Men at Work (film)
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Men at Work | |
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Directed by | Emilio Estevez |
Produced by | Epic Productions, Euphoria Films Production |
Written by | Emilio Estevez |
Starring | Charlie Sheen Emilio Estevez Leslie Hope Keith David |
Distributed by | MGM, Starlight, Triumph Releasing Corporation |
Release date(s) | August 24, 1990 |
Running time | 98 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | Small-scale |
IMDb profile |
Men at Work is an action/comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are a pair of garbagemen. During a night of mischievous pranking, the pair spies a city councilmember harassing a woman. They shoot the man in the butt with a pellet gun. The next morning, the pair discovers the man's dead body in a trash can. Afraid that they'll be implicated in the crime, the duo embarks on a journey to solve the murder, all the while keeping it from the police.
Taglines: Two garbagemen who know when something smells funny! & Heroes For Hazardous Times
Considering its relatively small production budget, Men at Work did well in theaters, grossing $16,247,964 USD, $3,184,311 of that within the first week.
The majority of the movie was shot in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach in California.
[edit] Soundtrack
Men at Work (Rhino/Wea, July 18, 1990)
- Wear You to the Ball - UB40
- Super Cool - Sly & Robbie
- Big Pink House - Tyrants in Therapy
- Feeling Good - Pressure Drop
- Back to Back - Blood Brothers
- Take Heed - Black Uhuru
- Here and Beyond - Sly & Robbie
- Truthful - Blood Brothers
- Reggae Ambassador - Third World
- Give a Little Love - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
- Playas Dawn - Stewart Copeland
- Pink Panther No. 23 - Stewart Copeland