Volunteers (film)

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This article is about the 1985 American comedy film. For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation).

Volunteers
Directed by	Nicholas Meyer
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes Richard Shepherd
Written by	Keith Critchlow David Isaacs Ken Levine
Starring	Tom Hanks John Candy
Music by	James Horner
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	August 16, 1985
Running time	107 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Volunteers is a 1985 comedy directed by Nicholas Meyer.

[edit] Plot

Tom Hanks stars as Lawrence, a rich kid with a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corps flight to Southeast Asia. There he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with Washington State University Grad Tom Tuttle (from Tacoma, Washington), and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.

The film is a spoof of Bridge over the River Kwai, with the Washington State University Fight Song used in place of the Colonel Bogey March.