Stick (1985)

Director:

Burt Reynolds

Writers:

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Elmore Leonard (writer) ...

Release Date:

26 April 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Crime

Tagline:

It's his last chance. And he's going to fight for it.

Plot:

Ernest (Stick) Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour...

Plot Keywords:

Daughter | Gangster | Betrayal | Scorpion | Ex Convict

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Burt Reynolds	...	Ernest 'Stick' Stickley
Candice Bergen	...	Kyle McClaren
George Segal	...	Barry Braham
Charles Durning	...	Chucky
Castulo Guerra	...	Nestor
José Pérez	...	Rainy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Cadiente	...	Nestor's Hood
Gary Cervantes	...	Nestor's Hood (as Carlos Cervantes)
Richard L. Duran	...	Nestor's Hood
Tricia Leigh Fisher	...	Katie
Leonard P. Geer	...	Old Man (as Lenny Geer)
Jorge Gil	...	Chucky's Hood
Laurah Guillén	...	Girl in Restaurant
Lamar Jackson	...	Edgar
Richard Lawson	...	Cornell
Monica Lewis	...	Female Vocalist
Deanna Lund	...	Diane
Ignacio Menocal	...	Nestor's Hood
Jesus Menocal	...	Nestor's Hood
Phanie Napoli	...	The maid
Sachi Parker	...	Bobbi
Dar Robinson	...	Moke
Alex Rocco	...	Firestone
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Nestor's Hood
Bert Rosario	...	Bodega Owner
Tim Rossovich	...	Cecil

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Annie Potts shot a role that was cut from the final release. Her credit appears in the teaser poster when the film was set to be released in 1984.

Quotes:

Barry Braham: What's a boomerang that dosen't come back ?It's a Stick.

Movie Connections:

References "The Flintstones" (1960)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Think I'm Ready for You

Elmore Leonard is a superb storyteller

I know that many people have mixed feelings about this story. Once I saw a comedian on the cable comedy channel using 'stick' to slam in his act, of the worst Burt Reynolds movies ever. But I contend, even so with Burt at the helm of this 'ship', that the story was told by a master at story creating and telling. He (Leonard) has not liked almost all the adaptations to the screen from his books with the exception of 'Get Shorty' which, well...how do you beat that one??? At any rate, the story I liked, there was enough to keep me 'into it'. Even though I like a lot of different movies, I don't like every movie I see.

This was a right-cut for Burt Reynolds I thought. He pulled the character off, in the manner in which he does, in 'waves'. He's had mono-tone performances and out and out wild ones too.

Whatever the critics think or say, there was a great cast and the location was perfect as well. I can live with this Burt-directed story from 1985, heck why not, it was the eighties.