Stakeout (1987)

Director:

John Badham

Writer:

Jim Kouf (written by)

Release Date:

5 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

Plot:

Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her.

Plot Keywords:

Electronic Music Score | Buddy Film | Automobile | City | Joke

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Det. Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez	...	Det. Bill Reimers
Madeleine Stowe	...	Maria McGuire
Aidan Quinn	...	Richard 'Stick' Montgomery
Dan Lauria	...	Det. Phil Coldshank
Forest Whitaker	...	Det. Jack Pismo
Ian Tracey	...	Caylor Reese
Earl Billings	...	Captain Giles
Jackson Davies	...	FBI Agent Lusk
J.J. Makaro	...	B.C
Scott Andersen	...	Reynaldo McGuire
Tony Pantages	...	Tony Harmon
Beatrice Boepple	...	Carol Reimers
Kyle Wodia	...	Jeffrey Reimers (as Kyle Woida)
Jan Speck	...	Kelly McDonald

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cinderella

Trivia:

Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez were having a movie trivia contest on the set one day. Estevez asked Dreyfuss to identify the movie that the line "This is no boating accident" was from. Dreyfuss didn't recognize the quote, despite the fact that he was the actor who said it in Jaws (1975). Deciding that this was too good to pass up, this incident was re-enacted for the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene where the police chase the bad guys where they're shooting at each other; one of the police officer fires and hits the bad guy's car rear tail light. But in the next scene as the car zooms by both tail lights are perfectly intact. And then in the later scenes the tail light's smashed again.

Quotes:

[after watching the svelte Maria McGuire undress]
Bill Reimers: To protect and to serve.
Chris Lecce: Ooo, I love my job, I love it so much!
Bill Reimers: But I would appreciate it if you would not act like a walking hard-on while we're on the job.
Chris Lecce: Succinctly put.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Homicide: Life on the Street: Stakeout (#4.15)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

This Night Was Made (For One Thing Only)

Very enjoyable.......

Somewheres in between 'Beverly Hills Cop' and 'Lethal Weapon' you find this. Good cop/buddy action flick, plenty of humour, the violence is for real, the chemistry between the two leads and Stowe Just right. I enjoy the scene where she shifts her position JUST so slightly, its quite erotic, while the pranks the two cops play on each other are quite funny too.

Its fun watching how put out Estevez gets with the older guy whose clearly not acting his age.

There's nothing terribly deep here, and some of its really dated-Lethal Weapon-ish graphics, the cars, the angry black squad leader, the music(Miami Sound Machine, anyone?), etc, traditional boatchase/fight/battle to the death inside hellacious warehouse/factory finale, etc all par for the course.

But no biggies. The second one wasn't nearly as good's this one.

*** outta ****