Volunteers
Brief Synopsis
A snobby, rich young man from the Northeast lands into trouble with his gambling debts, and in order to escape, he ends up in the Peace Corps in Thailand where he meets some genuinely devoted American volunteers.
Cast & Crew
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John Langley
Director
Duncan Ross
Carlos Romano
Clyde Kusatsu
Xander Berkeley
Toru M Tanaka Jr.
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1985
Distribution Company
THORN EMI/TRISTAR PICTURES
Location
Mexico
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 47m
Synopsis
A snobby, rich young man from the Northeast lands into trouble with his gambling debts, and in order to escape, he ends up in the Peace Corps in Thailand where he meets some genuinely devoted American volunteers.
Directors
John Langley
Director
Harvey Keith
Director
Nicholas Meyer
Director
David Burton Morris
Director
Cast
Duncan Ross
Carlos Romano
Clyde Kusatsu
Xander Berkeley
Toru M Tanaka Jr.
Tom Hanks
Rita Wilson
Shakti
Virginia Kiser
Jude Mussetter
Allan Arbus
Pamela Gual
Lonnie Wun
Guillermo Del Rio
Harry Yorku
Phillip Guilmant
Jacqueline Evans
Ernest Harada
George Plimpton
Chick Hearn
Ji-tu Cumbuka
Tim Thomerson
Gedde Watanabe
John Candy
Crew
Baruch Abulof
Assistant Director
Gary Alexander
Sound
Terry Allen
Sound Editor
Del Armstrong
Makeup Supervisor
Lisa Beach
Production Assistant
Lon Bender
Sound Editor
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Arturo Brito
Set Designer
Elie Cohn
Assistant Director
Daniel Cordero
Special Effects
Laurencio Cordero
Special Effects Coordinator
Keith Critchlow
From Story
Rafael Delong
Location Manager
Penny Ellers
Casting
Antonieta Esquivel
Wardrobe
Luisa Esquivel
Wardrobe
Raul Esquivel
Special Effects Coordinator
Ricardo Frera
Unit Production Manager
Jim Garner
Animal Trainer
Stan Gilbert
Adr Editor
Robert W Glass
Sound
Jose Rodriguez Granada
Art Director
Jack N Green
Photography
Humberto Gurza
Animal Trainer
Miguel Gurza
Animal Trainer
Margarito Gutierrez
Special Effects
Claude Hitchcock
Sound
James Horner
Music
David Isaacs
Screenplay
Ismael Jardon
Wardrobe
Chris Jenkins
Sound
Harvey Keith
Consultant
Randy Kelly
Sound Editor
Elliot L. Koretz
Sound Editor
Yvonne Kubis
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ken Levine
Screenplay
James F Liles
Matte Painter
Alberto Lopez
Makeup
Louis Mahler
Video
Jesus Marin
Assistant Director
Carlos Rodriguez Marquez
Production
Fernando M Martinez
Visual Effects
Nicholas Meyer
Screenplay
Delia Castaneda Millan
Production Designer
Leo Napolitano
Camera Operator
Shelly Olsen
Production Coordinator
Esther Oropeza
Makeup
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Theodore R Parvin
Associate Producer
Steve Polivka
Editor
Adolfo Ramirez
Wardrobe
Marcedonio Ramos
On-Set Dresser
Dan Rich
Sound Editor
Joyce Robinson
Casting
Ronald Roose
Editor
Phil Savenick
Titles
James Schoppe
Production Designer
Richard Shepherd
Producer
Ricker Slaven
Assistant Director
Wylie Stateman
Sound Editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Adr Editor
Supachai Surongsain
Technical Advisor
Debra Trowt
Stunt Man
Enrique Villavicencio
Wardrobe
Ric Waite
Director Of Photography
Jim Weidman
Music Editor
Diane Lynn Wilson
Stunt Man
Frederico Ysuzna
Production Assistant
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1985
Distribution Company
THORN EMI/TRISTAR PICTURES
Location
Mexico
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 47m
Articles
George Plimpton, 1927-2003
George Plimpton, the wry, self-effacing author whose engaging film appearances enlivened many movies over the years, died of a heart attack on September 25 in his Manhattan apartment. He was 76. George Ames Plimpton was born on March 18, 1927 in New York City. The son of a diplomat, he was well connected to high society. A scholarly man of the letters, hip, urbane bohemians knew him for decades as the unpaid editor to the much respected literary quarterly, The Paris Review, which introduced emerging authors such as Gore Vidal and Jack Kerouac. In 1963, the gaunt, unassuming Plimpton documented his time training with the Detroit Lions, and turned the antics into a shrewd, witty piece of sports fulfillment, Paper Lion. The film was adapted for the big screen by Alex March in 1968 with Alan Alda playing the role of Plimpton. That same year, he made his film debut as a reporter in Gordon Douglas' police thriller The Detective (1968) starring Frank Sinatra and followed that up with an amusing cameo as a gunman shot my John Wayne in Howard Hawks' Rio Lobo (1970). A few more cameos came up over the years, but it wasn't until the '90s that he proved he himself a capable performer and found regular film work: an appropriate role as a talk show moderator in Jodie Foster's Little Man Tate's (1991), the president's lawyer in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995); a psychologist in Gus Van Zandt's Good Will Hunting (1997); a clubgoer in Whit Stillman's discursive drama The Last Day's of Disco (1998); and a very comical doctor in Jean- Marie Poire's Just Visiting</I&! gt; (2001). His acceptance as a pop culture icon came to a full head when he appeared in an episode of The Simpsons playing a professor who runs a fixed spelling bee! He is survived by his wife Sara Whitehead Dudley and four children. Michael T. Toole
George Plimpton, 1927-2003
George Plimpton, the wry, self-effacing author whose engaging film appearances enlivened many movies over the years, died of a heart attack on September 25 in his Manhattan apartment. He was 76. George Ames Plimpton was born on March 18, 1927 in New York City. The son of a diplomat, he was well connected to high society. A scholarly man of the letters, hip, urbane bohemians knew him for decades as the unpaid editor to the much respected literary quarterly, The Paris Review, which introduced emerging authors such as Gore Vidal and Jack Kerouac. In 1963, the gaunt, unassuming Plimpton documented his time training with the Detroit Lions, and turned the antics into a shrewd, witty piece of sports fulfillment, Paper Lion. The film was adapted for the big screen by Alex March in 1968 with Alan Alda playing the role of Plimpton. That same year, he made his film debut as a reporter in Gordon Douglas' police thriller The Detective (1968) starring Frank Sinatra and followed that up with an amusing cameo as a gunman shot my John Wayne in Howard Hawks' Rio Lobo (1970). A few more cameos came up over the years, but it wasn't until the '90s that he proved he himself a capable performer and found regular film work: an appropriate role as a talk show moderator in Jodie Foster's Little Man Tate's (1991), the president's lawyer in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995); a psychologist in Gus Van Zandt's Good Will Hunting (1997); a clubgoer in Whit Stillman's discursive drama The Last Day's of Disco (1998); and a very comical doctor in Jean- Marie Poire's Just Visiting</I&! gt; (2001). His acceptance as a pop culture icon came to a full head when he appeared in an episode of The Simpsons playing a professor who runs a fixed spelling bee! He is survived by his wife Sara Whitehead Dudley and four children. Michael T. Toole
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Released in United States Summer August 16, 1985
Began shooting November 12, 1984.
Released in United States Summer August 16, 1985
