Starsky & Hutch (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers (WGA):

William Blinn (characters)
Stevie Long (story) ...
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Release Date:

5 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

They're the man.

Plot:

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

Plot Keywords:

Cocaine | Police | Police Detective | Hazing | 1970s

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	David Starsky
Owen Wilson	...	Ken Hutchinson
Snoop Dogg	...	Huggy Bear
Fred Williamson	...	Captain Doby
Vince Vaughn	...	Reese Feldman
Juliette Lewis	...	Kitty
Jason Bateman	...	Kevin
Amy Smart	...	Holly
Carmen Electra	...	Staci
George Cheung	...	Chau (as George Kee Cheung)
Chris Penn	...	Manetti
Brande Roderick	...	Heather
Molly Sims	...	Mrs. Feldman
Matt Walsh	...	Eddie
G.T. Holme	...	Bartender
Jeffrey Lorenzo	...	Willis
Har Mar Superstar	...	Dancin' Rick
Patton Oswalt	...	Disco DJ
Brigette Romanek	...	Banquet Singer
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Original Starsky
David Soul	...	Original Hutch
Dan Finnerty	...	Bat Mitzvah Singer
Jernard Burks	...	Leon
Omar J. Dorsey	...	Lamell (as Omar Dorsey)
Pramod Kumar	...	Indian Shopkeeper
Rod Tate	...	Bee Bee
Richard Edson	...	Monix
Raymond Ma	...	Marks
Terry Crews	...	Porter
Richie Nathanson	...	Drug Dealer
David Pressman	...	Terrence Meyers
Scott L. Schwartz	...	Fat Ron
Judah Friedlander	...	Ice Cream Man
Akerin Suksawat Premwattana	...	Toby
Amber Mead	...	Banquet Waitress
The Bishop Don Magic Juan	...	Himself (as Archbishop Don 'Magic' Juan)
Darlena Tejeiro	...	Lorraine
Harry O'Reilly	...	Cop in shower
Tangie Ambrose	...	Kiki
Sara Swain	...	Elizabeth
Delores Gilbeaux	...	Sexy Bartender
Kimberly Brickland	...	Diner Waitress
Minnie Lagrimas	...	Mrs. Feldman's Friend
Rachael Harris	...	Mrs. Feldman's Other Friend (as Rachel Harris)
David Burton	...	Rooftop Bad Guy
Larry Chang	...	Laundry Owner
Ton Suckhasem	...	Bookie #1
Henry T. Yamada	...	Bookie #2
Charles Edward Townsend	...	Smokey
Nancy Anderson	...	Nightclub Dancer
Jason Yribar	...	Nightclub Dancer
Tyce Diorio	...	Nightclub Dancer (as Keith Diorio)
Katie Pantenburg	...	Nightclub Dancer
Timothy Anderson	...	Nightclub Dancer
Kimberly Wyatt	...	Nightclub Dancer
Kristyn Abbadini	...	Nightclub Dancer
Kevin Alexander Stea	...	Nightclub Dancer
Adrian Armas	...	Nightclub Dancer
Gabriel Paige	...	Nightclub Dancer
Tara Wilson	...	Nightclub Dancer
Brittany Perry-Russell	...	Nightclub Dancer
Tanee McCall	...	Nightclub Dancer
Nadine Ellis	...	Nightclub Dancer
Chad Azadan	...	Nightclub Dancer
Jason Beitel	...	Nightclub Dancer
Brandon Henschel	...	Nightclub Dancer
Mark Meismer	...	Nightclub Dancer
Matt Sergott	...	Nightclub Dancer
Lisa Joann Thompson	...	Nightclub Dancer
Christian Vincent	...	Nightclub Dancer
Natalie Willes	...	Nightclub Dancer
Stacey Harper	...	Cheerleader
Gelsey Weiss	...	Cheerleader
Tasha Tae	...	Cheerleader
Becca Sweitzer	...	Cheerleader
Jennifer Hamilton	...	Cheerleader
Vanessa Tarazona	...	Cheerleader
Janina Garraway	...	Cheerleader (as Janina N. Garraway)
Kadee Sweeney	...	Cheerleader
Melanie Lewis	...	Cheerleader
Megan Stephens	...	Cheerleader
Michon Suyama	...	Cheerleader
Tomasina Parrott	...	Cheerleader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Will Ferrell	...	Big Earl (uncredited)
Kathleen LaGue	...	Mrs. Feldman's friend (uncredited)

Directed by
Todd Phillips

Writing credits (WGA)
William Blinn		(characters)
Stevie Long		(story) and
John O'Brien		(story)
John O'Brien		(screenplay) and
Todd Phillips		(screenplay) &
Scot Armstrong		(screenplay)

Produced by
Gilbert Adler	....	executive producer
William Blinn	....	producer
Scott Budnick	....	associate producer
Stuart Cornfeld	....	producer
Akiva Goldsman	....	producer
Tony Ludwig	....	producer
Alan Riche	....	producer
David Siegel	....	associate producer (as David A. Siegel)
Ben Stiller	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Gene McDaniels
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Barry Peterson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Leslie Jones

Casting by
Juel Bestrop
Jeanne McCarthy

Production Design by
Ed Verreaux		(as Edward Verreaux)

Art Direction by
Greg Papalia

Set Decoration by
Kate J. Sullivan

Costume Design by
Louise Mingenbach

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist: second unit
Steve Artmont	....	makeup artist: second unit
Kate Biscoe	....	makeup artist: Mr. Stiller (as Kate Morgan Biscoe)
Fiona Connon	....	makeup artist: Mr. Wilson
Ginger Damon	....	hair stylist
Carolyn Elias	....	second hair stylist (as Carolyn L. Elias)
Kimberly Felix	....	makeup artist (as Kimberly Felix-Burke)
Maggie Fung	....	makeup artist
Cindy Gardner	....	additional makeup artist
Kathrine Gordon	....	hair stylist: Mr. Wilson
Tasha Hayward	....	hair stylist: Snoop Dogg
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Kay Majerus	....	additional hair stylist
Shawn McKay	....	hair stylist: second unit
Anne Morgan	....	hair stylist: Mr. Stiller
JoJo Myers Proud	....	makeup artist
Carol A. O'Connell	....	key hair stylist
Francisco X. Pérez	....	key makeup artist (as F.X. Perez)
Carol Pershing	....	hair stylist: second unit
Brad Scott	....	hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	second makeup artist
Marsha Shearrill	....	makeup artist: body & character makeup
Erwin H. Kupitz	....	wig maker (uncredited)
Gilbert A. Mosko	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Brian McNulty	....	post-production supervisor
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production
David Siegel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Coe	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Thomas D. Coe)
Efrain Cortes	....	dga trainee
Gary Davis	....	second unit director
Courtenay Miles	....	second assistant director
Timothy R. Price	....	second second assistant director
Paul Schneider	....	second second assistant director (as Paul B. Schneider)
Jack Steinberg	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Michael Viglietta	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ronald S. Baratie	....	greens foreman
Roy Barnes	....	set designer
Russell Bobbitt	....	property master
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Doug Brode	....	property illustrator
Jeff Brown	....	greensman
Susannah Carradine	....	property assistant
Susannah Carradine	....	set decoration assistant
Gary Clark	....	head paint foreman
Jack Cornelius	....	set dresser
Skip Crank	....	assistant property master: second unit
Michael Diersing	....	construction coordinator
Marion Elliot-Westall	....	scenic artist
Chad S. Frey	....	assistant art director
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman
Matthew Gilbert	....	on-set dresser
Regina Henderson	....	draper
Mark Hurtado	....	storyboard artist
Tom Jung	....	storyboard artist
Eric Kagan	....	prop assistant
Kyra Kowasic	....	art department production assistant
Robert Lucas	....	leadman
Jeff Mason	....	art department staff assistant
Bryan McBrien	....	greens foreman
Frank McEldowney	....	greens coordinator
Doug J. Meerdink	....	set designer
Eric P. Paczkowski	....	set dresser
Stephen Pietropaolo	....	set dresser
Kristen Pratt	....	set designer
Brent Regan	....	general construction foreman
Mike Reichman	....	set decoration production assistant
Steve Rice	....	greens foreman
Glenn H. Roberts	....	on-set dresser
Darlene Salinas	....	set decoration coordinator
David Saltzman	....	assistant property master
Julie Smith	....	assistant decorator
Jim Stubblefield	....	property assistant
Karen Teneyck	....	graphic designer
Joseph J. Virdone	....	art department coordinator
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Scott E. Handt	....	construction gangboss (uncredited)
Cameron Matheson	....	set dresser: re-shoots (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jon Ailetcher	....	sound mixer: second unit
Mike Anderson	....	cable person
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound editor
Michael Babcock	....	sound designer
Michael Babcock	....	supervising sound editor
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Kevin Carpenter)
Jeffrey Cranford	....	assistant sound editor (as Jeff Cranford)
Joe Dorn	....	adr supervisor
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor (as Patrick Foley)
Terry Garcia	....	first assistant sound editor
J. Paul Huntsman	....	co-supervising sound editor
Brian W. Jennings	....	sound editor
Adam Johnston	....	sound effects editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Lee Orloff	....	sound mixer
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Bruce Tanis	....	foley supervisor
Steve Weiss	....	sound mixer: second unit
Knox White	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Garnet Baril	....	special effects
James Bomalick	....	special effects technician
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects
Greg Curtis	....	special effects foreman
John W. Fisher	....	special effects (as John W. M. Fisher)
Robert S. Henderson	....	special effects foreman (as Robert Henderson)
Patrick Huggins	....	special effects foreman
Michael Meinardus	....	special effects coordinator (as Mike Meinardus)
Jose Antonio Paramo	....	special effects
Mike Sasgen	....	special effects foreman (as Mike J. Sasgen)
Anthony Simonaitis	....	special effects foreman (as Anthony W. Simonaitis)
Christopher A. Suarez	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Bill Church	....	digital artist
John Coats	....	visual effects supervisor: second unit
Anne Graham	....	digital artist
David D. Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean Kennedy	....	digital artist
Kevin Lin	....	digital cleanup artist
Peter Michels	....	digital artist
Etienne Terblanche	....	digital artist

Stunts
Leo Arroyo	....	stunt performer
Cass Asher	....	stunt double
Brian Avery	....	stunts
Dean Bailey	....	utility stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double (as Joseph Bucaro III)
David Burton	....	stunts
Jennifer Caputo	....	stunts
Michael Caradonna	....	stunts
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunts
Rick Creese	....	stunts (as Rick Cresse)
Alex Daniels	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Gary Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Jennifer Elizabeth Davis	....	stunt double
Rick Edwards	....	stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Greg Fitzpatrick	....	stunt double: Ben Stiller
Burke Franklin	....	stunts
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunt driver: camera car
Allan Graf	....	stunts
Joe Greblo	....	stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts
G.T. Holme	....	stunts
Mylo Ironbear	....	stunt performer
Mylo Ironbear	....	stunts
Craig Jensen	....	stunts
Brett A. Jones	....	stunts
Rob King	....	stunts
David LeBell	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Ming Liu	....	stunt performer
Ryan Macon	....	stunts
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts (as Clifford McLaughlin)
Gene McLaughlin	....	stunts
Rick Miller	....	stunts
Matt Norklun	....	utility stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	utility stunts
Jane Oshita	....	utility stunts
Michael Papajohn	....	stunts
David Powledge	....	stunts
Chad Randall	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunt double
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunt double: Owen Wilson (as Jimmy N. Roberts III)
Jens Rubschlager	....	stunts
Jean Paul Ruggiero	....	stunts
Anthony G. Schmidt	....	stunts (as Anthony Schmidt)
Dennis Scott	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Sitarz	....	stunts
Steve M. Solomon	....	stunts
Ator Tamras	....	stunt double: Juliette Lewis
Greg Tash	....	stunts
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (as Fred Waugh)
Thom Williams	....	stunt double: Chris Penn
Dana Woods	....	stunts (as Dana Michael Woodws)
Henry T. Yamada	....	stunt performer
Bill Young	....	precision driver
Sean Christopher	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Howard S. Lefstein	....	stunts (uncredited)
Will Leong	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Alexus	....	electrician
Robert Baek	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jennifer Bell	....	assistant camera
Jeff Brinker	....	rigging grip
Michael Cassidy	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Sean Devine	....	dolly grip: second unit
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging key grip
Jeff Diaz	....	rigging grip
David Emmerichs	....	camera operator: "a" camera, additional photography
Thomas Enright	....	set lighting technician
Greg Fausak	....	grip
Jenifer Galvez	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Kirk R. Gardner	....	camera operator: "a" camera
David Gasperik	....	camera operator: second unit
Oscar Gomez	....	best boy rigging grip
Kurt Grossi	....	key grip
Jimmy Harritos	....	electrician
Greg Hewett	....	grip
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Alan Jacoby	....	additional second assistant camera
Jeffrey A. Johnson	....	best boy grip: second unit
Alex Klabukov	....	grip
Dana Kroeger	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Dwight Joseph Lavers	....	dolly grip
Nick Liampetchakul	....	rigging grip
Elliott Marks	....	still photographer
Richard Masino	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Maurice K. McGuire	....	camera operator
Todd McMullen	....	camera operator
Chris McNellis	....	best boy grip
Darin Moran	....	assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography
Paul V. Perkins	....	key grip
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Brent Poe	....	gaffer
David Presley	....	video assist operator: second unit
Raul Riveros	....	camera loader
Gregory Romero	....	grip
Rigney Sackley	....	assistant camera
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	gaffer: second unit
Mike Shaheen	....	video playback operator
Bryce Shields	....	video assist operator: second unit
Robert Sterry	....	video assist operator
Joseph T. Terranova	....	set lighting technician
Daniel L. Turrett	....	camera operator: second unit
Michael J. Walker	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Aaron G. York	....	libra head operator: second unit
Harry Zimmerman	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera, second unit
Tulio Duenas	....	film loader: second unit (uncredited)
Carlos Luis Rodriguez	....	best boy electric (uncredited)
Vich Thiensuwana	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting
Blythe Cappello	....	casting associate
Mariann H.W. Lee	....	extras casting
John Srednicki	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Georgia Alemanni	....	costumer
Charlene Amateau	....	costume supervisor
Cathy Crandall	....	assistant costume designer
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator
Loreen Lightfoot	....	milliner
Marylou Lim	....	set costumer
Robert Mata	....	costumer: Mr. Stiller
Alison McCosh	....	costumer
Fran Murphy	....	additional costumer
Andrea Napier	....	set costumer
Grace Pyke	....	costumer
April Roomet	....	costumer: Snoop Dogg
Carlos Rosario	....	costume illustrator
Senna Shanti	....	costumer
Danny Vick	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bryan Lamoureux	....	first assistant editor
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Elana Joy Livneh	....	assistant editor
Dan Schalk	....	additional editor (as Daniel A. Schalk)
Jeff Schweikart	....	post-production assistant
Lorene Simpson	....	digital intermediate producer
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Jennifer Stellema	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jon Ailetcher	....	music playback
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
George Drakoulias	....	music supervisor
George Drakoulias	....	soundtrack producer
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Gordon Fordyce	....	assistant music editor
Walt Fowler	....	musician: trumpet
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Fred Johnston	....	music playback
Jonathan Karp	....	music editor
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Cheryl Andryco	....	transportation office coordinator
Phil Balani	....	driver
Jeff Bova	....	driver
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation
Reed Cohan	....	driver: construction department
Teresa Haney	....	transportation
Rick Hicks	....	captain
Paul Jones	....	driver
Joel Larson	....	driver
Craig Lietzke	....	picture car coordinator
Jim Petti	....	transportation
Marty Radcliff	....	driver
Jonathan A. Rosenfeld	....	transportation coordinator
Sarah Lynn Schmitt	....	transportation
Paul Tumber	....	transportation
Jeff Verdick	....	transportation captain
J. Wilfrid White	....	camera boat driver: marine department

Other crew
Heather Anderson	....	set production assistant
Sheri Apap	....	head animal trainer
Carlos A. Aragon	....	assistant location manager
John Arbuckle	....	marine boat operator
Sage Asteak	....	production assistant
Angela Athayde	....	additional production assistant
Erin Bartnik	....	production assistant
Noah Berlow	....	production assistant
Michael Bilog	....	second assistant accountant
Billy Bonifield	....	assistant production office coordinator
Deon Boyce	....	key production assistant
Trent Broin	....	staff assistant
Brinton Bryan	....	additional set production assistant
Tom Burruss	....	marine crew
Francois Caillaud	....	production assistant
Christopher Campbell	....	key assistant location manager
Chris Cashman	....	photo double: Vince Vaughn
Abbey Chambers	....	assistant: Mr. Stiller
Jim Chizmar	....	dive master: second unit
James Mitchell Clyde	....	marine boat operator
Linda DaSilva	....	assistant production coordinator
Guin Dill	....	animal trainer
Steve Eckelman	....	assistant: Mr. Wilson
Carey Field	....	set production assistant
Tim Fitzgerald	....	set production assistant
Corinne Fixmer	....	second assistant accountant
Rob Frank	....	key assistant location manager
Josh Gallegos	....	production assistant
Michael George	....	marine coordinator
Jeffrey Gladu	....	payroll accountant
Jennifer L. Hamilton	....	assistant choreographer (as Jennifer Hamilton)
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Wescam XR
John Humber	....	assistant: Mr. Wilson
Pino Insegno	....	voice dubbing: Will Ferrell
Jennifer S. Jackson	....	script supervisor: second unit
April A. Janow	....	production accountant
Adam Karasick	....	assistant to producer
Ryan Kavner	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Monica Kenyon	....	production assistant
Jane Kelly Kosek	....	assistant: Mr. Goldsman
Mike E. Landau	....	production associate
Kanchan A. Mattoo	....	assistant: Mr. Stiller
Helen Medrano	....	first assistant accountant (as Helen Ruiz)
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Shaun O'Banion	....	assistant: Mr. Stiller
Matthew H. O'Connor	....	dive coordinator
Paulette Osorio	....	unit publicist
David Paris	....	helicopter pilot
Blake Perkinson	....	production assistant
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer (as Marguerite Derricks)
John Radcliff	....	production assistant: second unit
Sonia Randazzo	....	second assistant accountant
Brieann Rich	....	set medic/rescue diver
Tricia Ronten	....	script supervisor
Bruce A. Ross	....	marine captain
Kevin Roy	....	additional production assistant
Ahmed Saker	....	key set medic
Annette Savitch	....	assistant: Mr. Phillips
Michelle Schrauwers	....	set production assistant
Michael James 'Scotty' Scott	....	accounting clerk
Kim Soleau	....	assistant: Mr. Confeld
Nicolas Stern	....	production coordinator
Holli Strickland	....	production assistant
Ed Tapia	....	assistant: Gil Adler
Jeanne Thompson	....	assistant: Mr. Riche and Mr. Ludwig
Gerald A. Vitatoe Jr.	....	construction accountant
Troy Waters	....	assistant marine coordinator
Chris Winn	....	craft service
Melissa Wyler	....	tennis coordinator
Shannon Zimmerman	....	production intern

Thanks
Michael Babcock	....	special thanks: soundtrack
Antonio Fargas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Dimension Films (presents)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) (as Warner Bros. Pictures)
• AR-TL
• Weed Road Pictures (as Weed Road)
• Red Hour Films (as Red Hour)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Vision Productions (visual effects)
• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• BLT  title design
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting
• Limelight Catering  catering
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• On Tour Productions  camera equipment provided by
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Paramount Transportation services  transportation services
• Paws for Effect  animals provided by
• TVT Soundtrax  soundtrack published by
• Technicolor  color timing
• Technovision USA  remote crane

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual situations, partial nudity, language and some violence.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Ireland:15 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40613) | Malaysia:18PL

Filming Locations:

Dockweiler Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Thomas Lennon and 'Ben Garant' did uncredited work on the screenplay for this film.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Kevin tells the coke dealers that the German Sheppard can "detect smells that even the most advanced technology in the world cannot." With that in mind, we see the fat coke dealer smoking a cigarette who is sitting closer to the dog than the man with the "old coke" (the one that the dog attacks) thus, the dog should have caught the man with the cigarette first.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kitty: Don't stress. Just relax.
Reese Feldman: I don't understand man, I don't understand. You can lose keys, ya know, you can lose your wallet. How... how do you lose a plane?
Terrence Meyers: Reese, come on. What do you want me to do? You got three out of four planes in. That's still a lot of coke.
Reese Feldman: Now, see that? That's the kind of winning attitude that's gonna take this enterprise straight to the top.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Goedemorgen Nederland: (2004-04-29)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Dazz

Copping out

During its inauspicious four year run, the TV series "Starsky & Hutch" was never a huge hit; though it did land at an impressive number 15 in the Nielsen ratings its first year (1975-76), the numbers declined steadily thereafter. It was never a particularly good show and in the ensuing years it has never really had much of a cult following (except, maybe, among gay audiences who imagined more in the Starsky-Hutch relationship than was ever intended -- something immortalized in a Halloween episode of "Will & Grace"). Indeed, much of the success of the show could be attributed to the fact that the proverbial pair of mismatched cops it featured drove a tricked out Ford Gran Torino -- an otherwise uncool make of car which somehow became cool because it was given a remarkably ugly red-and-white paint job. Yet, neither particularly admired for its quality nor beloved for its unintentionally humorous mediocrity, the show has lingered in our consciousness, even as many that were far better and more original have faded into oblivion. Even so, it is hard to imagine that there was ever a great demand for it to be turned into a big screen movie.

It does, however, deserve some credit; the show did strive for a bit of grittiness in the style of THE FRENCH CONNECTION. In an era when most TV cop shows were slick and glib and sometimes striving for a touch of glamor, "Starsky & Hutch" moved around in a world of pimps and prostitutes, drug pushers and lowlifes. It tried to maintain a sense of realism, or at least what could pass as realism on network television in the 1970s. Therefore, just as there is no real reason for a Starsky & Hutch movie to exist, it is a further puzzlement that the one quality that gave the TV show any distinction or purpose, it's rough-edged quality, is the one thing the movie version immediately jettisoned.

The film is less about the series than it is about all the untold number of gritty buddy-cop films that have come and gone along the way, from FREEBIE AND THE BEAN to LETHAL WEAPON and even SEVEN. The movie also takes shots at the disco-dazed trendiness of the seventies, a quality that was also never a big part of the series. Thus, the humor in STARSKY & HUTCH is so generic and so broad that it jumps past satire and instead goes directly into parody, ending up little more than an extended version of the type of skits that "The Carol Burnett Show" used to stage. Without the trademark Gran Torino, the characters played by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson could just as easily have been named Smith and Jones -- or Hope and Crosby. Indeed, the two characters' personas were deemed so inconsequential that essentially Stiller and Wilson opted to simply play themselves -- or at least dust off their well-used screen images -- rather than to even attempt to find something unique about the characters played by Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul on TV.

It may be just as well. But if the original series was so bereft of any distinctive element on which to hang a full length feature, then it only increases the pointlessness of the movie as a whole. Like so many TV-to-movie translations, the film has no real interest in the source material beyond exploiting its pre-sold title and recycling a few trademark bits of trivia as jokes -- like dragging in Glaser and Soul for self-mocking cameos. Otherwise, there's nothing in STARSKY & HUTCH that hadn't already been mocked, and with much greater skill and wit, by Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S LOADED WEAPON 1, a comedy that had the sense to know that merely repeating clichés is not the same as making fun of them.