I really dig this movie . William Petersen is great in it. He’s also good in Michael Mann’s Manhunter.
@CoopDVille-rx3hp3 жыл бұрын
That IS the guy who played Will Graham in Manhunter,isn't it!? I would have never made that connection.
@RobbieSkyeHamilton3 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite movies!
@deeacosta27343 жыл бұрын
Right? F CSI!
@reeltimegamer77083 жыл бұрын
If you're a fan of this channel, highly recommend Manhunter. Dennis Farina (from Get Shorty) is great in it too.
@CoopDVille-rx3hp3 жыл бұрын
@@reeltimegamer7708 not to change the subject,but I always remember Dennis Farina as Cousin Avi in Snatch. I've heard that Get Shorty is good. Never seen it though. Is Danny Devito in that? I FEEL like he is.
@ericjohnson83265 ай бұрын
This is one of the best films ever made. I saw this in 85 it was way ahead of it's time. Still holds up well today.
@geraldcooper2843 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this WAY before I was old enough to. Seeing a main character get killed before the film was over and having another character take over as the main protagonist blew my mind. Still kinda does to this day.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
It gave it an existentialist spin. Totally off the wall but brilliant.
@aldosigmann4193 жыл бұрын
Yeah and having Pankow's character give up his innocence and transform/surrender into Petersens's to the point of taking over his babe, truck and clothes !
@V8AmericanMuscleCar3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how this movie wasn't a hit?! For me, it’s one of the best action movies in general. Real action, great choice of actors, one of the best car chases, soundtrack is amazing... It should be a far bigger hit.
@marcopervo3 жыл бұрын
Casting of lesser known actors kept the mobs away. Seeing a well cast film with unknowns amped up the suspense and made for a more interesting movie.
@ShadowSonic22 жыл бұрын
It made 3 times it's money back. Problem was that the 80s were the era of black and white feel good flicks. Folks couldn't appreciate a bleak film like this back then
@dealerovski8211 ай бұрын
no star quality, give me pacino or de niro
@V8AmericanMuscleCar11 ай бұрын
@dealerovski82 for me, this cast did a superb job.
@gregsug16409 ай бұрын
Classic. Perfect companion piece to the French Connection. Even the Secret Service was impressed by it.
@lambertsheepishlion13 жыл бұрын
PLEASE do an episode on Friedkin's Sorcerer! A masterpiece that so few folks have seen
@PaddySlattery3 жыл бұрын
Riveting thriller from start to finish. RIP fingernails.
@Redmenace963 жыл бұрын
have it on DVD and watch it at least once a year. The great Roy Scheider and directed by Friedkin and it is still a cult hit? I don't get it. The entire supporting cast and setting is dead on perfect. When I watch it, I feel like I am in the movie. There is nothing to remind you that there is a camera, it is a story, and it is from Hollywood.
@johnfitzpatrick30943 жыл бұрын
@@Redmenace96 Sorcerer was released about a month after Star Wars, and got lost in the shuffle.
@sinman84_443 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen it but first heard about it from The Simpsons episode "Mr. Plow". 🤣
@alainvosselman99602 жыл бұрын
@@Redmenace96 lol, same here. I have it on hard disc. It's getting hard to find those classics on dvd and keep it affordable. Just the other day i tried to find 'Tin Men' by Barry Levinson.... i believe it would cost about 50 euros... i was baffled. It's getting quite expensive to grow a collection of classics.
@acerimmer20003 жыл бұрын
The car chase sence is the most crazy I've ever seen.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
The French Connection, To Live and Die LA, and The Hunted. A trio of films directed by William Friedkin that feature some of the best car chases in film history.
@matthewdaley7463 жыл бұрын
Yeah, incredibly, it's not even the best he's ever done, The French Connection, which was over a decade earlier, remains the greatest.
@matthewdaley7463 жыл бұрын
@@ricardocantoral7672 The Hunted was another underrated film that suffered the most from being a mishmash of, The Fugitive, and, First Blood.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdaley746 The irony of The Hunted is that it's the closest we will ever get to a loyal adaptation of David Morrell's First Blood. The Stallone films turned Rambo into an audience friendly action hero.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdaley746 I dare say that the fourth film, the director's cut, is the best.
@Tycowiz3 жыл бұрын
This was supposed to have had the most accurate depiction of counterfeiting in a movie.
@jdraven08903 жыл бұрын
So I read that they got an actual counterfeiter to consult, and they did in that scene actually makes them bills that were quite convincing. Supposedly copies were still floating around in LA for about 10 years afterwards.
@quackhell3033 жыл бұрын
Willem Dafoe has admitted in interviews that he was actually able to pass some fake bills he "borrowed" from the set. 😃
@motomike713 жыл бұрын
True, but it doesn't seem like they got the linen paper right.
@flemmingstelling80793 жыл бұрын
As the Old counter feiter saying goes; " The best way to make money....... is to make money.."
@requinremembers3 жыл бұрын
Young Petersen was insanely charismatic and intense. Mesmerizing, one of the hottest actors ever IMO, and so talented. Sexiness isn't about looks, it's about overall confidence, charisma--he's got it in spades.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
And with a full frontal nude scene to boot. Blimey.
@elizabethj85109 ай бұрын
You should have seen his theatre work. Wow!
@anthonyclark94413 жыл бұрын
You're not a fan of 80's Action Films, if you HAVEN'T seen this yet.
@owie40703 жыл бұрын
I agree. Great movie.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
Agreed !
@robbiesharp3113 жыл бұрын
Ton 10 80's movie.
@northkoreanpropagandist72713 жыл бұрын
Ehh, aren't you pushing it a little too far?
@errolbourgeois82303 жыл бұрын
TO Live and Die in LA is one of the many underrated thrillers of the 1980s.
@LerockJohn3 жыл бұрын
Sorcerer is a Hell of a movie. Absolutely engaging story and direction.... best kept secret!!
@jandeenphoto3 жыл бұрын
It is real esotericism !
@hugh-johnfleming2893 жыл бұрын
Beautiful flick, stunning. And a reboot of an older noir.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
The bridge scene is worth the entry fee alone, so to speak.
@richtifilmpalast53733 жыл бұрын
Not trying to be pretentious but in this case i gotta say: "watch the original!" "Le Salaire de la peur" (The Wages of Fear) is an incredible good movie and is still absolutely worth watching even nearly 70 years after being created!
@theman48843 жыл бұрын
@@richtifilmpalast5373 Sorcerer is superior to Wages of Fear. I am not saying Wages is bad. It is good. But it lacks the atmosphere, the feeling of out right despair of Sorcerer. The decision to add the opening vignettes was a brilliant choice on the part of Friedkin. In Wages, with the exception of Luigi, the men are just bums looking to scam the system. In Sorcerer they are truly desperate. Mario actually seemed to be living quite well, that was not the case in Sorcerer.
@thelastpitboss3 жыл бұрын
You failed to mention a then unknown John Turturro, who gave a terrific performance as a drug mule who gets caught at the airport by Petersens caracter. I saw this movie in the theater and loved it.
@kimmer63 жыл бұрын
LAX forbid him to run on top of the moving walkway. They did it anyway.
@mikeivoyloff16562 жыл бұрын
What's all the fusses about that greaseball anyway?
@wet-readАй бұрын
I think the actress who plays Janice Soprano on The Sopranos is related to him.
@wet-readАй бұрын
I think the actress who plays Janice Soprano on The Sopranos is related to him.
@IngoFilmfreak3 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated films of the 80s!!
@shorebreak693 жыл бұрын
nah, I reckon that's The Hidden, or maybe Buckaroo Banzai?
@IngoFilmfreak3 жыл бұрын
@@shorebreak69 THE HIDDEN was cool - I've seen BUCKAROO BANZAI twice... and both times I wondered what all the fuss is about.
@alainvosselman99602 жыл бұрын
Kinda like Black Rain..... probably not underrated but seemingly lost in time, no one takes time making a video about that one.
@KaiserSoze-vx6vo3 жыл бұрын
So, my deceased father was a Secret Service Agent, and I rented this movie for him and the family to see. He was severely pissed about how accurate they depicted the counterfeiting of money. People did say that the counterfeiting consultant was placed back in prison for violating his parole to make this movie.
@UNUSUALUSERNAME2203 жыл бұрын
Yeah they had a lot of issues with the counterfeiting sequence in this movie. Friedkin talks about it in the DVD (or Blu-Ray) I can't remember which. There were some parts that they filmed that they had to remove because the SS told them that they could not show them in the movie. I think they had a problem with the "movie money" that they were using too. "Movie money" has to have a noticeable difference from actual currency. Friedkin did not want to use "movie money" and made it look like actual currency, and that's a big no no. The movie just shows the off-set aspect of the printing process, intaglio printing is the part that actually impregnates the currency and gives it that "real money" look.
@rossegan70343 жыл бұрын
Freidken actually used the fake money in restaurants because it was so real looking.
@supercoolyguy3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like your father just may be a True American.
@phaedrussmith19493 жыл бұрын
The film is based on a book by the same name that was written by Gerald Petievich. Petievich was in the Secret Service.
@joshjnp89003 жыл бұрын
Lies. Proof or he wasn’t really a SS agent and I’m not talking about in Germany. Also, the rest is all lies too. Proof please.
@LukaDinamo3 жыл бұрын
Sorcerer needs a Best Movie You Never Saw treatment as well
@unclepatrick23 жыл бұрын
As does "Wages of Fear" the French Film that Sorcerer is a remake of.
@corpusvile13 жыл бұрын
@@unclepatrick2 I keep meaning to catch Wages of Fear, I thought Sorcerer was great and have always wanted to see the original also
@yrmthr3 жыл бұрын
The Tangerine Dream soundtrack is incredible
@Tony-19713 жыл бұрын
@@unclepatrick2 I wouldnt call it a remake though, because both movies have different themes. Wages of fear was a book first. So you could say both movies are adaptations of the book.
@theman48843 жыл бұрын
Sorcerer is one of the best films ever. To Live and Die in L.A. is good but Sorcerer is perfection.
@cognitivedissidents46423 жыл бұрын
This movie’s pairs well with Michael Mann’s “Thief” If you want a double-Bill.
@jeffreynolin93393 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Love the soundtracks to both (so had the LPs to both).
@haileygrey50473 жыл бұрын
I was just about to watch that last night but ended up watching tightrope instead I think I will check it out tonight
@RobbieSkyeHamilton3 жыл бұрын
Also pairs nicely with Mann’s Manhunter for a great William Petersen 1-2 punch!
@UNUSUALUSERNAME2203 жыл бұрын
Agreed. If you really want a great double feature, try this film backed up with Manhunter. This film features Bill Peterson in the lead role with Brian Cox as (the best IMO) Hannibal Lecter. This is one of Friedkins' best movies. I put it up there with The French Connection.
@Snipes-763 жыл бұрын
@@haileygrey5047 what you think of “tightrope”? Underrated film inmo
@Bluboy303 жыл бұрын
I finally saw this film about ten years ago and that shot gun scene near the end, I almost crap my pants. Didn't see that coming at all, especially for an 80s action film. Definitely one of the best and underrated thrillers of that decade.
@johntaylorson77693 жыл бұрын
In all honesty I'm not a huge fan of the movie on the whole, but that scene alone is such a wild move, it's definitely something special.
@ronniejdio94113 жыл бұрын
Did you forget the titls ?
@johnfitzpatrick30943 жыл бұрын
I first saw it on VHS in 1987. I was just as surprised as you were.
@tomtwells60823 жыл бұрын
I think this was possibly William Petersen's finest role. This movie seemed to define him as a star in my opinion, he's got it, whatever it is. Top notch acting across the board and a compelling pace that kept you engaged.
@requinremembers3 жыл бұрын
Yes he does, absolutely. I'm always mesmerized by him.
@coolcat63032 жыл бұрын
I agree. He was great in this as well as everything else I’ve seen him in. I especially liked him in Fear & Young Guns 2. Fun fact: Petersen was the original choice to play Sergeant Barnes in Platoon but he turned it down.
@ShadowSonic22 жыл бұрын
I think he was better in Manhunter
@alainvosselman99602 жыл бұрын
I think he does a little bit of over acting, because of that i don't think he's such a great actor but somehow it doesn't seem to really bother me much when watching him play. There's probably other actors of which the same thing could be said.... Some actors know they can only play themselves and aren't shy to admit. I would be more awestruck by John Torturro's work. Now there's a guy who can play characters. I actually think he's a bit underrated.
@tomtwells60822 жыл бұрын
@@alainvosselman9960 agreed.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
The Wang Chung music placed the viewer in the mindset of both the William Petersen and William Dafoe. Men who did not see beyond the future and were doomed to self destruction.
@raysmith75433 жыл бұрын
It's Willam DeFoe, not William!!! People always screw his name up..
@Inquieto873 жыл бұрын
@@raysmith7543 It's Willem on the credits so you screwed his name up too.
@rossegan70343 жыл бұрын
@@Inquieto87 haha..its clearly willem.
@SininenVenom3 жыл бұрын
@@raysmith7543 It's Willem* Dafoe* and to be fair, his original name is William.
@hughdman3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of William Petersen, Manhunter is also a great movie you'd probably never saw. It was Michael Man's first feature film and it was about Hannibal Lecter.
@parisgreen46003 жыл бұрын
That movie is a gem. A total love letter from the '80s.
@wildvet1 Жыл бұрын
Actually Michaeal Mann directed a picture called "Thief " with James Cann and a very young Jim Belushi that film came out before "Manhunter"
@hughdman Жыл бұрын
@wildvet1 Hah, thank you. I actually thought it was Band of the Hand for a long time, but then found out it was Starsky. Thank you.
@jonsmythe16853 жыл бұрын
It's the best Michael Mann movie not made by Michael Mann
@backrowbrighton3 жыл бұрын
This is a very welcome reminder of just how good this film is. I remember seeing this at Cinema City in Norwich in 1986 and was blown away by it. Deeply conflicted characters, fine acting, superb action scenes, no light relief plus the Wang Chung soundtrack is a bit special. One of the great films of the 1980's.
@mediasawdust24583 жыл бұрын
The sequence showing how counterfeiting was accomplished at the time is some of the most compelling moments in the film.
@corpusvile13 жыл бұрын
They show that sequence at the Secret Service training academy, apparently
@JamesPawson3 жыл бұрын
I only saw this film once when I was a kid and that scene still sticks out in my mind.
@michaelmayo3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes too. Supposedly he had to cut some bits out because the Treasury dept was furious he was showing the process in such detail; but it really shows that Dafoe's work is just beyond anyone else. I also love the little bit where Dafoe is giving one of his distributors grief about getting some of it back and he stops him and asks what's the big deal - it's just paper, and I think it's the only time Dafoe genuinely laughs in the film because the guy is right. To him, it's his true art, but to them it is just printed paper.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
In a decade known for its OTT film montages, this sequence is just about the best there is.
@theman48843 жыл бұрын
Sorcerer bombed at the box office but it is a truly brilliant movie. One of the all time best. If you haven't seen it, watch it.
@80sGeek3 жыл бұрын
This film is far better than any episode of CSI
@reidflemingworldstoughestm13943 жыл бұрын
that's setting bar low.. yikes
@ryanduray13 жыл бұрын
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 Right. CSI was trash.
@danieldoherty81013 жыл бұрын
The Sorcerer is brilliant, one of the most downbeat endings in cinema.
@Locadel20033 жыл бұрын
Exactly was really underrated. The bridge scene is excellent
@Redmenace963 жыл бұрын
It felt European, in that regard. Fuck Hollywood, this is real life.
@hugh-johnfleming2893 жыл бұрын
I am 4th gen LA and what pops is the look, light and location work. It is the City I grew up in, not the whitewash version glammed up so often. Beautifully photographed and produced...
@bacardibum3 жыл бұрын
that first sequence of dafoe making the money is my favorite in the entire film. we know who he is and the world he works in without having to have dialogue.
@Tom_H3273 жыл бұрын
I really liked this movie. You spend the whole movie following, identifying with and loving William Petersen's character, and then he gets blanked at the end. So unexpected and shocking. I haven't seen the movie in 20+ years but that scene still resonates with me today.
@alainvosselman99602 жыл бұрын
Yeah at a certain point in the movie it really sinks in Peterson is a full blown psycho with a badge...
@AdvancedLiving3 жыл бұрын
The point is, if you can’t come up with the front money... you ain’t for real. How many times I came home from a night out and put this on to quote the night away.
@corpusvile13 жыл бұрын
Great film, had the pleasure of attending a Q&A with William Friedkin after a Killer Joe screening and despite his rather crazy reputation, was an absolute gent and gave some really cool anecdotes about To Live & Die in LA in particular.
@clash792 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure he’s an actual psychopath, but damn if he isn’t the most interesting guy to hear talk about movies. And a damn good director
@Greydevil823 жыл бұрын
0h this is a great movie, Glad you guys are covering it. Wang Chung opening theme during the credits is Fire
@jamiemadigan72342 жыл бұрын
I think it's the greatest movie in history. I can't fault it. Casting. And the rest. An impeccable film in every sense. Score. Cutting. I like my films and I simply cannot crib about this film in any way. It saddens me that more people aren't aware of its presence. Love love love this film.
@DJAvalonArizona3 жыл бұрын
Hey there, This is fantastic. I love this movie very much, and I saw it in the theatre. "Dance Hall Days" came out in '83. Friedkin liked the album Points On The Curve very much and asked the band to score the soundtrack. The Soundtrack was released in 1985, and it remains a classic. I am a huge Wang Chung fan, and just so it is known, the music was in between Dance Hall Days ('83) and Everybody Have Fun Tonight ('87).
@towtruckmafia3 жыл бұрын
Saw it as a first run movie in Amsterdam. It was at the time the best action film I ever saw. That freeway scene is awesome.
@september29ification9 ай бұрын
Saw it while living in L.A. in 1986. Quite a time to be there. Seen it about 20x, great movie.
@ImForwardlook3 жыл бұрын
I saw this already in the mid-80:s in Finland. Have it on DVD and have watched it several more times since. On top of everything else some of the best things about this movie is the footage of the box Impala and all the R-body Mopars. Wish I could see more of the latter. Great movie for sure!
@dannewth2253 жыл бұрын
The sound track for "To live and die in LA" really fit the movie.
@kimmer63 жыл бұрын
I had a Ferrari 308GTS and the tape was constantly on while I cruised in the 80's. There was a black 308GTS in the movie. Yes, the popup headlights shake just like when he left the print facility that night in the desert.
@greglapointe13113 жыл бұрын
William Peterson doing his own stunt work in this film had to be in great shape at the time. This and Sorcerer among my Friedkin favorites to go along with his other more popular hits, Exorcist, French Connection. Jade was another film of his that I like that I feel was underrated.
@eloisapetermann6810 Жыл бұрын
YES, YES, YES
@Vyan003 жыл бұрын
I loved this movie, it just had the balls to *Go There* in a big bold way. Also the title track is written from the point of view of his informant who is trapped in this world by Peterson, and then later by Pankow.
@ajh6354 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see this at theater when it came out. One of my favorites still.
@DarkeningSkies13 жыл бұрын
“You’re workin’ for me now...”
@adilator3 жыл бұрын
I love how you do these videos to show us a movie we should watch just to fucking spoil it with clips, including the final fucking scene of the movie and all main characters' deaths.
@TheGreatGarfield3 жыл бұрын
For freaking real.
@DaddyLaser3 жыл бұрын
have to agree.. i was enjoying this recommendation.. then boom!.. ending ruined
@uzer_zero3 жыл бұрын
This and Shakedown are two gems I never get tired of watching.
@gregofcanada44943 жыл бұрын
Shakedown is a fun movie.
@ThaMizphit743 жыл бұрын
Shakedown is awesome.
@gregoryjenkins86453 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you drive, I’ll shoot. NO, I shoot, YOU DRIVE! Peter Weller to Sam Elliott. from Shakedown.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
You're BUSTED
@alisterfolson3 жыл бұрын
*NO spoilers, that ending.. 'I didn't see that coming ."* - Quicksilver
@martinkarnstein3 жыл бұрын
The Sorcerer is such underapreciated movie considering the quality of production. Thankfully, Blu-Ray edition allows to discover it and admire.
@unclepatrick23 жыл бұрын
I prefer the earlier French Film "Wages of Fear" of which Sorcerer is a remake.
@martinkarnstein3 жыл бұрын
Clouzot's "Wages of Fear" is a classic, great movie indeed. Though in Friedkin's remake I feel the spirit of cinema of the 70s, especially in the first act where we see the background of each character. The episodes in Jerusalem and especially in Paris are fascinating.
@Clay36133 жыл бұрын
@@unclepatrick2 The original tries way too hard to be serious and anti-American.
@steveconn3 жыл бұрын
Watched it many times while working on a graphic novel in 2017-8. Peterson is intense, and Pankow is a great partner. That car chase is epic. Never bettered.
@mattbeasley1311 Жыл бұрын
This isn't just a great movie. It's one of the best movies made in the entire decade of the 80's. It has aged extremely well and even the 80's soundtrack is fantastic (including the title track). Best car chase of all time. Super stressful!!
@jamesdesanders5618 Жыл бұрын
Loved this movie from day one!!! Always had a Miami vice feel to it!!! MIAMI VICE FOREVER!!
@rossegan70343 жыл бұрын
Has one of the best car chases ever filmed..william peterson is criminally underrated.
@stoogefest163 жыл бұрын
You finally got around to it. This is one of the all-time underrated movies, particularly of its era.
@ThePilbaraPrince3 жыл бұрын
Man I absolutely loved this movie. 80’s classic.
@glenminnick37243 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie when it was new. I still really like it, 80's were cool as hell.
@sal1nger Жыл бұрын
Just rewatched this in the wake of Friedkin's death and it still mesmerizes. Just a masterful mix of 80s excess with that bleak Friedkin cynicism. And the ending is still as shocking as the first time I watched it 30 years ago.
@revview55943 жыл бұрын
I've practically memorized this film. You can't have an 80s action film like this without those of the 70s (e.g., this vs The Seven-Ups), etc. Each decade owes its predecessors, even if novel.
@chazthurgood1213 жыл бұрын
This movie is damn near impossible to stream in the US
@lizardog3 жыл бұрын
The sequence showing the process of counterfeiting money and aging the bills was a standout in an already amazing film.
@SupaFUZZZZZZ3 ай бұрын
One of the greatest movies ever made.
@transmissionggb28203 жыл бұрын
This movie and manhunter were the reason I started watching CSI for a while.
@Scotkhuncap3 жыл бұрын
Man Hunter was better than The silence of the lambs.. Much more believable movie. Not many have seen that movie either..
@transmissionggb28203 жыл бұрын
@@Scotkhuncap I saw manhunter long before silence of the lambs and I like the movie for the hunt for the killer. the few words said by Brian Cox as Lecktor are enough to know that this guy can get into your head even behind bars and still almost gets Will even in jail just by a phone call. Thats enough to know how smart Lecktor is and that is better than him just going rampage to see how brutal he is, in my opinion. I like silence of the lambs but you almost forget they are out to catch a killer as he seems secondary compared to the killer in manhunter and I always thought the more evil guy got away and this other mixed up not so intelligent killer is killed rightly so but at a price which seems worse. it ends with this very intelligent evil man just strolling away at the end away to go kill the doctor which your obviously meant to hate and thats a bit confusing as your thinking, well they caught that nutter but now that even more dangerous guy is on the loose.
@TheJuRK3 жыл бұрын
One of the few examples of a movie being better than the book. William Friedkin specifically instructed Wang Chung NOT to write a theme song with lyrics to the movie. They did anyway, and when they played it for Friedkin, he went and filmed an opening scene to go with it.
@stevendavies4172 жыл бұрын
I love this part where Chance is driving to the informant's house and the track Lullaby transitions from verse to chorus as he enters the house. It's perfect.
@johns16253 жыл бұрын
How did Willem Defoe age like 40 years between this and Platoon????
@SquidkidMega3 жыл бұрын
"to live and die in L.A" feels like the movie that Michael Mann never made
@dvdny3 жыл бұрын
Good point. Mann answered a year later with 'Manhunter', also starring William Pedersen, which is actually a better Silence of the Lambs movie than any of the Demme versions (although I'm a Demme fan). Check it out.
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
@@dvdny Manhunter is a fine film but Mann discarded the crucial substance of the book.
@dvdny3 жыл бұрын
@@ricardocantoral7672 That could very well be, I didn't read it. Thanks for the heads up.
@StillTheVoid3 жыл бұрын
The production of this film is a story in itself. It's a shame you haven't mention: a. How two DOJ agencies almost shut this film down for both violating security measures during the airport shoot and how surprisingly accurate the counterfeiting scenes were b. How the car chase scene was shot in real time during la's busiest hours. c. How this film was about to be X-rated by the MPAA d. That there are strangely two versions of the film which does NOT include the date and times of some scenes. e. Michael Mann sued William Friedkin for plagiarism over the concept of Miami Vice but was overturned.
@tomhahnl19273 жыл бұрын
This is a great movie, loved it!!! It holds up really really well and the Ending is shocking, I'm pretty sure Scorsese copied it for Departed.
@LucyLioness1003 жыл бұрын
This movie is vastly underrated. The acting is terrific, the action scenes are expertly filmed (especially the freeway chase) & a real good subversion of which hero makes it 😉
@arielmags2 жыл бұрын
Seen it in the 80's and was pretty much awed by Petersen frustrated cop character and the wily Willrm Dafoe. I love this film. The soundtrack by Wang chung is epic!
@Daniel-zy8rz Жыл бұрын
This is my favourite cop film. I discovered it about 15 years ago. William Peterson is amazing in it. Clearly you can see how it influenced such films as Lethal Weapon. The main protagonist's intensity, his partner days off from retirement. Even (possibly?) Coining the phrase 'i'm too old for this shit'. Just blew my mind that it went under my radar for so long.
@WilAdams3 жыл бұрын
Cruisin' was not a bad film. It was a companion to Looking for Mr. Goodbar. What that film was pointing out was the dangers of cruising in straight bars, while Cruisin' dealt with the same topic but in gay bars. It has become clear over time--not just with Cruisin' but with films like Song of the South, Gone With The Wind, Westside Story and others--is that any film that shows minorities in a light different from the modern light is somehow phobic, ism, or ist. The people who lived in the 1970s and went to gay bars know that the depiction--if unflattering--is accurate. Just as films made before Roots that dealt with slavery and depicted the slaves as anything but HOSTILE to the condition are unflattering and must be erased. Not because the films are inaccurate--those living in the days of the slaves wrote diaries--yes other people than Alex Hailey's family kept diaries--and in those pages we can see references to house slaves (like Mammy in GWTW, and Chicken George in ROOTS) who were content living as slaves. That fact does not make slavery good, nor does it make it bad, it is just a fact. So, whenever you see someone crying out from the modern day about depictions of something from the past, research it, and see IF that depiction is accurate (and thus unflattering) to the whiner, or if it is false. The more you know.
@chrisperrien70553 жыл бұрын
Never saw? Huh? I saw this movie for $1.50 at the theater. Boy, I am old. Willem Dafoe as the bad guy, probably the best casting choice ever done, and has been repeated alot since,LOL. Peterson was a great call too.
@jerryc57433 жыл бұрын
5:14 - loved this movie but did not remember that this, like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, was yet another cop movie taking place around Christmas. 😃
@ishaq247223 жыл бұрын
This movie was great, very underrated. William Petersen an underrated actor never got the credit he deserved, who BTW also was in the first Red Dragon serial killer epic ( which was much better than the 2002 one).
@TripleJ693 жыл бұрын
The car chase scene is UNBELIEVABLE ! That was the best part of the movie.
@darbyheavey4063 жыл бұрын
Cruising wasn’t homophobic it was an accurate depiction of the gay S&m scene in the 70s.
@VersinKettorix3 жыл бұрын
This is a really good movie. Petersen's fate really makes it work for me. It's a good change of pace from the predictable.
@T116393 жыл бұрын
Well I saw it years ago on C4. Peterson explodes off the screen with the sort of physical energy that most actors would kill for. During the car chase I nearly fell out of my chair when the car crossed in front of the train! I can't believe they did that. Mueller's photography is sensational. Worth getting on Blu ray.
@dexterriley3 жыл бұрын
Casting a young john tuturro and steve james who was just doing b movie martial art flicks mostly was inspired
@marcopervo3 жыл бұрын
The movie had great reviews and word of mouth but casting lesser known actors kept it from drawing in viewers. I saw for the first time on cable last week and it lived up to the hype, and then some. The casting was excellent.
@DarkFortressPictures_Official3 жыл бұрын
I love this movie! The soundtrack is amazing too!
@givelove70503 жыл бұрын
William Petersen and his Bow legs wearing them jeans. Oh my!!
@jdraven08903 жыл бұрын
For once I can say I've heard of this movie and I'm a huge fan of it! I rented it back in the day and really didn't like it that much, but there was something about it that called me back. One of my favorite crime dramas now.
@biggjoshhardcore Жыл бұрын
This is one of my all-time favorite crime films it’s ridiculously underrated it has a Miami Vice vibe to it Which I see you as a compliment.
@nidumite3 жыл бұрын
This film and LA Confidential, two films not to be missed if you like action with great stories.
@Alprazolam083 жыл бұрын
I saw this masterpiece when I was 12 when it came out. It has remained my fav crime drama of all time. Along with the soundtrack. Wang Chung put that soundtrack together in two weeks!
@judasplow253 жыл бұрын
The general public is so damn stupid. This movie is awesome and a classic!
@weltvonalex3 жыл бұрын
That was a suprise for me, found it on KZbin and man.... William is beautiful in this movie
@The00Lisa003 жыл бұрын
Yes, and those legs❤️. I just have a thing about bowlegged men🥰
@gluserty3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there are no heroes in this film, just people with shades of grey actions & reactions; that bothers some, but I feel it adds a sense of realism to the characters and the overall story.
@AliAhmed-yo1dp3 жыл бұрын
Another great 80s cop movie was "Year of the Dragon" with Mickey Rourke
@Haselgrove13 жыл бұрын
The endings fantastic
@Locadel20033 жыл бұрын
That movie is one of the best Mickey rourke movies
@alexcaprio3 жыл бұрын
I fucking love this movie, it’s criminally underrated
@FormatorBlack3 жыл бұрын
Can’t count how many towns me and my buddy watched this on VHS in the eighties....great movie, great actors, great soundtrack! It was eerie, when I finally re-connected with him a few years back we watched and realized the last time we’d both seen it was when we were fourteen and watched it together!
@MrCarpen7er Жыл бұрын
In the alternative ending, Chance wasn't shot in the face, he was shot in the chest. They filmed two different scenes.
@SlyRy3 жыл бұрын
The "Psychemagik" remix of Dance Hall Days is awesome btw. That's all. Just a shoutout.
@catchawave213 жыл бұрын
All time favourite! Not best, but fav. I remember watching this on the big screen in 1985, in disbelief at what Friedkin had gotten away with. A studio movie without a single redeemable soul. Still amazes me!
@YoCraps-og4kt3 жыл бұрын
"To Live and Die in LA" is very good. I always enjoy watching this movie. William Peterson also stars in another movie that falls into this same category of "Best movie you never saw". "Long Gone". One of my favorites, and a very underrated baseball movie, It also co-stars Dermot Mulroney, and a hot looking Viginia Madson. Worth checking out.
@johnrunion53573 жыл бұрын
to me this film is one of the best action films of all time.
@mcmaniac10003 жыл бұрын
One of the first VHS we rented when we got our first VCR 🎄 1986. Gritty ass movie amd everybody I show it to loves it.
@supercoolyguy3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't wait to rent it back then.
@gx12 Жыл бұрын
Sorcerer is a must. That bridge scene is insane!!
@Curtisstollery3 жыл бұрын
I love this film the music in it is sweet, true fact there a part of the film in the airport. Where they were told not do that but did it any way.
@rumblewolf29993 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite film of all time. The kids these days always say "Oh, like the Tupac song." No. It's the other way around.
@jules25453 жыл бұрын
I saw this in the eighties and thought it was a great film, another favourite Manhunter.
@TrailRunnerLife3 жыл бұрын
Lethal Weapon wishes it was this movie. Best car chase of all time.