Taking Care of Business

1990
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

9.6K

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Jim Belushi and Charles Grodin in Taking Care of Business (1990)

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Farce Comedy

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a Filofax organizer that mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a Filofax organizer that mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a Filofax organizer that mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

9.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
First film written by J.J. Abrams.

Goofs
When Jimmy is first checking out the Filofax, he finds a list of 'power words' he reads out FIRST RATE, PHENOMENAL, SUPERLATIVE, BENEVOLENT, but 'phenomenal' clearly is not on the list.

Quotes
Ted Bradford Jr.: Spencer... Toast.
Jimmy Dworski: Yeah... A toast! To the Cubs winning the world series!... and to big tits!

Alternate versions
The UK theatrical release was cut by 22 seconds to remove strong language (i.e. uses of "fuck") and secure a 12 certificate:
[Reel 1] Black prisoner during baseball game in prison yard: "Shut the fuck up!"
[Reel 2] James Belushi as he enters opulent mansion: "I'm in fucking 'Dynasty'!"
[Reel 3] Belushi to men in tennis gear: "I got a great fucking job, don't I?"
After white-suited Belushi admires himself in mirror: "Fucking A, man!"
All video/DVD releases are uncut and rated 15.

Connections
Featured in The Girl Next Door (1999)

Soundtracks
Takin' Care of Business
Written by Randy Bachman
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Courtesy of Polygram Special Products
A Division of Polygram Records, Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

What a great comedy, a classic!

I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it, although the script is not brilliant the cast made a great effort and made it very convincing, James Belushi plays nice guy convict Jimmy Dworfski as he plans to escape prison for the weekend to see the Chicago Cubs in the World Series, getting his fellow in-mates to cover it up. While out he finds business executive Spencer Barnes (Charles Grodin) filofax and takes over his life. Belushi & Grodin are great together in this feel good comedy, as a lover of Baseball I was drawn to this even more, but if you're not you'll still find it just as enjoyable. This is the best James Belushi film I've seen!