Taking Care of Business 1990

Taking Care of Business

Released: 1990

Storyline:

 Convicted car thief and passionate Chicago Cubs fan, Jimmy Dworski (Belushi) wins tickets to the World Series. Unfortunately, he still has a couple of days left to serve in prison, and the warden, Frank Toolman (Héctor Elizondo), will not let him leave and come back. With help from the other inmates, Jimmy stages a prison riot so he can sneak out of prison to see the game. On the way, he finds the Filofax of stuffy and arrogant advertising executive Spencer Barnes (Grodin), which promises a reward if it is found.

Over the next day, Jimmy takes on Barnes' identity—staying in the Malibu beach house of Spencer's boss, flirting with the boss's daughter and attending a meeting with a powerful Japanese food company magnate named Sakamoto (Mako Iwamatsu). The fake "Spencer"'s uncouth behavior, such as beating the magnate at tennis and telling him about the poor quality of his food products, gets the attention of Sakamoto. However his unconventional negotiations with the food company insult some of the executives, seemingly ruining Spencer's reputation.