The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

Director:

Werner Herzog

Writers (WGA):

William M. Finkelstein (screenplay)
Victor Argo (earlier film "Bad Lieutenant") ...

Release Date:

11 September 2009 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The only criminal he can't catch is himself.

Plot:

Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. |

Plot Keywords:

Dance Scene | Bar | Alcoholic | Threatened With Knife | Shot To Death

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US Showtimes:

Beverly Center Cinemas

4:10pm | 9:45

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Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Terence McDonagh
Val Kilmer	...	Stevie Pruit
Eva Mendes	...	Frankie Donnenfeld
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Genevieve
Fairuza Balk	...	Heidi
Brad Dourif	...	Ned Schoenholtz
Michael Shannon	...	Mundt
Shawn Hatosy	...	Armand Benoit
Denzel Whitaker	...	Daryl
Xzibit	...	Big Fate
Katie Chonacas	...	Tina
Shea Whigham	...	Justin
Brandi Coleman	...	Yvonne
Tom Bower	...	Pat McDonough
Irma P. Hall	...	Binnie Rogers
Lance E. Nichols	...	Jerimiah Goodhusband
Vondie Curtis-Hall	...	James Brasser
Lauren Pennington	...	Young woman
Brandy Moon	...	Duffy's wife
Jillian Batherson	...	D.A's Assistant
Deena Beasley	...	Miamouna
J.D. Evermore	...	Rick Fitzsimon
Deneen Tyler	...	Pharmacist
Marco St. John	...	Eugene Gratz
Nick Gomez	...	Evaristo Chavez
Kyle Russell Clements	...	Lawrence
Michael Wozniak	...	Undercover Officer
Lucius Baston	...	Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett
Sam Medina	...	Andy
Armando Leduc	...	Jeff
J. Omar Castro	...	Narcotics Detective
Noel Arthur	...	Renaldo Hayes
Tony Bentley	...	Hurley
Tim Bellow	...	Gary 'G' Jenkins
Topher Jones	...	Undercover Detective
Sean Boyd	...	Lt. Stoyer
Douglas M. Griffin	...	Sergeant
Victor Hugo Palacios	...	Police Officer
David Joseph Martinez	...	Juan Michel
Jaime San Andres	...	Officer Lasseigne
Lyssa Prine	...	Nurse
Joe Nemmers	...	Officer Larry Moy
Roger J. Timber	...	Security Guard (as Roger Timber)
Robert Pavlovich	...	Dr. Milburn
Joel Davis	...	TV Play-by-play announcer (voice)
Trey Burvant	...	Dealer
Michael Arnona	...	Police Captain
C. Stuart Rome	...	CSI Agent
Jeremy Aaron Johnson	...	Detective Yasco
Lorin Moore	...	Promotion Reporter
Michael Zimbrich	...	Waiter
Matt Borel	...	Bernie
Joshua Gillum	...	Host

Also Known As:

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use and language throughout, some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Italy:T | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | USA:R (certificate #44572) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Brazil:18

Filming Locations:

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA

Company:

Edward R. Pressman Film

Trivia:

The original Bad Lieutenant (1992) starred Harvey Keitel, with whom Cage appeared in National Treasure (2004).

Goofs:

Continuity: When McDonagh arrives at the RTA involving the alligator there is a red pick-up truck in between the two lanes of freeway traffic. Then, when he asks Lt. Stoyer to do him a favour, the truck is not there.

Quotes:

Terence McDonagh: You want me to get wet on account of you?

Movie Connections:

References Stroszek (1977)

Herzog's continuing discovery of America

Put this between covers with "Huey's Sermon," "God's Angry Man," and Stroszek" as another chapter in Herzog's long-term discovery of America. The madness, the obsession, the crazies. Where do they get these people??

To be realistic: Nicholas Cage's performance is a shuck. There's more madness, real and performed, in one casual look over Klaus Kinski's shoulder in any of the films he made with Herzog than in all the rants and fits Cage throws in "Bad Lieutenant." But isn't that the point? This is America, not Europe. We're all watching ourselves on TV, and that includes Lt. McDonagh (similar to the name of his character in "Raising Arizona"). Is his craziness the result of chronic back pain, drug addiction, or an act he's putting on as he desperately tries to get himself out of the multiple jams he's in? Part of this movie is set in a casino, and in a way the BL's whole story is about a roll of the dice (or two). Part of what you see is real, part of it's performance. Maybe, by now, Herzog knows us better than we know ourselves.

FYI, Cage played a similar role, disturbingly, in the unjustly neglected "Vampire's Kiss." This one is more mature, more thought out. Outrageous and brilliant.