Gotcha! (1985 film)
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| Directed by | Jeff Kanew |
| Produced by | Paul G. Hensler |
| Written by | Paul G. Hensler Dan Gordon |
| Starring | Anthony Edwards Linda Fiorentino |
| Music by | Bill Conti Randy Newman Theme sung by Thereza Bazar |
| Cinematography | King Baggot |
| Editing by | Michael A. Stevenson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 3, 1985 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12.5 million |
| Box office | $10,806,919 |
Gotcha! is a 1985 action film, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino. The movie is directed by Jeff Kanew, who also directed Anthony Edwards in Revenge of the Nerds in 1984.
The movie later had a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System for use with the Zapper light gun called Gotcha! The Sport!. A toyline based on the game and movie was also released.
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[edit] Summary
UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to deliver a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport and Jonathan finally arrives home in Los Angeles. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany. Jonathan decides to call the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA calls Jonathan in to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with his tranquilizer gun. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film.
[edit] Cast
- Anthony Edwards as Jonathan Moore
- Linda Fiorentino as Sasha Banicek / Cheryl Brewster
- Nick Corri as Manolo
- Alex Rocco as Al Moore
- Marla Adams as Maria Moore
- Klaus Löwitsch as Vlad
- Bata Kameni
- Christopher Rydell as Bob Jensen
- Brad Cowgill as Reilly
- Kari Lizer as Muffy
- David Wohl as Professor
- Irene Olga López as Rosario
- Christie Claridge as Girl Student
- Reggie Thompson as Checkpoint Charlie Guard (US Army)
[edit] In popular culture
In the television series Chuck, the name "Sasha Banicek" is used for a character played by guest-star Melinda Clarke in the episode "Chuck vs. The Seduction," aired on October 6, 2008.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Gotcha! at the Internet Movie Database
- Gotcha! at AllRovi
- Gotcha! at Box Office Mojo
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