Career Opportunities (1991)

Danish title: Vejen til succes

Genre(s): Comedy/Romance

Runtime: 83min. (1h. 23min.)

Language: English

My rating: Not Yet Rated

Cast: (37 - show/hide all)

Frank Whaley	...	Jim Dodge
Jennifer Connelly	...	Josie McClellan
Dermot Mulroney	...	Nestor Pyle
Kieran Mulroney	...	Gil Kinney
John M. Jackson	...	Bud Dodge
Jenny O'Hara	...	Dotty Dodge
Noble Willingham	...	Roger Roy McClellan
Nada Despotovich	...	Penny Dodge
Reid Binion	...	Cal Dodge
Barry Corbin	...	Officer Don
Denise Galik	...	Lorraine
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	Bob Bosenbeck
Dan Albright	...	Dave Hockner
Marc Clement	...	Otis
Andrew Winton	...	Boy
Andy Greenway	...	Boy
RonReaco Lee	...	Boy
Danny Nelson	...	Gas Station Owner
William Forsythe	...	Custodian
Lou Walker	...	Farmer in Cafe
Benji Wilhoite	...	Stock Boy
Heidi Meyer Gilbert	...	Girl in Car
Troy Gilbert	...	Boy in Car
Royce D. Applegate	...	Voiceover (voice)
David Arnott	...	Voiceover (voice)
August Bach	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kate Carlin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kenneth W. Ford Jr.	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Leigh French	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Todd Larson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Joanna Lipari	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Coleby Lombardo	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David McCharen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paige Pollack	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Gary Schwartz	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jonathan Stark	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John Candy	...	C.D. Marsh

Crew:

Bryan Gordon	...	Direction
John Hughes	...	Script
Thomas Newman	...	Music

Plot:

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave home, but is disorientated. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room, and awakes to find that she is locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar. A decision to go to L.A. is established, but first they must get through the night. A relationship develops, only to be interrupted by a break in by two petty criminals.