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Hostage for a Day is a canadien film of genre Comedy directed by John Candy released in USA on 25 april 1994 with John Candy
Hostage for a Day (1994)
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Add to a movie listHostage for a Day is a 1994 comedic film starring and directed by Canadian comedian and actor John Candy. Though the film is billed as "starring" Candy, it in fact only features him as a minor character, as a Russian hostage taker.
The film centers around a Warren Kooey (played by George Wendt), a copy-shop worker who, at the age of 41, begins having a mid-life crisis. His plans are to take a trip to the state of Alaska, but his plans are derailed after his wife drains his entire bank account (approximately $40,000) to pay for a remodeling job by famous homebuilder and blond, long-haired Italian heartthrob "Hondo." In order to recuperate his money Kooey decides to pose as being held hostage by an imaginary Russian terrorist, and calls the SWAT team on himself in an effort to extort $50,000 (to Kooey's disappointment, the incompetent SWAT team has suffered major budget cuts). Things take a turn for the worse when a real Russian terrorist (Candy) takes Kooey hostage.
Actors
John Candy
(Yuri Petrovich (uncredited))
George Wendt
(Warren Kooey)
John Vernon
(V.D. Regan)
Robin Duke
(Elizabeth Kooey)
PJ Torokvei
(Ronny)
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