Netflix now has this movie available for streaming. Alexandra paul, andy garcia, jeff bridges, randy brooks, rosanna arquette, official content from twentieth century fox home. This was the final film credit for the great hal ashby coming home, shampoo. This crime thriller follows an excop who befriends a young. Every jeff bridges movie, ranked worst to best rolling stone.
The original trailer in high definition of 8 millionen wege zu sterben directed by hal ashby and starring jeff bridges, rosanna arquette. It never ceases to amaze me about how many good movies are only on vhs while crappy films get bluray treatment. Considering the major talents involved here, one would expect to find something more than a runofthemill crime thriller. When she is found dead, he vows to take down the man responsible.
This was the final film credit for the great hal ashby coming home, shampoo screenplay by oliver stone scarface and r. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his. This crime thriller follows an excop who befriends a young prostitute. Scudder is a detective with the sheriffs department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Tristar picturesproducers sales organization pso 86. Alexandra paul, andy garcia, jeff bridges, randy brooks, rosanna arquette. Kl studio classics recovering alcoholic excop matt scudder jeff bridges took a fat cash advance from a highend call girl alexandra paul to get her out of the grip of a sleazy gambling club owner randy brooks.
With jeff bridges, rosanna arquette, alexandra paul, randy brooks. Death comes to all except those who deserve it most scudder is a detective with the sheriffs department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Eventually sobering up, he vows to avenge sunnys death.
Its a conventional film, but one must remember that at this stage in his career, ashby had little or no creative control. Studiocanaltristar picturesproducers sales organization pso. A list of american films released in 1986 platoon won the academy award for best picture. While blocks novels are full of dark corners and shadows, jeff. I saved it because i like the helicopter ride and music. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. Everyone in the film has done better work, alas hal ashby would never be given the chance again, the film served as a muddled coda to a great career. Jeff bridges plays matthew scudder, a burned out cop whose life goes to shambles after a raid goes wrong.
As transfers of older movies go, this is a rather average one from kino lorber i believe the studio just has to use the transfer provided to them by the studio in this case, 20th century fox. Casino you can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk outta here you cant have both duration. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Clearly from a damaged print, not the orginal negative. Lance hill road house under pseudonym david lee henry and based on the book. One of the more bizarre movies ive seen in a while. It was ashbys final film, and the first attempt to adapt the matthew scudder detective stories of lawrence block for the screen. The film focuses on matt scudder jeff bridges an alcoholic excop who ends up losing his job, wife, home, etc after shooting a man during a boozefueled drug bust. This is an excellent theme composed by james newton howard.