Career Opportunities (film)
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| Directed by | Bryan Gordon |
| Produced by | John Hughes Hunt Lowry |
| Written by | John Hughes |
| Starring | Frank Whaley Jennifer Connelly Dermot Mulroney Kieran Mulroney John M. Jackson Jenny O'Hara Noble Willingham William Forsythe John Candy Barry Corbin |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Donald McAlpine |
| Editing by | Glenn Farr Peck Prior |
| Studio | Hughes Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 29, 1991 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $11,336,986 (North America) |
Career Opportunities is a 1991 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Whaley in his first lead role and co-starred Jennifer Connelly in one of her first. It was written and co-produced by John Hughes and directed by Bryan Gordon.
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[edit] Plot
Jim Dodge (Frank Whaley) is a self-proclaimed "people person" and dreamer who is perceived as lazy. After being fired from numerous low-paying jobs, Jim is given the choice by his father, Bud Dodge (John M. Jackson), to either land a job at the local Target or be put on a bus to St. Louis.
Jim is hired as Night Cleanup Boy. On his first shift at his new job, Jim is locked, alone, in the store by his boss. The good news is that he encounters Josie McClellan (Jennifer Connelly), the stereotypical "spoiled rich girl," who is someone he knew in school. Josie had spent the past several hours asleep in a dressing room after backing out of shoplifting some merchandise in a half-hearted attempt to run away from her abusive father, Roger Roy McClellan (Noble Willingham). Josie and Jim identify each other as kindred spirits and proceed to enjoy the freedom of having a store this size to themselves.
However, things become complicated when two incompetent crooks, Nestor Pyle and Gil Kinney (brothers Dermot and Kieran Mulroney, respectively), break into the store and hold the teenagers hostage.
[edit] Cast
- Frank Whaley as Jim Dodge
- Jennifer Connelly as Josie McClellan
- Dermot Mulroney as Nestor Pyle
- Kieran Mulroney as Gil Kinney
- John M. Jackson as Bud Dodge
- Jenny O'Hara as Dotty Dodge
- Noble Willingham as Roger Roy McClellan
- William Forsythe as the janitor
- John Candy (uncredited) as the manager of the Target store
[edit] Reception
Career Opportunities was a modest success at the time of its release making $11,336,986 in the North American market.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Career Opportunities (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=careeropportunities.htm. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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