Cold Feet (1989)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writers (WGA):

Thomas McGuane (written by) &
Jim Harrison (written by)

Release Date:

19 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A comic fable about greed, lust and high-fashion footwear.

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Eccentric | Horse | Criminal | Ranch

Cast

Keith Carradine	...	Monte Latham
Sally Kirkland	...	Maureen
Tom Waits	...	Kenny
Bill Pullman	...	Buck Latham
Rip Torn	...	Sheriff
Kathleen York	...	Laura Latham
Macon McCalman	...	Store Owner
Bob Mendelsohn	...	Airline Passenger
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Vet
Amber Bauer	...	Rosemary
Coby Turner	...	Teacher
Mark Phelan	...	Border Officer
Pete Clark	...	Bob
Gary D. Rodgers	...	Duane
Shaun Lee Case	...	Store Clerk

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bisbee, Arizona, USA

Trivia:

Cameo: [Jeff Bridges]bartender

Quotes:

Kenny: [riffing through a stack of bills] Is this place soundproof, Doc? Because, you know, as you get older, you really appreciate the quiet more, y'know?
Vet: [picking up the cash] Yeah, yeah, whatever. I guess I'll be seeing you a lot.
Kenny: [drawing gun] Say the "Pledge Allegiance" for me.
Vet: [hurriedly sets money down and backs away] Oh, hey...mister...
Kenny: SAY THE 'PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE!
[shoots Vet]

80s, thy name is cheese.

This is a cheesy movie made abouts of the time Hollywood was running out of cheesy movies and entering the late 80s/early 90s realm of the truly horrible. You can see the degradation here but it's still quite obviously a true child of the 1980s.

I was flipping around on the telly when I came across this fine film. In the scene, a man was hanging out of the passenger-side window of a pick-up truck, traveling down a long desert road, doing sit-ups while shouting, "I'm a man!" over and over again whilst a family, in a station wagon, drove along side the truck looking on in slack-jawed amazement. You can't not love a scene like that. The man turned out to be Tom Waits, who really does steal the movie.

Basically, the story is the aftermath of another zany jewel heist caper with a number of even zanier characters. The main characters are a shifty cowboy (Carradine), his obsessed almost-wife (Kirkland) and their unstable hit man acquaintance (Waits). Waits' performance is over-the-top - which is really the only way to go in a cheesy 80s comedy - and saves the movie from mediocrity. It's a fun movie.

Laugh at the jokes, laugh at the circumstances, laugh at the movie, laugh with the movie, laugh on the inside ... it doesn't matter. If this movie can bring a little joy to the movie watching aspect of your life, isn't it worth the ride?