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- - - “Risky Business,” the 1983 film by written and directed

AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER – NO, THIS WAS by Paul Brickman, has danced its way into the history
of moviedom. The film launched the career of an up-
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and-coming Tom Cruise, whose tighty-whitey-clad
AN UNFORGIVING LAKE MICHIGAN. performance to Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock & Roll”
- - - remains an iconic part of cinematic lore. The film is
equal parts a lampoon of male adolescence mixed
with suburban whimsy; think “Animal House” meets
“The Graduate” – a romping coming-of-age story set
in Chicago’s affluent North Shore neighborhood of
Highland Park.
Cruise, as the film’s protagonist Joel Goodsen (good
son), finds himself alone in the house while his
demanding parents abscond to some far-off paradise.
It’s here where the ball begins to roll, and a cascade
of mischief follows the poignantly named “good son”
as he motors about in his father’s Porsche 928. The
shark-nosed, bug-eyed 928 was chosen for its role in the
film by Brickman himself, supplanting its rear-engined
brother, the venerable 911 – a car Brickman considered
“too mundane.” In Brickman’s eyes the 928 was the
perfect choice for a successful Windy City businessman
and the perfect car to land a teenager in a whole heap of
trouble.
Offered with No Reserve at the inaugural 2021 Barrett-
Jackson Houston Auction is the hero car from “Risky
Business,” a 1979 Porsche 928. Multiple 928s were
used during the production of the film, but this car was
the featured vehicle, and received the brunt of screen
time and seat time from the cast. And before we go any

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