Risky Business

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American film comedy film coming-of-age film film

Risky Business is a 1983 American coming-of-age comedy film best known for launching Tom Cruise to stardom with its iconic dance-in-underwear scene and satirical take on teenage rebellion and capitalism.

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Label Occurrences
Risky Business canonical 23
Risky Business (film) 1
Risky Business (soundtrack) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ
film ⓘ
boostedCareerOf Tom Cruise ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD approximately 63,500,000 ⓘ
budgetUSD approximately 6,200,000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bruce Surtees ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Paul Brickman ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Richard Chew ⓘ
featuresSong Old Time Rock and Roll ⓘ
follows Joel Goodson turning his parents' house into a brothel ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ
teen film ⓘ
hasGenreElement satire ⓘ
leadActorBreakthrough Tom Cruise ⓘ
mainCharacter Joel Goodson ⓘ
Lana ⓘ
musicBy Tangerine Dream ⓘ
notableFor underwear dance scene to "Old Time Rock and Roll" ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Rebecca De Mornay ⓘ
Tom Cruise ⓘ
posterTagline There’s a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business. ⓘ
producer Jon Avnet ⓘ
Steve Tisch ⓘ
productionCompany The Geffen Company ⓘ
surface form: Geffen Pictures
ratingMPAA R ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-08-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter Paul Brickman ⓘ
setIn City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
songPerformer Bob Seger ⓘ
starring Bronson Pinchot ⓘ
Curtis Armstrong ⓘ
Joe Pantoliano ⓘ
Rebecca De Mornay ⓘ
Richard Masur ⓘ
Tom Cruise ⓘ
theme capitalism ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
prostitution ⓘ
teenage rebellion ⓘ
timePeriodSetting early 1980s ⓘ
writer Paul Brickman ⓘ

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Rebecca De Mornay → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
Bruce Surtees → workedOn → Risky Business ⓘ
Tom Cruise → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
Joe Pantoliano → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
Richard Chew → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
The Geffen Company → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
What a Man Gotta Do → musicVideoHomageTo → Risky Business ⓘ
Bronson Pinchot → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
Jon Avnet → produced → Risky Business ⓘ
Tangerine Dream → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
this entity surface form: Risky Business (soundtrack)
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Lana → appearsIn → Risky Business ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Risky Business (film)
Old Time Rock and Roll → notableUseIn → Risky Business ⓘ
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Curtis Armstrong → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
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Paul Brickman → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
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De Mornay → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ
subject surface form: Rebecca De Mornay
Richard Masur → notableWork → Risky Business ⓘ