| Catchfire | |
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 Video poster for Catchfire as Backtrack: Director's Cut | |
| Directed by | Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee) |
| Screenplay by | Rachel Kronstadt Mann Ann Louise Bardach Uncredited: Alex Cox Tod Davies |
| Story by | Rachel Kronstadt Mann |
| Produced by | Dick Clark |
| Starring | Dennis Hopper Jodie Foster Dean Stockwell Vincent Price John Turturro Fred Ward |
| Cinematography | Edward Lachman |
| Edited by | David Rawlins |
| Music by | Curt Sobel |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Vestron Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes (theatrical) 116 minutes (director's cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $5 million |
Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Jodie Foster, Hopper, Fred Ward, John Turturro and Vincent Price, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before release and he is therefore credited under the pseudonym Alan Smithee.[1] The film underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics.
In 1992, a Director's Cut of the film was released under the new title Backtrack. It runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version and restores Hopper's directorial credit. In additional to cable TV airings it has been released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray.[2]
- ^ Jeremy Braddock; Stephen Hock (2001). Directed by Allen Smithee. University of Minnesota Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-8166-3534-4.
- ^ "Backtrack a.k.a Catchfire de Dennis Hopper". Carlotta Films (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-13.