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Jumpin Jack Flash

Anyone else a fan of this film directed by Penny Marshall?

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by Anonymousreply 54May 5, 2019 11:26 PM

I remember being a kid and laughing at all the profanity.

by Anonymousreply 1May 3, 2019 7:10 PM

LOVE that movie!

by Anonymousreply 2May 3, 2019 7:13 PM

I've always enjoyed that movie. Whoopi is hilarious in it.

Stephen Collins, though a gross pedo creeper, is handsome, as is Antony Hamilton in the the blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene while she's waiting in the restaurant for Jack Flash.

by Anonymousreply 3May 3, 2019 7:14 PM

Dogs barking, can't fly without an umbrella.

by Anonymousreply 4May 3, 2019 7:20 PM

I like the movie.

by Anonymousreply 5May 3, 2019 7:20 PM

I always liked it, but still think Jonathan Pryce was the strangest choice for Jack.

Not that he was/is ugly, but they should have gotten a more age appropriate/better looking actor to play the spy (especially for such a small part).

by Anonymousreply 6May 3, 2019 7:29 PM

I saw it in the theater when I was a teenager and laughed all the way through it. The scene of her in the spa and in the phone booth are particularly hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 7May 3, 2019 7:36 PM

The best quote from the film.

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by Anonymousreply 8May 3, 2019 7:45 PM

Call Larry the heavyset guard.

by Anonymousreply 9May 3, 2019 7:50 PM

Mr. Van Meter, you really need to get an office...

by Anonymousreply 10May 3, 2019 7:59 PM

I always like this one. My brother and I still quote lines from it.

by Anonymousreply 11May 3, 2019 8:02 PM

No.

by Anonymousreply 12May 3, 2019 8:07 PM

Love it.

Little black lady in a big silver box!

Oh, those were simpler times.

by Anonymousreply 13May 3, 2019 8:09 PM

Loved this movie! I can remember renting it on video from the corner video store in Brooklyn. One of the best lines..."I'm a little black woman in a big silver box."

One of the best scenes is when Terry crashes the Embassy party as the entertainment in front of an insufferable Brit played by Tracey Ullman.

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by Anonymousreply 14May 3, 2019 8:16 PM

Flash was probably her best attempt at being a female Eddie Murphy, but that's really not saying much. Whoopi said she tried to tell them she wasn't the female Eddie Murphy, but they ignored her and tried to turn her into it anyway. She did do other movies around that time that were far worse, I'll give Flash that.

by Anonymousreply 15May 3, 2019 8:39 PM

My favorite scene was when she was yelling at the cop about what she was doing on the dock. "what the fuck do you think I was doing down there, giving blowjobs to goldfish"?

by Anonymousreply 16May 3, 2019 8:46 PM

Terry kept getting Soviet television on her computer.

Doug: Awwww. Why did you do that? It's almost time for Leave it to Brezhnev.

Terry Doolittle: No it's not. It's time for Gilligan's Goulag.

by Anonymousreply 17May 3, 2019 8:52 PM

The dress in the shredder is laugh out loud funny.

by Anonymousreply 18May 3, 2019 9:06 PM

“I’m a little black woman in a big silver box!”

by Anonymousreply 19May 4, 2019 12:16 AM

Better the The Color Purple!

by Anonymousreply 20May 4, 2019 3:28 AM

It's no Cora's Heart.

by Anonymousreply 21May 4, 2019 3:36 AM

It's no Clarina, Clarina

by Anonymousreply 22May 4, 2019 3:39 AM

R22 it's not even Corrina, Corrina

by Anonymousreply 23May 4, 2019 3:45 AM

I remember having a crush on Jonathan Pryce after his reveal at the end. Sexy voice too.

by Anonymousreply 24May 4, 2019 3:46 AM

This is a great movie and from what I understand, a large majority of it was improvised.

I love the scene where some guys on the street are about to hassle her and then she realizes someone else is following her and it would be better to get fucked up with the street thugs so she calls them back by trying to entice them with, "we'll have a party... and we'll have some seeeeex."

by Anonymousreply 25May 4, 2019 4:10 AM

And yes this scene makes me laugh hysterically each time.

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by Anonymousreply 26May 4, 2019 4:10 AM

"I'm gonna cancel something else...."

As she bites the guys nutsack.

by Anonymousreply 27May 4, 2019 4:11 AM
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by Anonymousreply 28May 4, 2019 4:14 AM

What's the movie where Whoopie wears blue contact lenses? I remember cringing at that as a child.

by Anonymousreply 29May 4, 2019 4:43 AM

R29

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by Anonymousreply 30May 4, 2019 4:45 AM

K -mother fucking-GB?

Can I write “KGB” on the cake?

by Anonymousreply 31May 4, 2019 4:47 AM

Whoopi's comedy movies from the 80s (JJF, Burgler, Fatal Beauty) are all guilty pleasures of mine.

I still contend her as Oda Mae in Ghost was a genius comedic performance. Definitely the best thing about that movie.

by Anonymousreply 32May 4, 2019 5:00 AM

(While in the spa, high from the truth serum) "What have you done to this woman? She looks terrible!" "That's a man."

"I found the frying pan and it told me to come down here and meet Van Halen, Van Morrison..." "Van Meter!"

"The key? The key is the key."

(Regarding her torn dress that was half eaten by a paper shredder) "I got moths. Huge, mutant, junkie moths."

by Anonymousreply 33May 4, 2019 5:07 AM

"I got diseases... I got shit that will make your dick fall off!"

by Anonymousreply 34May 4, 2019 5:09 AM

Jack, I wouldn’t go out with anyone who called me a sheet.

by Anonymousreply 35May 4, 2019 5:11 AM

Whoopi trying to figure out the lyrics to JJF:

“I was raised by two lesbians??!”

“... with a spike through my head??!”

Mick, Mick, Mick, speak English!

by Anonymousreply 36May 4, 2019 5:12 AM

[quote]I still contend her as Oda Mae in Ghost was a genius comedic performance. Definitely the best thing about that movie.

I *KNOW* you don't think I'm giving this four million dollars to a bunch of nuns!

by Anonymousreply 37May 4, 2019 5:28 AM

Loved it way back when. Very cleverly scripted and actually funny. Wish they would play these types of movies on TV occasionally. I have fond memories of this movie.

by Anonymousreply 38May 4, 2019 6:31 AM

I love the Aretha cover of the title song.

by Anonymousreply 39May 4, 2019 6:41 AM

r14 "Black power" is that what she said? Really? Racist much??

by Anonymousreply 40May 4, 2019 6:48 AM

"How about I kick you in the nuts so hard they get lodged in your fucking nostrils!"

"Oh look. A tropical fish and his mate."

"What the fuck is this? Wild Kingdom?"

by Anonymousreply 41May 4, 2019 5:19 PM

I love it! Now I have to go and find it somewhere so I can watch it later tonight. Thanks OP!

by Anonymousreply 42May 4, 2019 5:29 PM

I’ve always loved it.

by Anonymousreply 43May 4, 2019 5:49 PM

There's no such thing as perfume seconds.

by Anonymousreply 44May 4, 2019 6:11 PM

Perfume irregulars.

by Anonymousreply 45May 5, 2019 10:45 PM

I do love this movie especially when Whoopi did Diana Ross at the embassy party. Was so freaking disappointed the agent turned out to be the unattractive Jonathan Pryce.

by Anonymousreply 46May 5, 2019 10:48 PM

“ Beauty comes from within! Except you, here’s my MasterCard.”

“Look what they did to this woman, she looks terrible!”

“It’s a man.”

by Anonymousreply 47May 5, 2019 10:50 PM

The entire cast was perfect! Originally the film was a vehicle for Shelly Long. I shit you not. There were a bunch of versions of the script.

by Anonymousreply 48May 5, 2019 10:51 PM

The scenes where the unsexy british spy went on a date with uber darkie Whoopi at the end were pretty uncomfortable to watch.

by Anonymousreply 49May 5, 2019 10:52 PM

Can’t imagine Long in this role they must have rewritten it for Whoopi.

by Anonymousreply 50May 5, 2019 10:52 PM

Shelley - not sexy enough

Whoopi - boner city

by Anonymousreply 51May 5, 2019 10:54 PM

I never watched it. I heard it was really terrible. Plus, I detest Whoopi Goldberg. I hate any movie that she's in.

by Anonymousreply 52May 5, 2019 10:59 PM

R52 = DJT

by Anonymousreply 53May 5, 2019 11:25 PM

Whoopi jumps into a taxi, Belushi turns and waves a gun at her face. She screams.

“Shut up! Meter’s on.”

lmao

by Anonymousreply 54May 5, 2019 11:26 PM
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