Taking Care of Business
You are who you pretend to be.
1990 | 108m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
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| Writer: | J.J. Abrams, Jill Mazursky |
| Staring: |
| An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 16, 1990 |
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| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
| Writer: | J.J. Abrams, Jill Mazursky |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | career |
| Production Companies | Silver Screen Partners, Hollywood Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $20,000,000
Budget: $14,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Belushi | Jimmy Dworski |
| Charles Grodin | Spencer Barnes |
| Anne DeSalvo | Debbie Lipton |
| Loryn Locklin | Jewel Bentley |
| Stephen Elliott | Walter Bentley |
| Héctor Elizondo | Warden Toolman |
| Veronica Hamel | Elizabeth Barnes |
| Mako | Mr. Sakamoto |
| Gates McFadden | Diane Connors |
| John de Lancie | Ted Bradford Jr. |
| Thom Sharp | Mike Steward |
| Ken Foree | J.B., Prisoner making demands |
| Burke Byrnes | Prison Guard |
| Stanley DeSantis | Airport Car Rental Man |
| Buddy Daniels Friedman | Gang Member |
| Chris Barnes | Luggage Boy |
| Andrew Amador | Prison Reporter |
| Louisa Abernathy | Guard |
| Michael Kinney | Malibu Jail Guard |
| John Marshall Jones | LeBradford Brown |
| Michael Blue | Beach House Cop |
| Janet Julian | Woman on Plane |
| Whit Hertford | Yuppie Son |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| J.J. Abrams | Screenplay |
| Stewart Copeland | Original Music Composer |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Jon Hutman | Production Design |
| Jill Mazursky | Screenplay |
| William Reynolds | Editor |
| Donald Krafft | Set Decoration |
| Linda Spheeris | Set Decoration |
| David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| Marilyn Matthews | Costume Design |
| Eric Chambers | Stunts |
| Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Arthur Hiller | Director |
| Drew Struzan | Art Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Mazursky | Executive Producer |
| Geoffrey Taylor | Producer |
| Elizabeth Sayre | Associate Producer |
| Duncan Henderson | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 8 |
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6/10 Nice filofax... ......said no one ever in 2018! A nostalgic trip to a wierd past. I liked it for a 90's movie, and it is cute, but not very funny. But a feel-gooder and everyone is nice and happy, but somehow brain-dead - like it is supposed to be! But I was surprised how sexist and ra ... cist it was in comedy movies from the 90's! Not something I had ever questioned before. Like this fun reviewer noticed: > One of the really great qualities of this movie was just how racist, anti-semitic, and sterotypical it was. Did Spencer get lost in a bad neighborhood and ask for directions, only to get mugged? Yup. Was their a talkative, annoying, single Jewish woman? You betcha. Was the President of the company Japanese, leading to lots of references to their culture like being on time, bowing, respect, and politeness? You know it. [90' sterotypes in comedy](https://www.sportwatchers.com/single-post/2016/12/21/Spovie-Review-Taking-Care-of-Business)
Originally released as Filofax it took me a while to find this movie with it's rerelease name of Taking Care of Business. Well worth the search though. One of James (Jim) Belushi's best films along with The Principal. I remember watching the TimeCode VHS (I worked in a video rental shop) about 2 m ... onths before it was released on VHS. Still a brilliant movie & even my 14 year old son enjoyed it so stands the test of time well If you like a bit of light hearted comedy with a great actors then I definitely recomend this movie