Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
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| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | |
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 promotional poster for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man |
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| Directed by | Simon Wincer |
| Produced by | Jere Henshaw |
| Written by | Don Michael Paul |
| Starring | Mickey Rourke Don Johnson Chelsea Field Tom Sizemore |
| Music by | Dennis Morgan Basil Poledouris Ken Tamplin |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Editing by | Corky Ehlers |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | August 23, 1991 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $7,434,726 (USA) (sub-total) $586,187 (Australia) (sub-total) |
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is a 1991 action film, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson. The film was written by Don Michael Paul and directed by Simon Wincer.
The film was a critical and financial failure, garnering many negative reviews and earning just over $7,000,000 at the domestic box office. The budget was estimated at $23,000,000.
Tagline: When the going gets tough... the tough take the law into their own hands.
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[edit] Plot
Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) is in a motel in Texas when he hears about a dangerous new street drug named "Crystal Dream" on the radio. The significance of this street drug does not arise again until later in the film. Harley then meets a friend, a cowboy nicknamed The Marlboro Man (Don Johnson) and they plan a bank robbery to help save their friend's bar from being torn down and replaced with a skyscraper. However, after they rob a bank's armored car, they discover the cargo they stole is the designer drug "Crystal Dream", not money. Chance Wilder (Tom Sizemore), who is a bank president involved in drug dealing, demands the return of the drugs. A series of increasingly deadly encounters ensue as heavily-armed drug gang members hunt for the Marlboro Man and Harley Davidson.
[edit] Trivia
The characters in the film are named after Harley-Davidson, Marlboro (cigarette), Virgina Slim (cigarette) - as well as Jack Daniel's & Old Grand-Dad, both whiskies. The character Jimmy was named after Jimi Hendrix, who he looks like.
Some references are made in this movie to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, such as the scene where the Marlboro Man is doing trick shots and where he and Harley jump from a hotel rooftop into a pool.
On Harley Davidson's left sleeve of his jacket, it has the initials "SRV", the initials of American blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Big John Studd of WWF fame appeared in the film; this was his last film role before he died in 1995.
[edit] Cast
- Mickey Rourke .... Harley Davidson
- Don Johnson .... Marlboro Man
- Chelsea Field .... Virginia Slim
- Tia Carrere .... Kimiko
- Tom Sizemore .... Chance Wilder
- Daniel Baldwin .... Alexander
- Big John Studd .... Jack Daniels
- Julius Harris .... Old Man
- Vanessa Williams....Lulu Daniels
- Giancarlo Esposito .... Jimmy Jiles
- Robert Ginty .... Thom
- Eloy Casados .... Jose
- Jordan Lund .... Armored car guard
- Kelly Hu .... Suzi
- Branscombe Richmond .... Big Indian
- Sven-Ole Thorsen .... David
- Stan Ivar .... Jake McAlister
- James Nardini .... Punk with Gun
- Brenan T. Baird .... Punk with Knife
- Sean 'Hollywood' Hamilton .... Radio dj
- Theresa San-Nicholas .... Hitchhicker
