JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (1986)

MORGAN'S RATING

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. When she recieves a strange message from an unknown source, she decodes it and soon finds herself embroiled in a dangerous espionage ring.

Whoopi Goldberg (Terry Doolittle), Stephen Collins (Marty Phillips), John Wood (Jeremy Talbott), Carol Kane (Cynthia), Annie Potts (Liz Carlson), Peter Michael Goetz (Mr. Page), Roscoe Lee Browne (Archer Lincoln), Sara Botsford (Lady Sara Phillips), Jeroen Krabbe (Mark Van Meter), Vyto Ruginis (Carl), Jonathan Pryce (Jack), Tony Hendra (Hunter), Jon Lovitz (Doug), Phil Hartman (Fred), Lynne Marie Stewart (Karen), Ren Woods (Jackie), Tracy Reiner (Page's Secretary), James Belushi (Sperry Repairman), Tracey Ullman (Fiona), Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (Street Tough), Kellie Martin (Kristi Carlson), Garry Marshall (Detective), Michael McKean (British Party Guest, uncredited).

SHE DIDN'T KNOW JACK ABOUT BEING A SPY.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: October 10th, 1986  (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: June 1st, 2004 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $6.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $29.8 million (USA) - Shelley Long was originally cast to play the lead character. - Originally titled "Knock, Knock". - At Mark Van Meter's funeral, the minister says that Van Meter (a spy) was a success in the greeting card industry. In "Get Smart" (1965), Maxwell Smart was a spy whose cover was that he worked for a greeting card company.

DIRECTOR: Penny Marshall. WRITERS: David H. Franzoni, J.W. Melville, Patricia Irving, Christopher Thompson and Steven E. de Souza (uncredited). PRODUCERS: Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: George Bowers, Richard Marks and Elaine K. Thompson. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Thomas Newman. DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox

QUOTES

Terry: A hooker?! What the fuck do you think I was doing down there, giving blowjobs to goldfish?!

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Whoopi Goldberg is the only original or interesting thing about Jumpin' Jack Flash. And she tries, but she's not enough." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Terry: Do the world a favor! Get yourself an office! With a desk! And a lamp!

Terry: I'm a little black woman in a big silver box.

"Jumpin' Jack Flash, not The Color Purple, is the kind of movie you might have expected from Whoopi Goldberg as her screen debut...it's a sloppy, silly vehicle designed for her skills as a comedian..." -- John Hartl, Film.Com

Terry: This is great. I'm down on the docks at 1:30 in the morning. I might as well pin a hundred dollar bill to my butt and scream "Victim here!" Victim here!"

Terry: And that's what happens when you mix Exlax and Tea.

Terry: What the fuck you people running here Wild Kingdom?