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Jack was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal G... Read allJack was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal Gypsy.Jack was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal Gypsy.
Laurence Fishburne
- Voodoo
- (as Larry Fishburne)
Louie Anderson
- Tiny
- (as Louis Anderson)
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- Writer
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- TriviaKevin Bacon met several bike messengers himself. Bacon said: "You can make your own schedule, and you can work hard and make more money, or work less and make less money. You're really your own boss. Most messengers are on their way to some place else. Some of them are college kids, and some are actors. Some of them are serious cyclists who want to race and they figure this is the best kind of work they can get because they're constantly training, but others are doing it because it's what they do for a living. Even though the guys may be eclectic, there is a strong sense of commitment". Producer Daniel Melnick said: "The actual bike messengers have one thing in common: problems with authority. They gravitate to this job because they can be their own bosses. No one is dependent on them but themselves". Director Thomas Michael Donnelly said of Bacon's character that Jack Casey "is a survivor on a very basic level. He returns to a more primitive tribal world to regain his spirit. Only then will he be able, if he wants, to return to a more mechanized, intellectual world". All these three key production personnel of Bacon, Melnick, and Donnelly, all had a strong sense of the origin of the film's story and character.
- GoofsAs Jack enters the trading floor he takes a stack of trading slips from Chip's hands. A few moments later, his hands are empty and Chip hands him some trading slips again.
- Quotes
Jack Casey: Sometimes things don't happen the way you planned, sometimes you could end up lower than you started.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ray Parker Jr. Feat. Helen Terry: One Sunny Day/Dueling Bikes (1986)
- SoundtracksQuicksilver Lightning
Written by Giorgio Moroder and Dean Pitchford
Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Alan Shacklock
Performed by Roger Daltrey
Courtesy of Atlantic Records & Virgin Records
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As A Kid, I Liked It
When I first saw this film in the theater, I really liked it. I rode my bike to work all the time and seeing a film where people rode their bikes for a living was really cool.
Now, as an adult who works as a bike messenger in Honolulu, I still enjoy this film, though there are some downsides I see in it that I didn't see as a teenager.
The worst part of the film is the fact that all the bike messengers at Quicksilver are losers of some kind. One used to work for the mayor, former college professors, a former stock broker, etc All losers for whom the job is just something to fall back on after they failed at their life's pursuit. All looking to get out ASAP.
Some messengers may have gotten into it after failing at something else. But most get into it for the money, excitement and the daily rush of adrenaline.
I wish the movie had shown more adrenaline junkies and fewer losers.
Now, as an adult who works as a bike messenger in Honolulu, I still enjoy this film, though there are some downsides I see in it that I didn't see as a teenager.
The worst part of the film is the fact that all the bike messengers at Quicksilver are losers of some kind. One used to work for the mayor, former college professors, a former stock broker, etc All losers for whom the job is just something to fall back on after they failed at their life's pursuit. All looking to get out ASAP.
Some messengers may have gotten into it after failing at something else. But most get into it for the money, excitement and the daily rush of adrenaline.
I wish the movie had shown more adrenaline junkies and fewer losers.
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- ddb1965
- Jan 18, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- El placer de ganar
- Filming locations
- 4th Street Bridge, Los Angeles, California, USA(Voodoo and Jack race on streets. Concludes with Voodoo getting hit by car under tunnel.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,634,909
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,170,215
- Feb 17, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $7,634,909
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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