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Volunteers
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A 1985 comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Tom Hanks and John Candy.In 1962, Lawrence Bourne III (Hanks) is a Blue Blood 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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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: Tom Tuttle takes to his Communist masters rather quickly. | |
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Supervillain Lair | |
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Supervillain Lair: Chung Mee's castle on top of a mountain with henchmen, Femme Fatale Bodyguard, a pet leopard, and spooky architecture. | |
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TheSixties | |
| Volunteers / int_3618ebb9 | comment |
The '60s: Takes place during 1962, the initial year of the Peace Corps deployments. | |
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Preppy Name | |
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Preppy Name: Lawrence Bourne III | |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
| Volunteers / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Tom Hanks' accent bounces between a bad uppercrust Boston accent to Hanks' normal voice. | |
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Sanity Slippage | |
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Sanity Slippage: Tom gets a little ... manic about building the bridge. He gets better. | |
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Gilligan Cut | |
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Gilligan Cut: Tom Tuttle's quick conversion to the communist cause. | |
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Ivy League for Everyone | |
| Volunteers / int_6b3c357e | comment |
Ivy League for Everyone: Lawrence went to Yale. | |
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Covert Group with Mundane Front | |
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Covert Group with Mundane Front: John Reynolds, the supervisor of the Peace Corps volunteers, is actually a CIA agent. | |
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Femme Fatale | |
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Femme Fatale: Lucille, Chung Mee's bodyguard. | |
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Homage | |
| Volunteers / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: There are certain references to The Bridge on the River Kwai. | |
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Red China | |
| Volunteers / int_ab3f1c2b | comment |
Red China: The communist army who is planning on taking over the bridge for their own purposes. | |
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| Volunteers / int_abe4d7b | type |
Blue Blood | |
| Volunteers / int_abe4d7b | comment |
Blue Blood: Lawrence and his entire family. | |
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| Volunteers / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
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Alliterative Name: Tom Tuttle from Tacoma (Washington). | |
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Holiday in Cambodia | |
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Holiday in Cambodia: Takes place for the majority in Thailand. | |
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Fun with Subtitles | |
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Fun with Subtitles: Lawrence and At Toon have trouble understanding Lucille, so they examine her subtitles to understand what she is saying. | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
| Volunteers / int_fed07537 | comment |
Mighty Whitey: Played straight, shockingly. | |
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
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Covert Group with Mundane Front / int_7055c123 | |
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Femme Fatalons / int_7055c123 | |
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Fun with Subtitles / int_7055c123 | |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent / int_7055c123 | |
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Take It to the Bridge / int_7055c123 | |
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The '60s / int_7055c123 |
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