Gotcha! (film)
| Gotcha! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jeff Kanew |
| Written by | Paul G. Hensler Dan Gordon |
| Produced by | Paul G. Hensler |
| Starring | Anthony Edwards Linda Fiorentino |
| Cinematography | King Baggot |
| Edited by | Michael A. Stevenson |
| Music by | Bill Conti Randy Newman Theme sung by Thereza Bazar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates | May 3, 1985 |
Running time | 101 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
| Box office | $8,800,000 (USA) (sub-total) |
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!.
Summary
A college student named Jonathan is in the adventure of his life... literally. He is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-80s 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. After he wins big, Jonathan goes off to France and meets a very beautiful woman named Sasha, who is interested in him because he is a virgin. They both go to East Germany and end up getting split up, and Jonathan has to get back to the west with Russian spies on his tail. After Jonathan gets home, he finds the game is still going on, and a canister of film is in his backpack. Then Sasha re-appears.
As the character Jonathan is a UCLA student, much of the film was shot on location on the UCLA campus.
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 Loewitsch as Vlad
- 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)
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.
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