Jumpin' Jack Flash
A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!
1986 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Penny Marshall |
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| Writer: | David Franzoni, Chris Thompson, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 09, 1986 |
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| Director: | Penny Marshall |
| Writer: | David Franzoni, Chris Thompson, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | central intelligence agency (cia), kgb, computer, chat, mole, agent, woman director |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $29,844,101
Budget: $18,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 | Lady Sarah Billings |
| Jeroen Krabbé | 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 |
| Chino 'Fats' Williams | Larry |
| Jim Belushi | Sperry Repairman |
| Paxton Whitehead | Lord Malcolm Billings |
| June Chadwick | Gillian |
| Tracey Ullman | Fiona |
| Miguel A. Núñez Jr. | Street Tough |
| Garry Marshall | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| Michael McKean | Leslie (uncredited) |
| Teagan Clive | Russian Exercise Woman |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Bowers | Associate Producer |
| Elaine K. Thompson | Associate Producer |
| Lawrence Gordon | Producer |
| Joel Silver | Producer |
| Richard Marks | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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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 for ... med 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