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Jumpin' Jack Flash [DVD] [1987]

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  • Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie Potts
  • Directors: Penny Marshall
  • Writers: Charles Shyer, Chris Thompson, David Franzoni, Nancy Meyers, Steven E. de Souza
  • Producers: Elaine K. Thompson, George Bowers
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 April 2004
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001B3YOC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,562 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • Subtitles: Dutch, English, English for the hearing impaired, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen
  • Region Code: 2
  • Running Time: 101 minutes


Synopsis

Whoopi Goldberg plays an unassuming computer programmer working in the foreign exchange department of a major New York City bank. She starts receiving messages from a British spy trapped somewhere behind the Iron Curtain. Finding herself embroiled in international espionage thanks to the Intelligence Operative code name "Jumpin' Jack Flash," a hilarious turn of events allow Goldberg's performance as unwilling good Samaritan to fizz.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Before Sister Act there was Jumpin Jack Flash - And it Rocks, 22 Mar 2004
I firstly have to say that I'm a little biased when reviewing this film. It is my favourite film of all time and I'm a huge, huge, huge Whoopi Goldberg fan!

I had this film on VHS for years and watched it so much, I wore it out and had to do with a video recording off the BBC!! So you can imagine my joy when I saw it was heading to DVD, and at a budget price too!

£5.99 does not do this DVD justice! I mean it is so funny. It the the tale of a Bank Computer Operator Terri Dolittle (Goldberg) who is brilliant at her job but underappriciated by her bosses so therefore she plays while working constantly. One night she is contacted by a British Secret agent (Price) who is stuck in Communist Russia without an exit code. All other lines of communications have been cut his only lifeline is the zany New York banker.

It has fantastic comedic scenes (guessing the password hidden within The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash is a prime example) and stand out performances by Goldberg, Tracey Ulman and the late Phil Hartman.

***** - Buy it now! And buy two copies while you're at it, just in case you wear yours out like I did!!!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, 7 Jun 2000
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This review is from: Jumpin' Jack Flash [VHS] [1987] (VHS Tape)
I have been searching for this video for ages! I originally saw it a few years ago and laughed so much. The storyline is really amusing and Whoopi Goldberg is so brilliant in it. If you like her in some of her other earlier films you'll love her in this!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling & Funny & a 'net' relationship before its time!, 5 Aug 2006
As other reviews has mentioned this is a thrilling and hilariously funny film. There's plenty of danger and mystery, but with great humour along the way. A perfect combination. A film that is serious but knows how to balance the fun, making the whole film an entertaining and enjoyable experience to watch. It's unforgetable really and a real classic. I highly reccomend it!

Please note the following observation contains HEAVY SPOILERS.


Forget You've Got Mail, Sliding Doors and all those other supposed internet relationship films. Here is a film that really hits the nail on the head as to the real progression of a relationhip that starts on a computer, before the internet was even really in use! (if it was, she would of used a search engine to find the lyrics to that song in 5 seconds. It's good thing she couldn't do that). Of course it's more of a 'network' relationship than an internet relationship but the basis is exactly the same. Films like You've Got Mail etc. rely on the two people involved living on each others doorsteps or having met before in some form etc. The reality is since computers can reach far across the world, it's now possible to talk to someone who isn't conveniently living next door, but clear across the country or even the other side of the world.
With the main protagonist working in a bank in the US and Jack, a British Intelligence agent stranded in Eastern Europe, these two certainly aren't going to be casually bumping into each other while buying a morning newspaper! They're total strangers only communicating through words, yet they'll both find words can be pretty powerful.
Their communication starts off as text and despite this limitation they get a feeling for each others personality, to the point where they can guess each others responces (example: Terri turning away from the screen and still responding to his messages by guessing his reaction to her silence).
Text then progresses to voice (in a way) as she hears him on his answering machine and from then on has a voice to go with the personality.
After this of course she'll want to meet him. People who are extremely far apart can have alot of difficulties to overcome before they can be together, such as financial issues and so on. But Terri has to defeat the KGB! But of course she's become so attached to him through his words, that she'll do anything for him.
And so her next big challenge is the first meeting (more scary and dangerous than the KGB? Perhaps. Those breadsticks certainly suffered). After this fails she says a line that most would probably say about a relationship that starts on a computer "hey its just text on a computer, why should it mean anything?". But she can't forget how it made her feel. And although it begins as love at first type, it ends as love at first sight.
A film before its time I'd say.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
Old, but really funny movie! Whoopi Goldberg att her funniest and best!

Good plot line and good actors.

If you have'nt seen this movie then do so!
Published 8 months ago by Raine Maria Lind

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoppee Rocks!!
I have always loved this film!! It was the first film Whoopee was the lead in and she certainly is the lead in this film - in fact she makes this film her own and none of the... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2007 by M. C. Batson

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoopi Returns
This film is great fun and Whoopi shows she's right for comdey roles this film came before the Sister Act films but if you have seen them and liked them this film would please you... Read more
Published on 27 Jul 2006 by M. G. Hatfield

4.0 out of 5 stars Its a Gas, Gas, Gas!!!
Action packed comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg as Terri.

Terri works at a bank as a computer operator and spends her days trying to annoy her spiritless boss and get russian... Read more

Published on 29 May 2004 by G. Price

4.0 out of 5 stars Woopi Jumps In To Save A Spy
Terri Dolittle is a bank terminal operator in down town New York, and"Jack" is a spy stuck in Russia, desperate to get out. Read more
Published on 27 April 2004 by DL Productions UK

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Film
I'm not a great fan of Whoopi Goldberg but this film really is brilliant,the acting is some of the best I've seen and it is just so funny, a greatfamily film. Buy it !!!
Published on 24 April 2004 by lwcarab

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh? I did more than...
The Storyline, the Characters, The Film in it's entirity runs like a well oiled laughter machine which near made my sides split. No, REALLY! I have never laughed so much. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This film can only be summed up as genius. Woopie Goldberg is Terri Doolittle a computer opetator for a big bank. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2000 by vickiemchugh@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoopi Rules
It one of those film from the 80's that you look back on with a smile, its funny, the acting is brilliant, the storyline is well developed and has a fast fun pace. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun fun fun
Terri Doolittle, a bank emploee bored with her job and her life, gets involved with Jack, a British spy trapped in Eastern Europe. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000

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