Men at Work (1990)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Emilio Estevez

Writer (WGA):

Emilio Estevez (written by)

Release Date:

24 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Two garbagemen who know when something smells funny!

Plot:

Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors...

Plot Keywords:

Pellet Gun | Garbage | Vietnam Vet | Brat Pack | Corpse

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Carl Taylor
Emilio Estevez	...	James St. James
Leslie Hope	...	Susan Wilkins
Keith David	...	Louis Fedders
Dean Cameron	...	Pizza Man
John Getz	...	Maxwell Potterdam III
Hawk Wolinski	...	Biff
John Lavachielli	...	Mario
Geoffrey Blake	...	Frost
Cameron Dye	...	Luzinski
John Putch	...	Mike
Tommy Hinkley	...	Jeff
Darrell Larson	...	Jack Berger
Sy Richardson	...	Walt Richardson
Kari Whitman	...	Judy

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Epic Productions

Trivia:

James' (Emilio Estevez's) locker contains a sticker for "The Circle Jerks", who starred with him in Repo Man (1984).

Goofs:

Continuity: When we see at night, Carl and James' rival truck drivers waiting in their car at night for the chase, the back window can be seen to be clearly smashed with a hole in the middle. Later on, the same window is not smashed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jack Berger: I can't support this activity any longer, Max.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Charlie Sheen/Nelly Furtado (#26.9)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

GIVE A LITTLE LOVE

Funny as hell!!

Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez star as two garbagemen on the road to nowhere. One night, in Carl's (Sheen) apartment, they see a confrontation between a couple across the street. Carl shoots him with a pellet gun after he sees the man push the woman. What he doesn't see after that is two men go into the apartment and kill the man, put his body in a garbage can, and leave. Carl and James then find the body the next day on their garbage route. Then all hell breaks loose as they try to find the killer. Very funny movie!!