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Aug 5, 1983 · De Mornay's Lana is an iconic bad girl hooker of the naturally toney and perhaps feeling variety -- although about the last we're never entirely sure. She remains ultimately an enigma, beyond Cruz's and our full grasp, but not beyond his connecting with.
- (97K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Paul Brickman
- 1983-08-05
But, as he's leaving, he gives Joel the number for another prostitute, Lana. That night, Joel is unable to sleep and hesitantly calls Lana, who is revealed as a gorgeous blonde woman, and they spend the entire night having sex. The next morning, Lana asks Joel for $300 for her services.
- $6.2 million
- Tangerine Dream
- August 5, 1983 (United States)
- 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, writer-director Paul Brickman (who grew up in Highland Park) told Salon that, "The working title was White Boys Off the Lake.
- IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONFORMIST. Brickman also told Salon that Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist was a huge influence on the film: “I thought, ‘Why can’t you present that as a film for youth and aspire to that kind of style and still have humor in it?’
- THE DIRECTOR WAS NOT INITIALLY SOLD ON TOM CRUISE. Cruise was filming The Outsiders in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he got the call to audition for Risky Business.
- CRUISE LOST WEIGHT IN ORDER TO LOOK MORE BABY-FACED. According to an interview with Cruise in a September 5, 1983 issue of People, Cruise “shed 14 pounds in five weeks by jogging in the Florida sun and strict dieting.
- Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson. Now one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, Cruise made his film debut in 1981, at age 19, with Endless Love and then was part of the ensemble of young actors who starred in The Outsiders two years later, just a few months before Risky Business was released.
- Rebecca de Mornay as Lana. Risky Business marked de Mornay's breakthrough role. She went on to star in Runaway Train, The Trip to Bountiful, Backdraft and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
- Bronson Pinchot as Barry. Pinchot played Joel's friend Barry, who encourages him to take his father's Porsche out for a spin. He went on to star in Beverly Hills Cop, First Wives Club and True Romance but might be best known for his role as Balki Bartokomous on ABC's Perfect Strangers from 1986-93.
- Joe Pantoliano as Guido. Known for playing corrupt criminals and shady characters, Pantoliano portrays Guido, Lana's pimp, in Risky Business. went on to appear in films like The Goonies, Midnight Run and The Matrix and Memento and recently appeared in the series Sense8.
Russell Bitterman. Jade Gold. Evonne Williams. Karen Grossman. Hall Marshall. Brett Baer. Howie Rifkin. SEE ALL OFFERS. A hooker (Rebecca De Mornay) helps turn a teen's (Tom Cruise) home into a brothel.
He calls a number in one of those sex-contact magazines and meets a young hooker who moves into the house. He runs afoul of the girl's pimp. His mother's expensive Steuben egg is stolen.
