Internal Affairs (1990)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mike Figgis

Writer (WGA):

Henry Bean (written by)

Release Date:

12 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Trust him... he's a cop.

Plot:

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Internal Affairs | Adultery | Music Score Composed By Director | Psychopath

Cast

Richard Gere	...	Dennis Peck
Andy Garcia	...	Raymond Avilla
Laurie Metcalf	...	Amy Wallace
Nancy Travis	...	Kathleen Avilla
Richard Bradford	...	Grieb
William Baldwin	...	Van Stretch
Michael Beach	...	Dorian Fletcher
Katherine Borowitz	...	Tova Arrocas
Faye Grant	...	Penny Stretch
John Kapelos	...	Steven Arrocas
Xander Berkeley	...	Rudy Mohr
John Capodice	...	Chief Healy
Victoria Dillard	...	Kee
Pamella D'Pella	...	Cheryl
Susan Forristal	...	Lolly

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:A (Ontario) | USA:R (Certificate #29892) | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Out of the Town Films

Goofs:

Continuity: The first time Avila is following Peck, Peck is in his Corvette convertible with the hardtop on. After driving for several miles, the top is gone. Corvette hardtops do not fold down and there is no room to carry them on the car unless they are in place.

Quotes:

[conferring in private after Raymond offered immunity to Van Stretch]
Amy Wallace: You are not authorized to make this deal. It's a violation even to *offer* it!
Raymond Avila: Look at him. He wants to talk. If Peck were clean, there'd be nothing to talk about.
Amy Wallace: I am the senior partner. *Your* mistakes go on *my* file! Either you retract the offer to Van or *I will*!
[Raymond shakes his head]
Amy Wallace: All right. How about this then? Why don't you and Dennis Peck both *pull them out* and I'll decide which one's bigger!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jeff Goldblum/Aerosmith (#19.3)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

LO QUE ME GUSTA DE TI

Trivia time - these two really didn't like each other

Atmospheric drama about a good cop (Andy Garcia) going after a bad cop (Richard Gere). What sets it apart is the interplay between the two leads.

My girlfriend's ex-husband worked on the set during production and she told me that the fight scenes in the film were real. Andy Garcia and Richard Gere really went at it in the elevator. The wounds they had were real, not fake. After filming had been completed, Garcia refused to attend the post-production party.

Knowing this, watch the film again. The tension between the two is palpable in just about every scene they're in together. Which makes for a pretty decent movie.