Pink Cadillac (1989)

Director:

Buddy Van Horn

Writer (WGA):

John Eskow (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.

Plot:

Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Counterfeit | Title Based On Song | Flasher | Pink Cadillac

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Tommy Nowak
Bernadette Peters	...	Lou Ann McGuinn
Timothy Carhart	...	Roy McGuinn
Tiffany Gail Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
Angela Louise Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
John Dennis Johnston	...	Waycross
Michael Des Barres	...	Alex
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Billy Dunston
Bill Moseley	...	Darrell
Michael Champion	...	Ken Lee
William Hickey	...	Mr. Barton
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Ricky Z
Gary Howard Klar	...	Randy Bates (as Gary Klar)
Dirk Blocker	...	Policeman #1
Leonard R. Garner Jr.	...	Policeman #2 (as Lenny Garner)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:13 | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | West Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #29630) | UK:15 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:12 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

Clint Eastwood's only film not to get a theatrical release in the UK.

Quotes:

Flasher: Whadda think?
Lou Ann McGuinn: Looks like a penis to me - only smaller.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Two Doors Down

It was a departure

This was supposed to be a comedy, a bridge between the "Clyde" movies and his later, more serious movies. Here, Clint is beginning to show his age. HE just cant be as rough and tumble as he was in the 60's & 70's. Ms. Peters wasn't a very good actress in this movie, Its painful to watch the baby bomb scene. She's better suited to Broadway.

Here, Clint played down his character. This was more of a parody of his "Gauntlet" role, just as the last Dirty Harry movie was a parody of the entire Dirty Harry series. The Caddy gets ruined much like the bus. The Brotherhood gang isn't as scary as the Black Widows, but they are as goofy, and they serve the same purpose: just a group of outlaws to give Clint someone to contend with. Clint had better adversaries in his Spaghetti Westerns.

The scenery is nice though. I graduated high school not long after this movie came out and it was an encouraging factor in all the road trips I took all over the American Southwest. I still haven't made it to the Sierras though.

The lesson learned here is, its better to make fun of yourself and have fun doing it before someone else does and possibly does it with venom.