Risky Business (1983)

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Wikidata Q1325589, film, IMDb tt0086200, TMDB 9346: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Rebecca De Mornay as actor (The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame); 7 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Weird Science: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Weird Science → Risky Business. For houses cleaned up before the parents return, Risky Business still beats Weird Science.
    “I still think it's risky business.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:25:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Bronson Pinchot: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Bronson Pinchot → Risky Business. Pinchot was a friend of Tom Cruise in Risky Business just before this.
    “one of Tom Cruise's friends at risk of business, and that's it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bruce A. Young: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (same actor): Bruce A. Young → Risky Business. Moselle in this film is the same actor who played Jackie the prostitute in Risky Business, likely brought back by Cruise.
    “Jackie the prostitute from Risky Business.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Father of the Bride: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake-distance analogy): Father of the Bride → Risky Business. Remaking a film starring the biggest stars of 1982-83 would still have them hanging over it, as Elizabeth Taylor hung over the 1991 remake.
    “if you remade risky business, Tom Cruise would hang over that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (era marker): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Risky Business. Chris notes Risky Business as the first modern 80s movie, a candidate for a future episode.
    “that's like the 1st modern 80s movie basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:35:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Losing It: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Risky Business → Losing It. Losing It is a teen sex comedy; Risky Business is the teen sex comedy, though not much of a comedy.
    “Risky business, perhaps the teen sex comedy.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:49:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Top Gun: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Risky Business → Top Gun. Cruise broke out in Risky Business; Top Gun made him a go-to star, setting up the casting of Born.
    “But the film that made Cruz, the go-to wingman for millions of movie fans was Top Gun.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:21:03 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Bronson Pinchot → Risky Business. Pinchot was a friend of Tom Cruise in Risky Business just before this.
    “one of Tom Cruise's friends at risk of business, and that's it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Risky Business → Top Gun. Cruise broke out in Risky Business; Top Gun made him a go-to star, setting up the casting of Born.
    “But the film that made Cruz, the go-to wingman for millions of movie fans was Top Gun.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:21:03 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Weird Science → Risky Business. For houses cleaned up before the parents return, Risky Business still beats Weird Science.
    “I still think it's risky business.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:25:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (remake-distance analogy): Father of the Bride → Risky Business. Remaking a film starring the biggest stars of 1982-83 would still have them hanging over it, as Elizabeth Taylor hung over the 1991 remake.
    “if you remade risky business, Tom Cruise would hang over that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (same actor): Bruce A. Young → Risky Business. Moselle in this film is the same actor who played Jackie the prostitute in Risky Business, likely brought back by Cruise.
    “Jackie the prostitute from Risky Business.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Weird Science → Risky Business. The parents-away-and-clean-up-before-they-return trope runs through Weird Science, Risky Business and Adventures in Babysitting.
    “Adventures and babysitting, risky business.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:50:32 · Kyle Brandt (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (era marker): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Risky Business. Chris notes Risky Business as the first modern 80s movie, a candidate for a future episode.
    “that's like the 1st modern 80s movie basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:35:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (ranking): Risky Business → Losing It. Losing It is a teen sex comedy; Risky Business is the teen sex comedy, though not much of a comedy.
    “Risky business, perhaps the teen sex comedy.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:49:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Risky Business: Correction: Raftery notes he owns it on Blu-ray.
    “In fact, it came out in 1983, which I should note because I had that on Blu-ray.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:09:34 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Risky Business: Amanda says Risky Business has to go in; the dance was seen before the movie.
    “I saw the Risky Business dance before I saw a few good men.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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