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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Lem Dobbs (story) and
Michael Kozoll (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 March 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
There's only one way these two are going to get along... more
Plot:
An action film star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York cop, who finds him superficial and irritating. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Hot Topic Learns Its Lessons The Hard Way...Again
(From TwilightersAnonymous. 12 November 2008, 7:07 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Woods and Fox make it worthwhile more (41 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael J. Fox | ... | Nick Lang / Ray Casanov | |
| James Woods | ... | Detective Lt. John Moss, NYPD | |
| Stephen Lang | ... | Party Crasher | |
| Annabella Sciorra | ... | Susan | |
| John Capodice | ... | Detective Grainy, NYPD | |
| Luis Guzmán | ... | Detective Benny Pooley, NYPD (as Luis Guzman) | |
| LL Cool J | ... | Detective Billy, NYPD | |
| Mary Mara | ... | Detective China, NYPD | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | Captain Brix, NYPD | |
| Conrad Roberts | ... | Witherspoon, Gun Dealer | |
| Penny Marshall | ... | Angie, Nick's Agent | |
| Christina Ricci | ... | Bonnie | |
| George Cheung | ... | Drug Dealer | |
| Frank Geraci | ... | Newsman | |
| Sophie Maletsky | ... | Pizza Waitress |
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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According to the baseball cap that Captain Brix puts on (just before the end credits roll), the movie that Nick Lang has been working so hard to nail the audition for is called "The Good, The Badge, and The Ugly". more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Nick is pretending to be John's girlfriend in the bar, he sighs. Even though his mouth his wide open as he sighs, he says, "Susan". more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Operator:
9-1-1 Emergency.
Party Crasher:
Hello there! It's me - again! Well, what can I say? I'm about to crash another party.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
El Milloncito more
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| Stupid Susan | elvis_depp |
| Lots of tongu-in-cheek product placement.... | dougzinboston-1 |
| favorite line | Brynnda |
| Oh, look at the love boat. | kenneth6433 |
| Frogdog | markladds |
| Why rated R? | dhw377-1 |
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Truth be known this would be a fairly average action comedy if it wasn't for the performances of James Woods and Micheal J.Fox, both of whom are perfectly cast here. Woods plays detective John Moss, a hard boiled cop who's trying to catch a killer known as the party crasher. Fox plays film star Nick Lang, who wants to play the part of a police officer in an upcoming film. After seeing Moss being interviewed on the news, Lang feels that if he were to hang around with him and get to known what motivates him, what makes him tick etc then he would be well prepared to audition for the part. So Lang arranges to be Moss's partner. However, Moss isn't so keen on the idea as he still has his sights set on catching the party crasher(cue a series of highly amusing interactions between Woods and Fox).So with Lang as his new partner, Moss continues his investigation on the party crasher. Out of the two, Woods takes the acting honours, as his John Moss character is by far the more entertaining. I read somewhere that this film didn't do so well at the box office, which is a real shame given the performances of it's leading stars.