Overview
After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $19.9M worldwide, about 2.0 times its $10M budget
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Setting
Set in Thailand
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Music
Music by James Horner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ric Waite
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Keith CritchlowStory
- David IsaacsScreenplay
- Ken LevineScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 16, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $19.9M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Tom HanksLawrence Whatley Bourne III
John CandyTom Tuttle
Rita WilsonBeth Wexler
Tim ThomersonJohn Reynolds
Gedde WatanabeAt Toon
George PlimptonLawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest HaradaChung Mee
Allan ArbusAlbert Bardenaro
Xander BerkeleyKent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu CumbukaCicero- Jacqueline EvansAunt Eunice
- Pamela GualTammy
Chick HearnAnnouncer
Virginia KiserEvelyn Bourne
Clyde KusatsuSouvanna- Jude MussetterBootsy Winder
- Carlos RomanoBeatty
- Duncan RossNoble
Shakti ChenLucille
Professor Toru TanakaSumo Guard
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