Of Business

What a great comedy, a classic!

I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it, although the script is not brilliant the cast made a great effort and made it very convincing, James Belushi plays nice guy convict Jimmy Dworfski as he plans to escape prison for the weekend to see the Chicago Cubs in the World Series, getting his fellow in-mates to cover it up. While out he finds business executive Spencer Barnes (Charles Grodin) filofax and takes over his life. Belushi & Grodin are great together in this feel good comedy, as a lover of Baseball I was drawn to this even more, but if you're not you'll still find it just as enjoyable. This is the best James Belushi film I've seen!