Losin' It

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Losin' It

Directed by	Curtis Hanson
Produced by	Bryan Gindoff Hannah Hempstead Joel B. Michaels
Written by	Bill L. Norton
Starring	Tom Cruise Jackie Earle Haley John Stockwell John P. Navin Jr. Shelley Long
Music by	Kenneth Wannberg
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Editing by	Richard Halsey
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures Corporation
Release date(s)	April 8, 1983
Running time	100 mins
Country	Canada United States
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000 (estimated)
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Losin' It is a 1983 comedy film starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Stockwell. The film is directed by Curtis Hanson. It was filmed largely in Calexico, California.

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Four teenagers from L.A. are on their way to Tijuana, Mexico: Dave, Woody, Spider, and Dave's brother Wendell. Dave, Spider, and Woody are there to lose their virginity, Wendell came along with them to buy fireworks. They end up picking up a woman named Kathy, who goes with them because she wants a fast divorce from her husband, and they get into a series of misadventures south of the border.