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Larry Cohen (written by)
Release Date:
25 September 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
A hired assassin. A cop turned author. Together they're rewriting the rulebook on the Mob. more
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Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living...
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Awards:
2 nominations
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(4 articles)
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Lauren Conrad Book to Be Turned Into Movie
(From PEOPLE.com. 30 September 2009, 10:15 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 30 September 2009, 3:01 PM, PDT)
Lauren Conrad Book to Be Turned Into Movie
(From PEOPLE.com. 30 September 2009, 10:15 AM, PDT)
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An unlikely buddy film that works.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Woods | ... | Cleve |
 | Brian Dennehy | ... | Dennis Meechum |
 | Victoria Tennant | ... | Roberta Gillian |
 | Allison Balson | ... | Holly Meechum |
 | Paul Shenar | ... | David Madlock |
| George Coe | ... | Graham |
| Anne Pitoniak | ... | Mrs. Foster |
| Mary Carver | ... | Cleve's mother |
| Sully Boyar | ... | Monks |
| Kathleen Lloyd | ... | Annie |
| Charles Tyner | ... | Cleve's Father (as Harold Tyner) |
| E. Brian Dean | ... | Taxi Driver |
| Jeffrey Josephson | ... | Pearlman |
| Edward Blackoff | ... | Thorn |
 | Branscombe Richmond | ... | Longshoreman #1 |
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110 min | UK:95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #28242) |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:M |
Iceland:16
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Anachronisms: While the robbery at the beginning of the movie was set in 1972, the robbers are driving a 1975-1978 Ford Econoline van.
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REVERIE
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This is a thoroughly enjoyable B movie that came and went quickly from the big screen back in the late 80's. I happened to catch it then--and now own it in my movie collection.
Woods plays Cleve, a brilliant and perhaps psychotic former hit-man, who wants Dennis, a cop turned author (Brian Dennehy), to write his story. He also wants to expose his former employers. Cleve ensures Dennis that the book will be a "Best Seller" and begins taking Dennis on a lurid tour of his former hits.
Like most films, this doesn't transfer quite as well onto the small screen, but it is still well worth the viewing; (plus you get to hear James Woods warble a tune in French). Actually, Woods is way cool in this film, and delivers some of his most compelling work ever. Brian Dennehy pulls off the tough task of making the writer character equally interesting and compelling. An unlikely buddy film that has plenty of action, makes you care, and quite simply--works.