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Quicksilver is a 1986 feature film starring Kevin Bacon. Written and directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly, the film also includes Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, and Rudy Ramos.
Bacon's character is Jack Casey, a successful young floor trader who loses all of his money after a risky business decision. Deflated and disenchanted with his profession, he becomes a bicycle messenger for a service, Kurtzweill's Quicksilver Express Co., Ltd. Jack deals with his parents and his girlfriend, who are disappointed with his job as a messenger. Along with the colorful characters that work with him, he meets a troubled young woman, Terri.
Although frustrated, Jack enjoys the freedom that comes with his lower responsibility. He also uses his education and business acumen to help his co-workers. When some of them are involved in dangerous or difficult matters, Jack must decide whether (and how) he should become involved.
The film is set in San Francisco, CA, as evidenced by the (now defunct) Pacific Stock Exchange where Jack worked as an options trader, and PSE badges are clearly visible throughout several scenes in the movie. Several of the bicycle chase scenes are clearly filmed in downtown Los Angeles.
Looking at my window
At first I didn't like you
And now I need time
Now I know
It would change my life
Staring out my window
Coming into sight
It would change my life
And then you went away
And then you dicked my life
Staring out my window
I can't see past it