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Off Limits is a 1988 action- thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel. The name of the film was changed to Saigon or Saigon: Off Limits when it was released throughout the rest of the world.
The film marks Willem Dafoe's second Vietnam War movie. He was assisted in preparing for this role by Vietnam Veteran and former Counterintelligence Special Agent Ed Murphy. Dafoe had previously starred in Platoon and would go on to play roles in Born on the Fourth of July and Flight of the Intruder.
Off Limits (1997, ISBN 978-0-441-00436-2) is a science fiction anthology edited by Ellen Datlow. It was published in 1997 by Ace Books. It includes four previously published stories and 14 new ones.
Off Limits may refer to:
- Off Limits (1953 film), a comedy film starring Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney
- Off Limits (1988 film), a mystery/thriller film starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines
- Off Limits (TV series), a 2011 TV series on the Travel Channel starring Don Wildman
- Off Limits (anthology), a 1997 collection of science fiction stories
- Off Limits, an Italian music production company run by Larry Pignagnoli
Off Limits is a 1953 comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell. Hope plays a manager who enlists in the army to keep an eye on his boxer, who has been drafted. The picture was written by Hal Kanter and Jack Sher, and was released in the UK as Military Policemen, as the characters played by Hope and Rooney join the military police.
Off Limits is an American reality television series that premiered on May 16, 2011, on the Travel Channel. The series features "untold stories and secrets" of America's most iconic cities as host Don Wildman ventures and sometimes trespasses through unexplored areas where not many people have dared to go before. First season episodes aired every Monday at 9 PM EST.
The second season premiered on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at 10 PM EST. For the remainder of the season, one episode aired on a Thursday at 8 PM EST while the last few episodes were burned off on Sundays at 9 AM EST.
The third season premiered on Tuesday June 4, 2013 at 10 PM EST.
Usage examples of "off limits".
There, in chambers off limits to personnel, lay sidereal converters, seemingly inert colossi suspended in vacuum, like the legendary tomb of Mohammed, on invisible magnetic cushions.
The bridge area and ship's engineering aft are off limits to all personnel at all times unless you are crew with proper identification.
Some couples may want to make certain areas off limits, such as sex or money matters.