Movie
1983
Risky Business is a 1983 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Paul Brickman and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. It follows the sexual exploits of high school senior Joel Goodson (Cruise), who is staying home alone during his parents' vacation trip and meets a call girl named Lana. The film is considered to be Cruise's breakout role.
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Some films entertain for two hours and fade away. Others quietly shift the landscape of Hollywood. Risky Business, released in 1983 and directed by Paul Brickman, did exactly that. What looked on the surface like a slick teen comedy became the launchpad for Tom Cruise’s career and secured its place as one of the defining films of the 1980s. Cruise plays Joel Goodsen, a suburban Chicago high school senior whose paren…More
