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* PoorMansSubstitute: In his review, Creator/GeneSiskel called Hanks "the poor man`s Creator/BillMurray".
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* PoorMansSubstitute: In his review, Creator/GeneSiskel called Hanks "the poor man`s Creator/BillMurray".
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Takes place in Thailand, but the movie was filmed in Mexico.
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** CreatorBacklash: Writer Ken Levine [[http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/07/scene-that-ruined-volunteers.html hated]] that gag.
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A 1985 comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Creator/TomHanks and Creator/JohnCandy.
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A 1985 comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer, Creator/NicholasMeyer, starring Creator/TomHanks and Creator/JohnCandy.
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* AlliterativeName: Tom Tuttle, from Tacoma, Washington.
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Lawrence Bourne III (Hanks) is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communist army.
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In 1962, Lawrence Bourne III (Hanks) is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communist army.
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1985 film starring Creator/TomHanks as Lawrence Bourne III is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communist army.
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A 1985 comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Creator/TomHanks as and Creator/JohnCandy.
Lawrence Bourne III (Hanks) is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communistarmy.army.
Lawrence Bourne III (Hanks) is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communist
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* TheSixties: Takes place during 1962, the initial year of the Peace Corps deployments.
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* TheSixties: Takes place during 1962, the initial year of the Peace Corps deployments.
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* MightyWhitey: Played straight, shockingly.
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** CreatorBacklash: Writer Ken Levine [[http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/07/scene-that-ruined-volunteers.html hated]] that gag.
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* SanitySlippage: Tom gets a little ... ''manic'' about building the bridge. He gets better.
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* {{Homage}}: There are certain references to ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Tom Hanks' accent bounces between a bad uppercrust Boston accent to Hanks' normal voice.
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* FunWithSubtitles: Lawrence and At Toon have trouble understanding Lucille, so they examine her subtitles to understand what she is saying.
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* IveLeagueForEveryone: Lawrence went to Yale.
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* IveLeagueForEveryone: IvyLeagueForEveryone: Lawrence went to Yale.
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* Brainwashed: Tom Tuttle takes to his Communist master rather quickly.
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* SupervillainLair: Chung Mee's castle on top of a mountain with henchmen, FemmeFatale Bodyguard, and spooky architecture
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: John Reynolds, the supervisor of the Peace Corps volunteers, is actually a CIA agent.
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* AlliterativeName: Tom Tuttle, from Tacoma, Washington.
* Brainwashed: Tom Tuttle takes to his Communist master rather quickly.
* GilliganCut: Tom Tuttle's quick conversion to the communist cause.
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* SupervillainLair: Chung Mee's castle on top of a mountain with henchmen, FemmeFatale Bodyguard, and dangeous
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* SupervillainLair: Chung Mee's castle on top of a mountain with henchmen, FemmeFatale Bodyguard, and dangeous spooky architecture
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* FemmeFatale: Lucille, Chung Mee's bodyguard.
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* RedChina: The communist army who is planning on taking over the bridge for their own purposes.
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1985 film starring Creator/TomHanks as Lawrence Bourne III is a BlueBlood college student who gets himself into severe trouble with gambling debts and his father won't pay. So he quickly takes a friend's place on a plane for the Peace Corps going to Thailand, where he has to build a bridge. This bridge is quickly sought out by Drug Dealers, the CIA, and the Communist army.
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!!Volunteers provides examples of:
* BlueBlood: Lawrence and his entire family.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Takes place in Thailand, but the movie was filmed in Mexico.
* HolidayInCambodia: Takes place for the majority in Thailand.
* IveLeagueForEveryone: Lawrence went to Yale.
* PreppyName: Lawrence Bourne III
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!!Volunteers provides examples of:
* BlueBlood: Lawrence and his entire family.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Takes place in Thailand, but the movie was filmed in Mexico.
* HolidayInCambodia: Takes place for the majority in Thailand.
* IveLeagueForEveryone: Lawrence went to Yale.
* PreppyName: Lawrence Bourne III
