Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 comedy-thriller film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, Annie Potts, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was directed by Penny Marshall in her theatrical film directorial debut.
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 Stone...
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Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 comedy-thriller film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, Annie Potts, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was directed by Penny Marshall in her theatrical film directorial debut.
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.
Teresa "Terry" Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg), is a typical New York fund transferrer for the First National Bank in Manhattan. In her office she doesn't quite fit with the bank's corporate image, as her desk is full of funny ornaments and is very decorative. Despite these small quirks, she is basically a good employee and is popular with her coworkers. However, she is often chastised by her no-nonsense boss James Page (Peter Michael Goetz) for chatting in an informal manner with other bank computer workers around the globe.
One night as the...
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