Career Opportunities (1991)
He took the job that no one wanted... and got the girl that everyone did.
83 min
After falling asleep in a Target dressing room, an unhappy heiress wakes up locked inside the store overnight with a local slacker and notorious liar, leading the two unlikely companions to bond over their shared desire to escape their lives.
- Release date
- March 29, 1991
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Thomas Newman
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $11,336,986
Where to watch
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Roy · Tom Newman1:17
- King Kong Five · Mano Negra1:58
- I Wanna Stay Home · Jellyfish4:09
- Tiny Little Heart Attack · Money Talks3:02
- Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World · Johnny Clegg4:27
- Criminal Bop · Tom Newman3:06
- Better World · Rebel MC3:41
- Go! (club mix) · Tones on Tail4:27
- Don’t Quit · Caron Wheeler4:25
- Little Pony · Tom Newman3:25
Cast
- Frank Whaley as Jim Dodge
- Jennifer Connelly as Josie McClellan
- Dermot Mulroney as Nestor Pyle
- Kieran Mulroney as Gil Kinney
- John M. Jackson as Bud Dodge
- Jenny O'Hara as Dotty Dodge
- Noble Willingham as Roger Roy McClellan
- Nada Despotovich as Penny Dodge
- Reid Binion as Cal Dodge
- Barry Corbin as Officer Don
- Denise Galik as Lorraine
- Wilbur Fitzgerald as Bob Bosenbeck
- Dan Albright as Dave Hockner
- Marc Clement as Otis
- John Candy as C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
- William Forsythe as Custodian
- RonReaco Lee as Boy #3
- Danny Nelson as Gas Station Owner
- Lou Walker as Farmer in Cafe
- Benji Wilhoite as Stock Boy
Crew
- Bryan Gordon · Director
- John Hughes · Writer
- John Hughes · Producer
- Hunt Lowry · Producer
- Thomas Newman · Composer
- Donald McAlpine · Cinematographer
- Glenn Farr · Editor
- Peck Prior · Editor
- Pam Dixon · Casting director
- Paul Sylbert · Production designer