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STRIKING DISTANCE (1993) |
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MORGAN'S GRADE |
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| Coming from a police family, detective Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom strongly believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom, but he's in no mood to be the victim anymore. |
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| Bruce Willis (Tom Hardy), Sarah Jessica Parker (Jo Christman/ Det. Emily Harper), Dennis Farina (Det. Nick Detillo), Tom Sizemore (Danny Detillo), Brion James (Det. Eddie Eiler), Robert Pastorelli (Det. Jimmy Detillo), Timothy Busfield (Tony Sacco), John Mahoney (Lt. Vincent Hardy), Andre Braugher (District Attorney Frank Morris), Tom Atkins (Uncle Fred Hardy), Mike Hodge (Capt. Penderman). |
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THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT HIM IN THE WATER IF THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO MAKE WAVES. |
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RELEASE DATE: September 17th, 1993 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $8.7 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $23.7 million (USA)
- Co-star Robert Pastorelli accidentally blurted out the big plot twist during an appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman" long before the film was released. |
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DIRECTOR: Rowdy Herrington (Road House).
WRITERS: Rowdy Herrington and Marty Kaplan.
PRODUCERS: Hunt Lowry, Arnon Milchan and Tony Thomopoulos.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Marty Kaplan.
CO-PRODUCER: Carmine Zozzora.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Steven Reuther.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Brad Fiedel.
DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "Striking Distance is a lame excuse from a few loosely connected chase scenes, full of macho piggishness, glaring inconsistencies and yawning plot-holes." -- Joe Brown, Washington Post |
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QUOTES |
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Tom: I got a new game. Everybody dies. |
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Tom: How was California?
Danny: Sunny.
Tom: Sunny? You've been out there two years and that's all you've got to say?
Danny: The Simpsons are on an hour earlier. |
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| "Striking Distance is an exhausted reassembly of bits and pieces from all the other movies that are more or less exactly like this one." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times |
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Nick: There's an old Italian saying: don't bury your tongue on another man's soup.
Tom: Yeah? There's an old Irish saying: don't listen to old Italian sayings. |
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| "Slick but empty, overly familiar thriller." -- Leonard Maltin |
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