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List Price: $19.96 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 5125
Released: September 16, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 99 minutes
Description of Risky Business (25th Anniversary Edition):
Little did Tom Cruise know that he would become a box-office superstar after he cranked up some Bob Seeger and played air guitar in his underwear. But there's more to this 1983 hit than the arrival of a hot young star. Making a stylish debut, writer-director Paul Brickman crafted a subtle satire of crass materialism wrapped in an irresistible plot about a crafty high schooler named Joel (Cruise) who goes into risky business with the beguiling prostitute Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) while his parents are out of town. Joel turns his affluent Chicago-suburb home into a lucrative bordello and forms a steamy personal and professional partnership with Lana, but only as long as the two can avoid the vengeful pimp Guido (Joe Pantoliano) and keep their customers happy. A signature film of the 1980s, Risky Business still holds up thanks to Cruise's effortless charm and the movie's timeless appeal as an adolescent male fantasy. --Jeff Shannon
Risky Business (25th Anniversary Edition) Reviews:
Risky Business 
2009-10-28 - I thought this was a pretty good movie because of the trouble he got into and trying to find a way out of it.
No Risk here
2009-10-22 - Fast shipping, good price. The bluray version is ok for as old as the movie is this is as good as the movie will ever look. If your a fan there is no risk.......buy it.
Blu-Ray review only
2009-10-15 - FYI - disc comes with a digital copy, but the confirmation/serial code expired in Sept. of 2009.
Otherwise, the movie looks great on BD; clearly much money was saved on the production budget by not buying any bras for Rebecca DeMornay.
TIME OF YOUR LIFE, KID?
2009-10-10 - "Risky Business" is one of my favorite movies. A story of a young guy coming of age. "Time of your life, kid?" But I think the plot is based more on capitalism, which has always been the basis of the American Dream. Joel and Barry try to create some kind of answering machine (or whatever that thing was) while his constantly horny friend Glenn askes him if he can borrow a room. You can hear the noises coming from the bedroom upstairs while both Joel and Barry complain that they cannot concentrate. (Was something else on their minds?)
One of my favorite parts is when Joel asked his classmates at the cafeteria "Do we want to accomplish something or just make money?" and they say they just want to make money. "And you Joel?" and he responds "to serve my fellow mankind." Then they throw what looks like french fries at him. Fun.
sg
classic
2009-06-26 - I did enjoy this classic, although do not tend to revisit such items once I've viewed them.
