The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers (WGA):

Rex Weiner (characters)
James Cappe (story) ...

Release Date:

11 July 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Kojak. Columbo. Dirty Harry. Wimps.

Plot:

Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Rock 'n' Roll | Koala | Crude Humor | Gunfight

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:R | New Zealand:R18 | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Silver Pictures

Trivia:

Maddie Corman's character is named "Zuzu Petals", a reference to It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In that movie, George Bailey's daughter, Zuzu, had brought home a flower she had got at school. She show's it to her father and complains that some of the petals are falling off. He puts these in his pocket. Later, when he "has never been born", he reaches into his pocket and Clarence the Angel, says, "They're not there." "What?" asks George. "Zuzu's petals."

Goofs:

Continuity: The Kid's shoes when he's sitting on the beach chair at the end.

Quotes:

Ford Fairlane: Some people play hard to get. I play hard to want.

Movie Connections:

References Xanadu (1980)

Soundtrack:

CAN'T GET ENOUGH

Classic!

Sure there is crude humor, but it's *Dice Clay*. He is who he is. This actually seemed cleaned up a bit for him. Mr Rock and roll detective gets to investigate the death of Vince Neil. You throw in Precilla Presley, Gilbert Godfried, Ed O'Neill. That is a recipe for just funny. *Very funny*, lots of good one liners, very quotable. Then again, I evidently have the mental capacity of a dead hamster. ;) If for nothing else, it is a definite watcher for fashion don'ts. Yes we *really* did dress that way in the late 80's early 90's, it was very "Rock and Roll", we thought we were cool. Though now I can't imagine why... Excellent time-period comedy. It's a re-watcher.