- This article is about the 1986 film. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) For the 1943 film see Gung Ho! (1943 film) for the article on the Chinese expression, see gung-ho. Gung Ho! (full title Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders) is a 1943 War film starring Randolph Scott Gung-ho is a phrase taken from the Chinese language. The original Mandarin Chinese phrase is Gōnghé (工合 a standard abbreviation for
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| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Deborah Blum |
| Written by | Edwin Blum Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
| Starring | Michael Keaton Gedde Watanabe George Wendt Mimi Rogers John Turturro Clint Howard Michelle Johnson |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Donald Peterman |
| Editing by | Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 1986 |
| Running time | 112 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Edwin Harvey Blum (2 August 1906 - 2 May 1995 was an American Screenwriter. Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York New York) is an American Screenwriter, Television writer, and Television Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American writer Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American theatre film and television actor George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American Actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the classic Television Mimi Rogers (born January 27 1956 is an American movie actress and competitive Poker player John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American Actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor. Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955 Los Angeles California USA is an American 8 time Academy Award -nominated Film score Daniel P Hanley, ACE (born 1955 is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Mike Hill, ACE (born 1952 in Omaha Nebraska) is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American theatre film and television actor It was filmed on location in and around Pittsburgh. The film's story portrayed the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation (although the title of the film is actually a Chinese expression for "work together"). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business Its tagline was "When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!". A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in Marketing materials and Advertising. The film was rated PG-13 in the US and certified 15 in the UK. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD
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The film spawned a short-lived TV series of the same name. Almost all of the Asian actors reprised their roles from the movie. Clint Howard was the only caucasian actor from the film to appear in the TV show. Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor.
The movie was released in Australia under the title Working Class Man, which was also the title of one of the songs in the movie sung by Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. " Working Class Man " is a song performed and made famous by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer He was born James Dixon Swan on April 28, 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland
Main cast
- Michael Keaton - Hunt Stevenson
- Gedde Watanabe - Kazuhiro, the plant manager
- George Wendt - Buster, a factory worker and Hunt's friend
- John Turturro - Willie, another worker, also Hunt's friend
- Mimi Rogers - Audrey, Hunt's girlfriend
The film also features small supporting roles by Clint Howard, Rick Overton, Sab Shimono, Michelle Johnson, Rodney Kageyama and Patti Yasutake. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American theatre film and television actor George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American Actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the classic Television John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American Actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L Mimi Rogers (born January 27 1956 is an American movie actress and competitive Poker player Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor. Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) He grew up in Englewood New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School. Sab Shimono (born July 31, 1943) is an American Actor. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles ranging from Michelle Johnson (born September 8, 1965) is an American actress probably best known for her role in Blame It on Rio. Rodney Kageyama is an American stage film and TV actor He is a Nisei Japanese American (second-generation Patti Yasutake is a Japanese American film and television actress.
Filming
Though the cars used in the movie were supposedly built by the fictional Assan Motors, they are actually made by Fiat and the most commonly-seen model is the Fiat Regata. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer The Fiat Regata was the saloon version of the Fiat Ritmo Small family car, produced by Italian automaker Fiat. Many locations, as the ending credits show, were taken in Rosario, Argentina where the cars were produced.
Ironically, the film co-stars actor Gedde Watanabe, and 20 years later, Toyota, the company most closely associated to the cars in the movie, has as its CEO a man named Katsuaki Watanabe.
Impact
Toyota's executives used this film as an example of how not to manage Americans. (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. [1]
References
External links
- Gung Ho at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Pretty in Pink |
Box office number-one films of 1986 (USA) March 16, 1986 – March 23, 1986 |
Succeeded by Police Academy 3: Back in Training |
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