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 | Motor Car Wash | Pistol | Tough Guy

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)
Robert L. Feist	...	Rodeo Announcer (as Bob Feist)
Gary Leffew	...	John Capshaw
Robert Harvey	...	Skip Tracer in Diner (as Bob Harvey)
Gerry Bamman	...	Buddy
Julie Hoopman	...	Waitress
Travis Swords	...	Capshaw's Attorney
Paul Benjamin	...	Judge
Randy Kirby	...	District Attorney
Linda Hoy	...	Lou Ann's Attorney
Cliff Bemis	...	Jeff
Frances Fisher	...	Dinah
Bryan Adams	...	Gas Station Attendant
Sue Ann Gilfillan	...	Saleslady
John Fleck	...	Lounge Lizard
Bill Wattenburg	...	Pit Boss
Mara Corday	...	Stick Lady
Jim Carrey	...	Lounge Entertainer (as James Carrey)
Erik C. Westby	...	Room Service Waiter
Richie Allan	...	Derelict
Roy Conrad	...	Barker
Wayne Storm	...	Jack Bass
James Cromwell	...	Motel Desk Clerk
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Birthright Thug
Bill McKinney	...	Coltersville Bartender
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daniel D. Halleck	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Ed McMahon	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Buddy Van Horn

Writing credits (WGA)
John Eskow		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Gruskoff	....	executive producer
David Valdes	....	producer

Original Music by
Steve Dorff

Cinematography by
Jack N. Green		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joel Cox

Casting by
Phyllis Huffman

Production Design by
Edward C. Carfagno

Set Decoration by
Thomas L. Roysden

Makeup Department
Susan Germaine	....	hair stylist
Michael Hancock	....	makeup artist

Production Management
David Valdes	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matt Earl Beesley	....	first assistant director
Frank Capra III	....	second assistant director
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Edward Aiona	....	property master
Bryan Belair	....	construction foreman
Larry Boyd	....	set dresser
Judy Cammer	....	set designer
Ronald C. Jacobs	....	lead man (as Ron Jacobs)
Bob Lawless	....	stand-by painter (as Robert Lawless)
Jerry Swift	....	assistant property master
Frank White	....	labor foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carmen Baker	....	assistant adr editor (as Carmen Hocson Baker)
Neil Burrow	....	sound editor
Willie D. Burton	....	sound mixer
Virginia Cook-McGowan	....	sound editor
Teri E. Dorman	....	sound editor
Jay Engel	....	adr editor (as Jay N. Engel)
Les Fresholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert W. Harris	....	cable person
Robert G. Henderson	....	supervising sound editor
David M. Horton	....	sound editor
Joseph A. Ippolito	....	sound editor
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Darrin Martin	....	assistant sound editor (as Darrin Val Martin)
Karen Minahan	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Vern Poore	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marshall Winn	....	sound editor
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Calvin Joe Acord	....	special effects (as Calvin Acord)
John Frazier	....	special effects
Harold Selig	....	special effects (as Hal Selig)

Stunts
John Alden	....	stunts
Paula Crist	....	stunts
Kerrie Cullen	....	stunts
Doc Duhame	....	stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunt coordinator (as Richard 'Diamond' Farnsworth)
Steve Geray	....	stunts
Andree Gibbs	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunts
Clifford Happy	....	stunts (as Cliff Happy)
Diane Hetfield	....	stunts
Larry Holt	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunts
Walt La Rue	....	stunts
Brett Leffew	....	stunts
Jack Lilley	....	stunts
Burt Marshall	....	stunts
Matt McColm	....	stunts
George Orrison	....	stunts
Rex Rossi	....	stunts
Sharon Schaffer	....	stunts
Laurie Sheehan	....	stunts (as Laurane Sheehan)
Spike Silver	....	stunts
Al Simon	....	stunts
Rob Smets	....	stunts (as Robert Smets)
Skipper Voss	....	stunts
Danny Weselis	....	stunts
John Douglas Ayers	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Steve Kelso	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Dunford	....	dolly grip (as James Dunford)
Kelly Green	....	second assistant camera
Jack E. McLean Jr.	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Víctor Pérez	....	chief lighting technician
Marcia Reed	....	still photographer
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera (as Anthony J. Rivetti)
Douglas Ryan	....	camera operator (as Doug Ryan)
Sidney Sidell	....	first assistant camera (as Jerry Sidell)
Bruce D. Spellman	....	best boy grip
Stephen St. John	....	camera operator
Bill Young	....	key grip
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mary Dangerfield	....	atmosphere casting: Sacramento
Olivia Harris	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Sally Lear	....	atmosphere casting: Reno
Jennifer Van Horn	....	atmosphere casting: Greenville

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Hopper	....	costume supervisor: women
Barbara Whittaker	....	wardrobe: men
Glenn Wright	....	costume supervisor: men

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Michael Cipriano	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez)
Donald Harris	....	music editor
Steve Wax	....	music consultant
Larry Herbstritt	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Keith Dillin	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Roberts	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Marco Barla	....	unit publicist
Mike Dillin	....	production associate
Sue Hutchinson	....	assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Linda Sony Kinney	....	production secretary
Michael Maurer	....	production accountant
Ronald A. Miller	....	craft service (as Ronald Miller)
Richard Morgan	....	first aid
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor
Tom Rooker	....	production associate
Patricia Saccente	....	assistant: Ms. Peters
Antoinette Simmrin	....	location manager
Franklin A. Vallette	....	production associate (as Franklin Vallette)
William M. DeLuca	....	mechanic (uncredited)
Antoinette Levine	....	location manager (uncredited)
Burton Sharp	....	adr group coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Malpaso Productions
• Warner Bros.

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Warner Bros. (1990) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1992) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)

Other Companies

• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes

Also Known As:

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

Prior to this Clint Eastwood movie, in popular culture, the Pink Cadillac was, and still is, a car very much associated with Elvis Presley. In this movie also, Jim Carrey impersonates Presley. In a 2010 interview with 'USA Today', Eastwood said that he used to play 'fast draws' with Presley. During the 1960s, Presley and Eastwood were often filming next door to one another in the studio and struck up a friendship. Eastwood said: "I was always wearing a gun...Presley loved to do fast draws and stuff, so we always did fast draws together...I liked him...He seemed like a good guy. Had a lot of guys hanging around, big entourage'. I get a kick out of my wife, who is quite a few years younger. She'll say, 'Did you know 'Elvis Presley?' I'll say, Sure. James Dean? Yeah. Bobby Darin?' Yeah. She'll look at some old picture of me and say, 'What a babe!' (Laughs) We were all hanging around at the same time, in the 1950s. We were all here in town, and all struggling in various things. I was doing "Rawhide" (1959). There was a camaraderie among the younger group".

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: (at around 31 mins) A boom mic's reflection can be seen in the car's window.

Quotes:

[Lou Ann borrows a tight-fitting dress]
Tommy Nowak:Sweetheart, if there's any justice on this planet, they'll never make you give back that red dress.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/Miracle Mile/Pink Cadillac/Road House/Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Baby, Let's Play House

Not a waste of time, but one of my least favourite Clint Eastwood films

I don't consider Pink Cadillac a terrible movie, just one I didn't care for. It is a well made movie, with a beautiful car, a good soundtrack, a few witty quips in the script, Clint Eastwood giving his all to the role and Bernadette Peters all bubbly and fun. On the other hand, I find the film rather dull, with a very sluggish first half, a mostly incoherent plot, characters that don't have much substance and you don't care much, some jokes that feel forced and lethargic direction.

Overall, Pink Cadillac was not as bad as I thought, but considering how much I respect Eastwood, both as an actor and a director and a large body of his films, it could have been better. 4/10 Bethany Cox