Volunteers
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"Volunteers" is a 1985 American comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, set in the early 1960s and centered on a privileged slacker who joins the Peace Corps in Southeast Asia.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volunteers canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ric Waite ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Nicholas Meyer ⓘ |
| distributedBy | TriStar Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Hoy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beth Wexler
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Lawrence Bourne III ⓘ Tom Tuttle from Tacoma ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Mexico (bridge sequences) ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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satirical film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Cold War politics
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foreign aid ⓘ |
| hasTagline | When he volunteered for the Peace Corps, he didn't expect this kind of peace. ⓘ |
| leadActress | Rita Wilson ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Horner ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson before their marriage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A privileged Yale graduate and gambling debtor flees his obligations by joining the Peace Corps and is sent to a remote village in Southeast Asia. ⓘ |
| producer |
Lawrence Lasker
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Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TriStar Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-08-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Isaacs
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Keith Critchlow ⓘ Ken Levine ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Southeast Asia
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Thailand (filming location) ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1960s ⓘ |
| starring |
Gedde Watanabe
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John Candy ⓘ Rita Wilson ⓘ Tim Thomerson ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| theme |
Peace Corps
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culture clash ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early Vietnam War era
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post–Korean War era ⓘ |
| title | Volunteers ⓘ |
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