Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)
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| Jumpin' Jack Flash | |
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| Directed by | Penny Marshall |
| Produced by | Lawrence Gordon Joel Silver |
| Written by | David Franzoni J.W. Melville Patricia Irving Chris Thompson |
| Starring | Whoopi Goldberg Stephen Collins John Wood Carol Kane |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Editing by | Mark Goldblatt |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 100 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about the movie. For the song, see Jumpin' Jack Flash.
Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, Annie Potts and Jonathan Pryce. It is the first movie that Penny Marshall directed.
Jumpin' Jack Flash is the story of Terri Dolittle, a fund transferer for First National Bank. In her office she does not fit in. Her desk is full of funny ornaments and is very decorative. She is often told off by her boss Mr. Paige for chatting in an informal manner to other bank computer workers around the globe. One night she is contacted by a man calling himself "Jumpin' Jack Flash", who turns out to be a British spy stuck in a hostile country in eastern Europe. He appeals to Terri to help him return home safely, sending her on wacky and dangerous adventures all over New York.
The film was one of the first to feature online communications as a key part of the plot.
The soundtrack includes two versions of the song "Jumpin' Jack Flash"; one by Aretha Franklin, and the other by The Rolling Stones.
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