This week, Tom Cruise becomes a star in Paul Brickman’s tale of capitalist ennui and sock-slides, Risky Business. Is it all a dream? What happened to the original cut of the ending? Has Alastair already peaked at the trailer game?
Content Warnings: misogyny, sexually explicit language, sex work
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Unanswered Questions:
- Was it all a dream? But… was it?
- How does the film work as a teen empowerment fantasy?
- How much of Cruise’s on-screen persona is already evident? Which elements are still missing?
Further reading:
- Our bonus discussion of the director’s cut of the ending
- At 20, Risky Is Still Frisky (Variety)
- Moonlighting (Hulu)
- The House Of Gentle Men: A Novel
- Page 3 (Wikipedia)
- The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films
- The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule
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Join us next time as we study the last Tom Cruise movie of 1983, Michael Chapman’s All The Right Moves!
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