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Risky Business

Risky Business

Paul Brickman, 1983

Spine #1227

Picked by 2 guests

Romance / Comedy / Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Paul Brickman

Written by Paul Brickman

Cinematography Bruce Surtees, Reynaldo Villalobos

Edited by Richard Chew

Cast Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot, Curtis Armstrong, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll

Picked by

Greg Gonzalez

“Risky Business. The soundtrack is killer. Tom Cruise is killer. Rebecca De Mornay, unbelievable. And also has one of my favorite love scenes—the scene where the wind is blowing and there's a TV on and everything. It's really dreamlike and kind of noired out. So this is really exciting, Risky Business.”

Reginald Hudlin

“Risky Business. There’s a couple of movies that really inspired House Party. Animal House was one of them. Risky Business was the other. You just go, “Wow, I can make a movie like that, about my life experiences.” I don’t know if we succeeded or not, but Risky Business is the business.”