Stakeout (1987)

Director:

John Badham

Writer:

Jim Kouf (written by)

Release Date:

5 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

Plot:

Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Panties | Joke | Hiding Under Bed | Stakeout

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Det. Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez	...	Det. Bill Reimers
Madeleine Stowe	...	Maria McGuire
Aidan Quinn	...	Richard 'Stick' Montgomery
Dan Lauria	...	Det. Phil Coldshank
Forest Whitaker	...	Det. Jack Pismo
Ian Tracey	...	Caylor Reese
Earl Billings	...	Captain Giles
Jackson Davies	...	FBI Agent Lusk
J.J. Makaro	...	B.C
Scott Andersen	...	Reynaldo McGuire
Tony Pantages	...	Tony Harmon
Beatrice Boepple	...	Carol Reimers
Kyle Wodia	...	Jeffrey Reimers (as Kyle Woida)
Jan Speck	...	Kelly McDonald

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cinderella

Trivia:

Leonard Nimoy was considered for the job of director but Leonard Nimoy had already signed on to direct _Three Men and a Baby (1987)_ and was unable to accept the job.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the car goes into the river and an inside shot of the car is shown, the driver's side sun visor is already wet and dirty with slime from a previous take.

Quotes:

Bill Reimers: [looking in the refrigerator] I don't believe this. They ate all the food and left dog turds in the fridge.
Chris Lecce: Don't worry. I'll go to the supermarket. What do you want?
Bill Reimers: Truth and justice.
Chris Lecce: Anything else?
Bill Reimers: Doughnuts.
Chris Lecce: Why not? We *are* cops.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spin City: Yet Another Stakeout (#6.5)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

Very enjoyable.......

Somewheres in between 'Beverly Hills Cop' and 'Lethal Weapon' you find this. Good cop/buddy action flick, plenty of humour, the violence is for real, the chemistry between the two leads and Stowe Just right. I enjoy the scene where she shifts her position JUST so slightly, its quite erotic, while the pranks the two cops play on each other are quite funny too.

Its fun watching how put out Estevez gets with the older guy whose clearly not acting his age.

There's nothing terribly deep here, and some of its really dated-Lethal Weapon-ish graphics, the cars, the angry black squad leader, the music(Miami Sound Machine, anyone?), etc, traditional boatchase/fight/battle to the death inside hellacious warehouse/factory finale, etc all par for the course.

But no biggies. The second one wasn't nearly as good's this one.

*** outta ****