Pink Cadillac

"It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac."

1989 2h 2m EN

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★5.5TMDB · 272

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Synopsis

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A skip tracer helps out a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by a group of ethno-nationalist thugs, of which her husband is a member, going by the name of Birthright. The baby is taken as leverage because, although initially oblivious, she has their money!

“It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.”

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Cast

Clint Eastwood
Tommy Nowak
Bernadette Peters
Lou Ann McGuinn
Timothy Carhart
Roy McGuinn
Jim Carrey
Lounge Entertainer
John Dennis Johnston
Waycross
Michael Des Barres
Alex
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Billy Dunston
Bill Moseley
Darrell

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Buddy Van Horn
Writers: John Eskow
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 64% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Buddy Van Horn, shot by Jack N. Green. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Steve Dorff. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters and Timothy Carhart carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0098097 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Buddy Van Horn directs. Jack N. Green behind the camera. Steve Dorff scores. Joel Cox cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 64% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Buddy Van Horn, shot by Jack N. Green. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Steve Dorff. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters and Timothy Carhart carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.".
8IMDB entry: tt0098097 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Original score: Steve Dorff
Editing: Joel Cox
Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
Makeup / hair: Michael Hancock
Sound: Rick Alexander
Stunt coordinator: Diamond Farnsworth
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $12,100,000
Return: 64% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Pink Cadillac (1989)

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r96sk2022-01-22
★ 8/10
Enjoyable stuff. I could've perhaps done without the lead characters going the predictable way, but all in all I found this 1989 film featuring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters to be entertaining. Eastwood and Peters are very good respectively. Elsewhere, there is - like in '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-dead-pool/">The Dead Pool</a>' a year earlier - a cameo for a future <a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/jim-carrey/">Canadian</a> acting star - another <a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/bryan-adams/">Canadian</a> surprisingly appears, too. Geoffrey Lewis stands out - he is miles better in this than he is in the <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/films/in/philo-clyde-collection/by/release-earliest/size/large/">Every Which Way but Loose</a>'</em> films. James Cromwell is in there, as well. It's silly, yet amusing. <em>'Pink Cadillac'</em> marks the final collaboration between Eastwood and director Buddy Van Horn - which wasn't quite Eastwood/Don Siegel levels, but a noteworthy partnership nevertheless.
Andre Gonzales2023-07-26
★ 5/10
Old school movie classic. It's crazy to see how times have changed since then. It's worth a watch when you can't find anything.