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After a stunning debut in Steven Speilberg's THE COLOR PURPLE, Whoopi Goldberg cemented her status as a bona fide movie star by appearing in a very different film, JUMPIN' JACK FLASH. In it, she plays a computer genius who receives a coded message from a British spy and tries everything she can to bring him back from enemy lines. Directed by Penny Marshall, and co-starring Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, and Jim Belushi, it's a delightful action-mystery-comedy romp. The antiquated computer screens have not aged so well, but the rest of the movie still sings like Mick Jagger.
By Eric PetersonAfter a stunning debut in Steven Speilberg's THE COLOR PURPLE, Whoopi Goldberg cemented her status as a bona fide movie star by appearing in a very different film, JUMPIN' JACK FLASH. In it, she plays a computer genius who receives a coded message from a British spy and tries everything she can to bring him back from enemy lines. Directed by Penny Marshall, and co-starring Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, and Jim Belushi, it's a delightful action-mystery-comedy romp. The antiquated computer screens have not aged so well, but the rest of the movie still sings like Mick Jagger.