![]() ![]() ![]() I was pumped up and talking in an Oklahoma accent, ‘Hey, how y’all doing?’ Paul just sat there, looking at me.” Cruise returned to Tulsa but flew back to L.A. So I went in wearing a jean jacket, my tooth was chipped, my hair was greasy. Cruise told Interview, “Originally, Paul had seen Taps and said, ‘This guy for Joel? This guy is a killer! Let him do Amityville III!’ Somehow, my agent, without me knowing, arranged to have me just drop by the office to say hello. THE DIRECTOR WAS NOT INITIALLY SOLD ON TOM CRUISE.Ĭruise was filming The Outsiders in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he got the call to audition for Risky Business. Tone is what I wanted to play with.” Though Risky Business comes off as a satire about capitalism couched as a teen comedy, The Conformist is a political drama situated during Italy’s 1940’s Fascist regime. IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONFORMIST.īrickman also told Salon that Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist was a huge influence on the film: “I thought, ‘Why can’t you present that as a film for youth and aspire to that kind of style and still have humor in it?’ That was the test: to meld a darker form of filmmaking with humor. So we started doing word association to come up with a new title.” 2. I think the studio rejected that because it sounded like an off-Broadway play. AT ONE POINT THE MOVIE WAS TITLED WHITE BOYS OFF THE LAKE.īecause the movie took place, and was partly filmed, in Chicago’s affluent Highland Park suburb, located along Lake Michigan, writer-director Paul Brickman (who grew up in Highland Park) told Salon that, "The working title was White Boys Off the Lake. Here are 12 things you might not know about the '80s classic, on its 35th anniversary. The film’s $63.5 million gross launched Cruise as a bona fide movie star, a title he still holds three decades later. In his first starring role, Cruise dealt with a killer pimp named Guido, romanced a call girl named Lana, and charmed his way into Princeton. On August 5, 1983, Tom Cruise-wearing Ray-Bans and his skivvies-starred in the teen dramedy Risky Business and slid his way into pop culture history. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |