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Men at Work
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Emilio Estevez
Produced by	Cassian Elwes
Written by	Emilio Estevez
Starring	Charlie Sheen Emilio Estevez Leslie Hope Keith David Dean Cameron John Getz
Music by	Stewart Copeland
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Craig Bassett
Distributed by	Triumph Releasing Corporation
Release date(s)	August 24, 1990 (USA)
Running time	98 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	$16,247,964 (USA)
IMDb profile

Men at Work is an action/comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are a pair of garbagemen who uncover an illegal toxic dumping operation in their own city. The movie begins with the pair collecting trash as they usually do with tossed garbage cans in the street and noise to wake up everyone they can. A pair of local cops hassles them almost everyday but they seem to have gotten used to it by now.

After work the pair peeps on a girl with a telescope and discover that she is being mistreated by the man who is with her. Determined to right the wrong, one of them shoots the man in the rear with a pellet gun from far away. They both then hide and laugh. Shortly after their incident the man is killed and ends up found the next day by the film's enterprising trash men. They decide that turning in the body would implicate themselves as they shot him with a pellet gun earlier.

The trash men ask the advice of a crazed ex army guy who helps them to stash the body. The army dude even helps the trash men get even with the cops that always gave them trouble By the film's end the trash men and their army friend have discovered a large toxic dumping operation and brought down those responsible.

Taglines: Two garbagemen who know when something smells funny! & Heroes For Hazardous Times

Considering its relatively small production budget, Men at Work did well in theaters, grossing $16,247,964 USD, $3,184,311 of that within the first week.

The majority of the movie was shot in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach in California.

Men at Work (Rhino/Wea, July 18, 1990)

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4. Feeling Good - Pressure Drop
5. Back to Back - Blood Brothers
6. Take Heed - Black Uhuru
7. Here and Beyond - Sly & Robbie
8. Truthful - Blood Brothers
9. Reggae Ambassador - Third World
10. Give a Little Love - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
11. Playas Dawn - Stewart Copeland
12. Pink Panther No. 23 - Stewart Copeland

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