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- Paul Brickman revealed in the same interview with Salon that he received some hugely tempting scripts to direct, which included Rain Man and Forrest Gump, while he also admitted that he "squandered a really good career" by not taking "advantage of Risky’s success to a far great extent."
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Brickman also teased that one of the main reasons why he walked away from Hollywood was that his original ending for Risky Business was altered, with the studio insisting that a less...
Nov 19, 2013 · Steven Villamizer Photos by Lorenzo Basilio, Staff Photographer Paul Brickman's 1983 classic coming-of-age film "Risky Business," starring a 19-year-old baby-fat-donning Tom Cruise, was screened at Pollock Theater on Thursday, Nov. 14, courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Carsey-Wolf Center’s Script-to-Screen series.
Brickman hated that second scene which was added at the studio's insistence after the original shooting ended. For Brickman, Risky Business was ultimately a tragic story and the walk through the park, with its light heartedness, shattered the feeling he wanted the viewer left with.
- Mark Stoler
Risky Business. Risky Business is a 1983 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. It follows the sexual exploits of a high school senior during his parents' vacation trip. The film is considered to be Cruise's breakout role .
- $6.2 million
- Tangerine Dream
- August 5, 1983 (United States)
Sep 2, 2013 · "Risky Business," the film that made 21-year-old Tom Cruise a household name, was also a promising directorial debut for Paul Brickman, the Chicago native who also wrote the tale of Joel Goodsen ...
Agreed. It would be nice if Cruise made a point of working with him again, and soon, on a movie where Brickman both writes and directs. Obviously the material would need to be special. What I love about Risky Business is its minimalist dialogue and memorable cinematography. Hopefully, it would be in-keeping with that.
Aug 4, 2018 · 1. AT ONE POINT THE MOVIE WAS TITLED WHITE BOYS OFF THE LAKE. Because the movie took place, and was partly filmed, in Chicago’s affluent Highland Park suburb, located along Lake Michigan,...
