Story of movie Take This Job And Shove It Film : Take This Job and Shove It is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, and David Keith.
| Take This Job and Shove It | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
| Produced by | Paul Baratta (associate producer) Greg Blackwell (producer) William J. Immerman (executive producer) Al Kasha (associate producer) J. David Marks (executive producer) |
| Written by | Barry Schneider |
| Story by | Jeffrey Bernini Barry Schneider |
| Starring | Robert Hays Art Carney Barbara Hershey David Keith Tim Thomerson Martin Mull Eddie Albert Penelope Milford David Allan Coe |
| Music by | Billy Sherrill |
| Cinematography | James Devis |
| Edited by | Richard Belding |
Production company | Cinema Group Ventures |
| Distributed by | Avco Embassy Pictures (original distributor) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current distributor) |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.8 million |
| Box office | $17,569,030 (US) |
The film was named after a popular country song, "Take This Job and Shove It", which was written by David Allan Coe and sung by Johnny Paycheck; both men had minor roles in the film.
Screenplay
A corporate conglomerate called "The Ellison Group" acquired four breweries, all of them experiencing financial trouble. Enter Frank Macklin (Robert Hays), a young manager hired by Ellison to help reorganize one of the ailing breweries. The only thing, though, was that brewery was a major employer in his home town. Originally, his old friends, who were working at the brewery, gave him a cold welcome, as they thought he would be unable to revitalize the brewery. But when Frank informed them that the brewery was drowning in red ink, and that they may be losing their jobs soon, they welcomed him with open arms, and ramped up the brewery's sales and production. The brewery has improved so much, that The Ellison Group decided to sell it to a Texas oil millionaire, who doesn't know the first thing about running a brewery—or apparently—running a business.
- Robert Hays as Frank Macklin
- Art Carney as Charlie Pickett
- Barbara Hershey as J.M. Halsted
- David Keith as Harry Meade
- Tim Thomerson as Ray Binkowski
- Martin Mull as Dick Ebersol
- Eddie Albert as Samuel Ellison
- Penelope Milford as Lenore Meade
- David Allan Coe as Mooney
- Lacy J. Dalton as Mrs. Mooney
- Royal Dano as Beeber
- Virgil Frye as Cleach
- James Karen as Loomis
- Len Lesser as Roach
- Suzanne Kent as Charmaine
- Joan Prather as Madelyn
- George Lindsey as semitruck driver
- Johnny Paycheck as Man with hamburger
- Charlie Rich as Hooker
- Fran Ryan as Mrs. Hinkle
- Stephan Meyers as Harry Meade, Jr.
Most of the film was shot in Dubuque, Iowa, and the Dubuque Star Brewery, also some minor scenes were shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Take This Job and Shove It was the first film to feature monster trucks. Bob Chandler's Bigfoot #1 is seen throughout the movie as Ray's pick-up truck. Everett Jasmer's USA-1, credited as "Thunderin' Lightning", is the blue truck at the starting line that, in the script, broke down when the race started. Jasmer's daily delivery truck was used as the rival truck to Bigfoot, known as Silver Bullet. Neither USA-1 nor Bigfoot look like a modern monster truck, as they have only the 48-inch tires that then were the standard "Monster" tire. Bob Chandler is seen as the flagman at the beginning of the race, and his family can be seen throughout the picnic sequences.
The Dubuque Star Brewery still stands today in the same location. It has been renovated and is now a private bar and grill.
The film was released by Avco Embassy in the United States on May 15, 1981, and became somewhat of a sleeper hit. The film's final box office total was $17,569,027.
- List of American films of 1981
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