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3 | A 1985 comedy film directed by Creator/NicholasMeyer, starring Creator/TomHanks and Creator/JohnCandy. |
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5 | 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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8 | !!''Volunteers'' provides examples of: |
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10 | * AlliterativeName: Tom Tuttle from Tacoma (Washington). |
11 | * BlueBlood: Lawrence and his entire family. |
12 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Tom Tuttle takes to his Communist masters rather quickly. |
13 | * CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: John Reynolds, the supervisor of the Peace Corps volunteers, is actually a CIA agent. |
14 | * FemmeFatale: Lucille, Chung Mee's bodyguard. |
15 | * FunWithSubtitles: Lawrence and At Toon have trouble understanding Lucille, so they examine her subtitles to understand what she is saying. |
16 | * HolidayInCambodia: Takes place for the majority in Thailand. |
17 | * {{Homage}}: There are certain references to ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''. |
18 | * GilliganCut: Tom Tuttle's quick conversion to the communist cause. |
19 | * IvyLeagueForEveryone: Lawrence went to Yale. |
20 | * MightyWhitey: Played straight, shockingly. |
21 | * NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Tom Hanks' accent bounces between a bad uppercrust Boston accent to Hanks' normal voice. |
22 | * PreppyName: Lawrence Bourne III |
23 | * RedChina: The communist army who is planning on taking over the bridge for their own purposes. |
24 | * SanitySlippage: Tom gets a little ... ''manic'' about building the bridge. He gets better. |
25 | * SupervillainLair: Chung Mee's castle on top of a mountain with henchmen, FemmeFatale Bodyguard, a pet leopard, and spooky architecture. |
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