Lookin' to Get Out

Lookin' to Get Out (1982)

What they're doing is insane, immoral... and working!

Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.

Date of release
1982-10-08
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Hal Ashby

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $17M

Lookin’ to Get Out is a 1982 American comedy film, directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars. The film also stars Ann-Margret and Burt Young. Voight's daughter, Angelina Jolie, then seven years old, makes her acting debut.

Production

The film was Voight's screenwriting debut.

After initial delays, the film started principal photography in May 1980. Production was interrupted for five months due to an actors' strike.

Director Ashby had notorious bouts with the studio and recut the film for himself before it was taken from his hands and recut by the studio, with Voight working with editor Bob Jones on trying to come up with a satisfactory edit, which was 15 minutes shorter and not particularly liked by Voight.

The filming took place in Las Vegas, including the MGM Grand Las Vegas and Variety noted in their review the "shameless plugging for the MGM leisure palace and its entertainment shows (particularly Siegfried & Roy's magic acts)."

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