First of all, let me stress…I have never been a huge fan of Tom Cruise. With that said, I still love this classic 1983 film and if I had to pick a favorite Tom Cruise movie, this would be it.
As a guy, we could have cared less about Tom Cruise, we remember this more as the film that introduced Rebecca De Mornay to film screens across the world.
Whatever happened to Rebecca De Mornay? I know she did a number of films after Risky Business but I have not seen her onscreen in quite awhile.
This was a great teen rebellion flick of the early 1980′s that had every teen boy wanting to turn their house into an illegal brothel.
It also immortalized Tom Cruise dancing and lip-syncing in his underwear to “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, a scene which has been recreated in tons of movies, TV shows, and commercials ever since.
It is rumored that the current big-budget sci-fi epic “AVATAR” cost upwards of $500 Million dollars to make. Risky Business cost $6 Million dollars to make.
Today, $6 Million dollars would not be enough to get Tom Cruise to even read the script.
Tom Cruise was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his performance in the film.
Entertainment Weekly named it one of the 50 best High School movies of all-time.
