Jumpin' Jack Flash

"A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!"

1986 1h 45m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 402

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Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.

“A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!”

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Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Terry Dolittle
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
Sarah Billings

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Penny Marshall
Writers: David Franzoni, Chris Thompson, David Franzoni
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Penny Marshall, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Thomas Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Editor Mark Goldblatt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Collins and John Wood carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0091306 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Penny Marshall directs. Matthew F. Leonetti behind the camera. Thomas Newman scores. Mark Goldblatt cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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140 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Penny Marshall, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Thomas Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Mark Goldblatt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Collins and John Wood carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!".
7IMDB entry: tt0091306 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Original score: Thomas Newman
Editing: Mark Goldblatt
Production design: Robert F. Boyle
Costume design: Susan Becker
Makeup / hair: Michael Germain
Stunt coordinator: Bennie E. Dobbins
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $29,844,101
Return: 166% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

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John Chard2019-01-02
★ 6/10
Are you on some kind of medication? It was a production beset with problems, a change of director (Penny Marshall replacing the jettisoned Howard Zieff) and enough script writers used to fill out a hockey team. So it's unsurprising to find that Jumpin' Jack Flash is a bit muddled, not fully formed as it were. Plot finds Whoopi Goldberg as a computer programmer thrust into a world of espionage when a plea for help appears on her monitor. Cue Whoopi following instructions from a guy claiming to be trapped in Eastern Europe, which of course leads to a number of fun scenes as she bluffs her way around the crooked underworld she now finds herself in. Will she stay alive long enough? Who are the undercover guys? Is the mysterious man on the computer screen really all he proclaims to be? It will all be answered in rank and file 1980s action comedy time, which as it happens is OK here because Goldberg is a good enough comedy actress to hold the attention. Nothing remotely smart or genre defining exists, but it's a fun snapshot of the burgeoning computer age in the 80s and it's a good time waster if stuck for something light to watch one night. 6/10

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