Continuity mistake: While Tom Cruise is dancing in the front hall way and living room in his underwear, the lighting outside changes from daylight to night and sun rays appear on the rug during a part of it.
Risky Business (1983)
Plot summary
Directed by: Paul Brickman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Joe Pantoliano, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Masur
Tom Cruise plays a suburban Chicago teenager named Joel Goodsen, whose parents leave on vacation, and he cuts loose. An unauthorized trip in his father's Porsche and a night with a hooker called Lana (De Mornay), who steals his mother's crystal egg once Joel couldn't pay for the night, means a sudden need for cash, which he raises in a creative way with the help of Lana and her friends.
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Joel Goodson: Looks like the University of Illinois.
Question: Did Lana actually like Joel or not? She said that the night on the train was not simply a diversion while Guido and Vicki raided his house. However, she was still involved with them, after claiming that she was done working for Guido. She and Vicki "quit" when he first appeared at Joel's house.
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Answer: Lana liked him, but was not in love with him. The whole Guido house raid was his way of getting what's owed to him, when Joel stole all his business. At the end of the movie, Lana and Joel walked and talked about him going away to college, with no expectations about one another continuing their relationship.