Jumpin' Jack Flash Details

1986

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70
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Starring	Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Lawrence Gordon
Director	Penny Marshall
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller

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Jumpin' Jack Flash

Features the comedy films JUMPIN' JACK FLASH, BEDAZZLED, and SERVING SARA. In BEDAZZLED, the devil makes a deal with a suicidal man called Elliott, seven wishes for his soul. JUMPIN' JACK FLASH is the story of a computer operator who becomes involved in international espionage when a desperate message from a British Intelligence officer appears on her computer terminal. Needless to say, she sets off to rescue him from behind the Iron Curtain. In SERVING SARA, Joe Tyler is a process server, issuing legal papers to people who would rather not receive them. A wealthy Texas man hires Joe to serve papers to his wife whom he wishes to divorce. The wife, Sara, makes a deal with Joe to take the papers back and say that he didn't get the chance to serve them. Sara then serves divorce papers to her husband first thus securing herself a larger share of the wealth.

Starring	Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Lawrence Gordon, John Wood, Joe Silver, Annie Potts, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sara Botsford, Jeroen Krabbe, Jonathan Pryce, Tracey Ullman, James Belushi, Tony Hendra
Director	Penny Marshall
Studio	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Language	English
Released	DVD: 05 Apr 2004 Production year: 1986
Format	DVD

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This was Whoopi Goldberg's first major role following her debut in The Color Purple, and it goes down as a disappointment after such an auspicious beginning to her film career. She stars as a computer operator who inadvertently gets involved in international espionage when a message for help from a spy appears on her screen. Penny Marshall, who also directed Big and Awakenings, replaced Howard Zieff in the director's chair and the script went through several writers, and this raucous comedy certainly feels at times as if there were too many cooks spoiling the broth.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Funky computer operator Terry Doolittle (Goldberg) is suffering the usual terminal boredom when someone code-named... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Classic 80's power film comedy

Whoopi Goldberg is outstanding in this hilarious slapstick 80s comedy gem. I defy anyone who doesn't wet their pants watching this!
- - moorje from London
  - Posted 15 May 2004 14:58
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Typical Whoopi Romp

Watched this one some time ago and thought it worth a revisit.

Comical and thrilling at the same time with twists in the plot to keep you interested.

Escapism for a rainy weekend but not one of the best from Whoopi Goldberg.

I would watch this one again in a couple of years time but not one to buy for the collection.
- - A customer from Lancashire, England
  - Posted 14 Mar 2005 21:07
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