Comedy · United States of America · 1985 · 1h 47m

Volunteers

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Director
Nicholas Meyer
Cast
Tom Hanks as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III John Candy as Tom Tuttle Rita Wilson as Beth Wexler Tim Thomerson as John Reynolds Gedde Watanabe as At Toon George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Crew
Ric Waite — Director of Photography Steve Polivka — Editor Ronald Roose — Editor James Horner — Original Music Composer David Isaacs — Screenplay Ken Levine — Screenplay
Tagline

Ready or not, here they come.

Synopsis

After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?

Trailer Volunteers — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
naivetycentral intelligence agency (cia)gamblingcold warasiavillagethailandbridgespoiled childproduct placementyale universitywealth
Key Collaborators
Nicholas Meyer Director Ric Waite Director of Photography Steve Polivka Editor Ronald Roose Editor James Horner Original Music Composer David Isaacs Screenplay Ken Levine Screenplay Keith Critchlow Story Walter F. Parkes Producer Richard Shepherd Producer James L. Schoppe Production Design
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