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When
are you going to get me something with a little relevance, a little
social conscience; something that doesn't have a goddam roman numeral
in the title?! You ever hear of "Hamlet III", "Midsummer
Night's IV"?
They
made "Henry V"! It won awards for that little scottish
guy!
--Nick
and Angie
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Hey, look at this. they got my billboard across the street.
Good.
You'll be sleeping close to the one you love.
--Nick
and Detective Moss
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I DON'T WANT YOU INSIDE MY SKIN, YOU UNDERSTAND? It's private! What's
in there belongs to me! You're not gonna learn what it means to
be a cop by eating hot dogs and picking your teeth and asking stupid
questions. We live this job. It's something we are, not something
we do! Every time a cop walks up to a car and has to give a speeding
ticket, he knows he may have to kill someone or be killed himself.
That's not something you step into by strapping on a rubber gun
and riding around all day. You get to go back to your million dollar
beach house and your bimbos and your blow jobs and you get 17 takes
to get it right. We get one take. It lasts our whole lives. We mess
it up and we're dead.
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Awards
MTV Movie Awards, 1992
NOMINEE:
The Hard Way
CATEGORY: Best Action Sequence; Opening Car Chase
RESULT: Nominated |
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References |
This
film makes reference to:
North By Northwest (1959)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Magnum Force (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
White Heat (1949)-At the end of the movie, The Party Crasher
calls Moss and tells him that he and Moss' girlfriend are 'on top
of the World.' This phrase was made famous by James Cagney in the
film White Heat. At the end of the 1949 classic, he stands atop
a petroleum tank, screams "Look at me, Ma! Top 'O the World!"
The tank immediately explodes. |
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Remakes
Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994) |
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BRIEF
PLOT DESCRIPTION
Spoiled movie star, Nick Lang, decides that he wants a film
role with some real meat to it. However, the role he has his eye on is
not being offered to him due to his sterotype of a light-hearted adventurer.
To remedy this, he partners up with New York's grittiest homicide detective
to learn what it's really like. In the process he gets himself mixed up
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GENERAL
FILM INFORMATION
GENRE: Actin-Adventure/Comedy
TAGLINE: There's only one way these
two are going to get along...
SETTING: New York City, New York;
USA
FILMING LOCATIONS:
--Chicago, Illinois; USA
--New York, New York; USA
U.S. RELEASE DATE: March 8, 1991
RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes; 1 hour 51
minutes
RATING: R
OPENING WEEKEND GROSS: $6,301,470
TOTAL GROSS USA: $24,525,330
CREW AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
WRITER: Lem Dobbs, Michael Kozoll, Daniel Pyne
DIRECTOR: John Badham
PRODUCER: Rob Cohen, Will Sackheim
EDITOR: Tony Lombardo, Frank Morris
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Donald McAlpine,
Robert Primes
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Harrison,
John Kasarda
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY:
Arthur P. Rubenstein
SPECIAL EFFECTS BY: Jeff Jarvis, John
McLeod, Mike Reedy
COSTUME DESIGNER: Mary E. Vogt
MAKE-UP BY: Bron Roylance
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS BY: XXX
PRODUCTION COMPANY: The Badham-Cohen
Group, Universal Pictures
DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures
ASPECT RATIO: 2:35:1 |
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Nick
'Ray Casanova' Lang...Michael J. Fox
Detecitve John Moss...James Woods
The Party Crasher...Stephen Lang
Susan...Annabella Sciorra
Grainy...John Capodice
Pooley...Luis Guzman
Billy...LL Cool J
Cina...Mary Mara
Captain Brix...Delroy Lindo
Witherspoon...Conrad Roberts
Angie...Penny Marshall
Bonnie...Christina Ricci
Drug Dealer...Geroge Cheung
Newsman...Frank Geraci
Pizza Waitress...Sophie Maletsky
Bankers...Lewis Black, Rand Foerster, Anderson Matthews
Lang's Girl Friday...Kathy Najimy
The Dead Romeos...Dante Smith, Bill Cobbs, Dwayne McClary, Sharrieff
Pugh, Anthony Thomas, Howard 'Stick' Baines, Shawn McLeam, Curtis
L. McClarin
Asian Gang Leader...Keenan Leung
Diner Waitress
Ticket Taker...Jack Gindy
Fake Dead Guy/Cop...John Costelloe
Head Mugger...Leif Riddell
Muggers...Johnny Sanchez, Joseph Tripi
Woman in Subway...Karen Lynn Gorney
Continental Representative...Janet Sarno
"Smoking Gunn" Girl...Holly Kuespert
Homeboy Cop...John Ring
Cop...Michael Jeffrey Woods
Witherspoon's Bodyguard...William Truesdale
Clothing Salesman...Mark Woodcock
Chief Villian...Ed Setrakian
Frog Dog Vendor...David Sosna
Dead Entertainer...Adore O'Hara
Pizza Man...Michael Badalucco
Movie-Goer...Jordanna Freedman
Scared Subway Woman...Merrill Witten
Wino...Fracaswell Hyman
Boy in Theater...Mario Bosco
Bryant Gumbel...Himself
T.V. Reporter...Janet Speck
Stunt Co-ordinator...Conrad E. Palmisano
James Woods' Stunt Double...Steven Lambert
Michael J. Fox's Stunt Double...Charles Croughwell
Stunt Crew...George Aguilar, Daniel Aiello III, Bruce Barbour, Dana
Bertoletic, Paul R. Bucosi, Peter Bucossi, Blaise Corrigan (uncredited),
Kerrie Cullen, Norman I. Douglass, Nancy Ellen, C.J. Evans, Frank
Ferrara, Dick Hancock, Gene Harrison, Don Hewitt, Jary Hewitt, Ken
Kenski, Barbara Anne Klein, Conan Lee, Hugh A. O'Brien, Diane Peterson,
Richard Piomonti, Debby Lynn Ross, Rick Seaman, Manny Snyders, Lawrence
Tan, Lori M. Van der Veer (uncredited), Harry Wowchuk |
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LISTING |
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TITLE...COMPOSER/LYRICIST...PERFORMER |
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Mama
Said Knock You Out...J.T. Smith, M. Williams, Bobby 'Bobcat' Ervin...LL
Cool J
La mare a (karnaval)...Tabou Combo...Cuco Valoy
Theme from the Today Show...John Williams...Conductor: John Williams
Murdergram (live at Rapmania)...M. Williams, J.T. Smith...LL Cool
J
This Neighborhood...Simon Stokes, Chris Pinnick...Simon Stokes
El Milloncito...Cuco Valoy, Jose Pena Suazo...Cuco Valoy
Runaround...Sue Ernest Maresca, Dion DiMucci...Dion
Big Girls Don't Cry...Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe...Frankie Valli and
the Four Seasons
Fightin' Boogie...Harry Garfield...Pack and Plow |
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