Hot Pursuit (1987 film)
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Producer Pierre David Country United StatesMexico | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 8, 1987 (1987-05-08) Cast (Dan Bartlett), ("Mac" MacClaren), (Victor Honeywell), Wendy Gazelle (Lori Cronenberg), (Bill Cronenberg), (Buffy Cronenberg)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Interstellar , Self/less , Nightcrawler , Blackhat , Django Unchained Tagline She promised him ten days together in paradise. He never dreamed how far he'd have to go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A pirate (Robert Loggia) shanghais a teenager (John Cusack) who missed the plane to join his girlfriend (Wendy Gazelle) on an island.
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- Hot Pursuit 1987 Trailer 1 Movieclips Classic Trailers
- Plot
- Hot pursuit trailer 1987
- Cast
- Production
- Filming
- Similar Movies
- Reception
- References
Hot Pursuit is a 1987 American-Mexican action comedy film directed by Steven Lisberger, written by Lisberger and Steven Carabatsos, and starring John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, and Jerry Stiller.
Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.
Plot
High school student Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He flies there alone, and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up. Ganja-smoking island natives give him a lift in their vehicle but dont quite make it as the family takes off on a chartered yacht. A crusty old sailor (Robert Loggia) with his own reasons takes up the chase with Bartlett on a decrepit sailboat. Bartlett then runs into corrupt cops and winds up in jail. Finally, he catches up to the yacht, only to find the family has been taken hostage by pirates, and he comes to the rescue.
Hot pursuit trailer 1987
Cast
Production
Pierre David developed the project with Steve Lisberger. David brought it to Tom Mankiewicz, who helped produce. RKO were willing to back the film but they only wanted to pay $2.8 million and filmmakers could not get the budget lower than $4 million. Mankiewicz managed to secure the additional funding from Ned Tanen at Paramount in exchange for cable rights.
Anthony Michael Hall was considered for the lead before the filmmakers decided to go with John Cusack.
Filming
The scenes at Dans school ("Burnham preparatory school for boys") were filmed at St. Michaels University School in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. A "Victoria Taxi" logo is visible on the cab that Dan takes to the airport.
Similar Movies
John Cusack appears in Hot Pursuit and Tapeheads. Robert Loggia appears in Hot Pursuit and Opportunity Knocks. Jerry Stiller appears in Hot Pursuit and A Fish in the Bathtub. Campus Man (1987). Vacation in Reno (1946).
Reception
According to Mankiewicz, "everyone came out fine" from the film "especially Cusack and Stiller, who went on to bigger and better things".
References
Hot Pursuit (1987 film) WikipediaHot Pursuit (1987 film) IMDb Hot Pursuit (1987 film) themoviedb.org