Gung Ho
starring: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro
directed by: Ron Howard
directed by: Ron Howard
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792180142
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792180143
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 16, 2002
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 7741
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1986
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A Japanese auto company is persuaded to take over an abandoned factory--and abandoned U.S. workforce--in a small rust-belt town in Middle America. Alas, this wonderful idea for a culture-clash comedy goes pretty much to waste in Gung Ho. Michael Keaton gives his most relentlessly obnoxious performance as the fast-talking shop foreman who never stops BS'ing his Japanese employers, his work buddies (George Wendt and John Turturro among them), his girlfriend (Mimi Rogers), and himself. There's a trumped-up crisis in every reel, and a great deal of double talk about whether the Japanese are workaholic freaks or the new, true inheritors of the old American get-up-and-go. Director Ron Howard and screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel had made the enchanting comedy-fantasy-romance Splash only a couple of years before; they probably thought they were concocting a Frank Capra-style fable here, but, far from having a beautiful mind, this movie is strictly sitcom mentality from top to bottom. --Richard T. Jameson
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- Simply a classic!Today I work with many Asians. Particularly I have many Japanese customers. As a teen seeing this ... Read More
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- A timeless comedy for all generations!This has been one of our families all time favorites. It's not only funny, but it's touching as well. ... Read More
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- An comical look at the 80's Auto invasionThe economy wasnt that good in the 80's and no where was it felt worse than the Auto industry. Lots of ... Read More
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- Descent movie, a good movie about teamwork and telling the truthI have seen this movie probably 10 times since it came out in the theaters, and each time I find it just ... Read More
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- Still holds up well after 20 years. Doesn't take sides and shows cultures finding ways to finally work together.This movie is now 20 years old. It is an interesting comedy for what it says about how the Japanese and ... Read More
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