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5.5After 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?
Released: 1985-08-16107 minDir: Nicholas MeyerComedyBudget: $10.0MBox office: $19.9M
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
- John Candy as Tom Tuttle
- Rita Wilson as Beth Wexler
- Tim Thomerson as John Reynolds
- Gedde Watanabe as At Toon
- George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Themes
- naivety
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- gambling
- cold war
- asia
- village
- thailand
- bridge
- spoiled child
- product placement
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nicholas Meyer
- Screenwriter
- Ken Levine
- Cast member
- Charles Kalani
- Composer
- James Horner
- Producer
- Richard Shepherd
- Narrative location
- Thailand
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 506092
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-01-01
- title
- Volunteers
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 58%
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