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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
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Release Date:
11 July 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
Kojak. Columbo. Dirty Harry. Wimps. more
Plot:
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex...
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Detective
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Koala
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Rock 'n' Roll
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Hearse
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Rock Music
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Awards:
4 wins
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3 nominations
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(2 articles)
Georgia Rule
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This stinker is the best Renny Harlin-film there is
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Andrew Dice Clay | ... | Ford Fairlane |
 | Wayne Newton | ... | Julian Grendel |
 | Priscilla Presley | ... | Colleen Sutton |
 | Morris Day | ... | Don Cleveland, Record Producer |
 | Lauren Holly | ... | Jazz |
 | Maddie Corman | ... | Zuzu Petals |
| Gilbert Gottfried | ... | Johnny Crunch |
 | David Patrick Kelly | ... | Sam |
| Brandon Call | ... | The Kid |
 | Robert Englund | ... | Smiley |
| Ed O'Neill | ... | Lt. Amos |
| Vince Neil | ... | Bobby Black |
| Sheila E. | ... | Club Singer |
| David Arnott | ... | Club Guy |
| Mark Goldstein | ... | Club Guy |
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104 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Canada:R (Manitoba) |
New Zealand:R18 |
Spain:13 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:18 |
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (certificate #30128)
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Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [Finland]Finlandia Vodka
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Continuity: Jazz is thrown sideways through a window, but on the next shot, she is going head first.
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Quotes:
Don Cleveland:
You got to shave before you leave the house in a dress like that... and I don't mean your legs.
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Movie Connections:
References The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Soundtrack:
UNBELIEVABLE
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How could this thing be 'best'-anything??? Ford Fairlane reportedly cleaned the place in 1991 Razzie Awards. It is a SOB of a film, stupid, offensive, boring. Still I think that this IS the best that Renny Harlin – or Lauri Harjola like his Finnish name goes – has been able to create. There always seems to be something tacky and brainless in his movies so it's better that it's intentional like in Ford Fairlane. This movie has only 3 positive things in it:
1. It is a sort of testament for 1980's LA hair metal scene.
2. Ed O'Neill appears shortly.
3. Billy Idol's 'Cradle of love' is a great song.
Not that I think anybody would care, but if you watch very carefully the beginning of Bobby Black's funeral scene, you can see the Finnish Playboy-model Kata Kärkkäinen – who the Harlin/Harjola shortly dated – doing cameo as a 'metal-babe' who… Nevermind.