Taking Care of Business
- James Belushi: Jimmy Dworski
- Charles Grodin: Spencer Barnes
- Anne De Salvo: Debbie Lipton
- Loryn Locklin: Jewel Bentley
- Stephen Elliott: Walter Bentley
- Hector Elizondo: Warden Toolman
- Veronica Hamel: Elizabeth Barnes
- Gates McFadden: Diane Connors
- John de Lancie: Ted Bradford Jr.
Filofax - I am you and you are nothing (Original Title: Taking Care of Business ). 's An American comedy film from 1990, directed by Arthur Hiller, the screenplay is by Jill Mazursky and JJ Abrams.
Action
The end of car theft incarcerated inmate Jimmy Dworski wins in a quiz show on the radio tickets for the baseball playoff. He flees two days before his release from prison, to watch the game because he gets approved no clearance despite the special circumstances. Along the way he finds the diary, a ring binder, the brand Filofax, of Spencer Barnes, a senior employee of the advertising industry. Barnes was sent by his company on a business trip and therefore had quarreled with his wife, because a common vacation was planned. He is an advertising budget for ' High Quality Foods ' solicit whose Japanese Management Board is to Mr. Sakamoto and the American managing director Diane Connors he get to know and see. At the destination airport arrived, he loses from the hustle and bustle Filofax because his luggage was lost on the flight and he just happened to meet the driver who was supposed to pick him at the airport. During the flight, he met an old friend, Debbie Lipton, back from school.
The calendar is Dworski while Barnes notes in the limousine provided that the Filofax has been lost, a promise of reward for an honest finder. Arrived at the specified address is Dworski finds that no one is present, because Barnes runs back to the airport to pick up the Filofax. Finally Dworski discovered in the calendar the key and instructions for the alarm system of the building, owned by the company owner Walter Bentley and in the Spencer Barnes should be placed on his business trip. Dworski so that the house opens and is held by his presence there for Spencer Barnes. He takes no denial perceive various business appointments while without his calendar the real Barnes has significant problems in everyday life, because all the contact details and documentation for the trip in his diary were. In his role as Barnes Dworski pushes the business partner of Barnes by its open nature both on the head but also leaves some lasting impression. He learns Jewel, daughter of Walter Bentley, with whom he begins a relationship. He asks you to accompany him to the baseball game. Barnes not succeed in the meantime, to find the house; besides, he is robbed, and the only thing he has left is the phone number of Debbie Lipton. From this he continues to receive support, and it shows a personal interest in him. All attempts to meet the deadlines themselves, fail. The overtures of Lipton has from Barnes several times, so that Lipton finally throws him out and he sets out on foot to distant property manager.
The next morning, meet there Dworski and Barnes. After a brawl between the two Barnes tries to seek business partners to clarify the confusion. However, donated by Dworski confusion his subsequent fate. He is dismissed by Bentley, announces from despair at the same time but also itself Dworski who feels responsible now, wanting to pass his date with Jewel to cheer Barnes and go with this for the final. Meanwhile, Spencer Barnes wife Elizabeth has arrived at Walter Bentley's house. She meets Jewel, and realize the two that they mean different Spencer Barnes, and has thus yet no woman / mistress situation arise. After the final Dworski get the idea that he now must again into the prison to be released on time. With the help of Barnes and Debbie Lipton he disguises himself as a woman and adopt the prison staff against his mother from. This ploy succeeded, and he is released, as he has served his sentence. At the end of the film the two from the Japanese client, Mr. Sakamoto, committed as a team for High Quality Food as a new management team for America to be.
Reviews
The magazine Cinema wrote the comedy was " sympathetic ", " but too long"; they have trodden the basic idea broadly, "to get bored ". It was also criticized that "the two comedians Belushi and Grodin as little scenes together have ".
The editors of movie service wrote, the film offers a " largely unoriginal story of an " impossible friendship ", in addition to some theatrical showpiece little of interest and Amusing to offer " have.
The magazine Focus on Film praised the " wild comedy of errors ", which was staged "in the tradition but funny buddy movie ." Special mention was the actor " outstanding ensemble" as a, "especially James Belushi ( " Red Heat " ), in as great a playful mood as in to " My partner with the cold snout " shows ".
Background
The film was shot in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Anaheim. He played in the cinemas of the United States a 20 million U.S. dollars. Filofax launched on 23 May 1991 in the German cinemas.