The Rookie (1990 film)
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| The Rookie | |
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 The Rookie theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Produced by | Howard G. Kazanjian Steven Siebert David Valdes |
| Written by | Scott Spiegel |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood Charlie Sheen Raul Julia Sonia Braga |
| Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Editing by | Joel Cox |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | December 7, 1990 |
| Running time | 121 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Rookie is a 1990 action thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Nick Pulovski (played by Eastwood) is a veteran cop who is known for training new partners who end up being killed. His career hasn't been hugely successful, and he seizes the opportunity when he discovers that a man called Strom (played by Julia) is the leader of a major car theft organisation.
Pulovski's current partner is killed, and he is taken off the case and assigned a new rookie partner, David Ackerman (played by Sheen). Pulovski continues to pursue Strom despite not being on the case anymore. Ackerman is unsure what he should do, in part because of his fear stemming from a childhood incident where he unwittingly led his younger brother to his death.
[edit] Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Nick Pulovski
- Charlie Sheen as David Ackerman
- Raul Julia as Hans Strom
- Sonia Braga as Liesl
- Tom Skerritt as Eugene Ackerman
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Sarah
- Pepe Serna as Lt. Ray Garcia (originally Raymond Grant)
- Marco Rodríguez as Loco Martinez (originally Lon Martin)
- Paul Ben-Victor as Little Felix (originally Fred "Little Phoenix" Phoenix)
- Pete Randall as Cruz (originally Cron)
- Donna Mitchell as Laura Ackerman
- Xander Berkeley as Blackwell
- Tony Plana as Morales (originally Maury)
- David Sherrill as Max
- Anthony Charnota as Romano
- Hal Williams as Powell
- Lloyd Nelson as Freeway Motorist
- Mara Corday as Interrogator #2
[edit] Trivia
- Nick Pulovski is similar to another Clint Eastwood character, 'Dirty' Harry Callahan. Dirty Harry also has a reputation for getting partners killed.
- This film was released after the success of Lethal Weapon; although the film was panned by critics, this is the only Eastwood film associated with the buddy-cop genre.
- The film was originally intended to be a British Novel taking place in London, England, but ideas were changed (see the cast list for the original names). One of the lines changed was Lon Martin's "Did you hear what that lousy poof just said about my car?" to Loco Martinez' "Did you hear what that fucking puto said about my car?".
