Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.

Date of release
1986-10-09
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (404)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Thriller
Director
Penny Marshall

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 American spy comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. The film was directed by Penny Marshall in her theatrical film directorial debut. The soundtrack has two versions of the song "Jumpin' Jack Flash": the original by the Rolling Stones, and a cover by Aretha Franklin in the end credits. Franklin's version was not on the film's soundtrack album, but was released as a single.

Production

The film was produced by Lawrence Gordon under the production companies Lawrence Gordon Productions and Twentieth Century Fox.

Production of the film, originally conceived as a vehicle for Shelley Long, was problematic. The script was troubled and often was rewritten on the set.

Principal photography for Jumpin' Jack Flash began on November 11, 1985, in New York City. Various locations in the city, including the Statue of Liberty and Central Park, were used to depict the film's different settings.

After just ten days of filming in New York City, production was shut down and moved to Hollywood, due to creative differences between the studio and director Howard Zieff, who left the project, as did producer Marvin Worth. It remains uncertain whether the footage shot in New York City prior to the production shutdown was incorporated into the final version of the film.

Penny Marshall replaced Zieff as director, and Joel Silver also came in as producer.

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