Career Opportunities (film)

Career Opportunities
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	Bryan Gordon
Produced by	John Hughes Hunt Lowry
Written by	John Hughes
Starring	Frank Whaley Jennifer Connelly
Music by	Thomas Newman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	March 29, 1991
Running time	83 min.
Language	English

Career Opportunities is an American romantic comedy film that was released in 1991. The film starred Frank Whaley and co-starred Jennifer Connelly in one of her first lead film roles. It was written by John Hughes and directed by Bryan Gordon.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast list 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

Plot summary

The film stars Whaley as Jim, a lazy slacker who is trying to get a well-paying job but instead ends up as a night janitor for Target. On his first shift at his new job, Jim is locked, alone, in the store by his boss. Connelly is Josie, the stereotypical "spoiled rich girl". The main action of the film begins when Josie, in a half-hearted runaway attempt, hides in Jim's store after hours. Discovered by the lonely janitor, Josie and Jim identify each other as kindred spirits and proceed to enjoy the freedom of being locked together in the store overnight. But things become complicated when two incompetent crooks, played by brothers Dermot Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney, break into the store and hold the two teenagers hostage until the tables are turned.

Cast list

• Frank Whaley as Jim Dodge
• Jennifer Connelly as Josie McClellan
• Dermot Mulroney as Nestor Pyle
• Kieran Mulroney as Gil Kinney
• John M. Jackson as Bud Dodge
• Jenny O'Hara as Dotty Dodge
• Noble Willingham as Roger Roy McClellan

John Candy has an uncredited cameo in the film as the manager of the Target store in which Jim works.

Reception

Career Opportunities was a modest success at the time of its release making just over $11 million in the US.

References

External links

• Career Opportunities at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e John Hughes As director and writer Sixteen Candles (1984) • The Breakfast Club (1985) • Weird Science (1985) • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) • She's Having a Baby (1988) • Uncle Buck (1989) • Curly Sue (1991) As writer only National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982) • Mr. Mom (1983) • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) • Nate and Hayes (1983) • Pretty in Pink (1986) • Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) • The Great Outdoors (1988) • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) • Home Alone (1990) • Career Opportunities (1991) • Dutch (1991) • Beethoven (1992) • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) • Dennis the Menace (1993) • Baby's Day Out (1994) • Miracle on 34th Street (1994) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • Flubber (1997) • Home Alone 3 (1997) • Reach the Rock (1998) • Just Visiting (2001) • Maid in Manhattan (2002) • Drillbit Taylor (2008)

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