The Making of Risky Business

Source Chicago Magazine
Original Load Date Dec. 2, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated Dec. 2, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2025/the-making-of-risky-business/

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F For Paul Brickman, the dream was always the same: to make a film for the youth of the 1980s that was smart and stylish and seductive. _The Graduate_ for the Reagan era. While working as a Hollywood screenwriter in the late ’70s, the Highland Park native (son of syndicated _Chicago Daily News_ and...