| Sea of Love | |
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| Directed by | Harold Becker |
| Written by | Richard Price |
| Based on | Ladies' Man by Richard Price |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ronnie Taylor |
| Edited by | David Bretherton |
| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million[2] |
| Box office | $110.9 million[2][3] |
Sea of Love is a 1989 American neo-noir[4] thriller film directed by Harold Becker, written by Richard Price and starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman. The story concerns a New York City detective trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper.[5]
It is inspired by Price's 1978 novel Ladies' Man.[6] The film does not credit the novel as source material because the novel shares only a similar main idea, while having different characters, a different plot and a different theme. Writer Richard Price said that he wanted to explore the same idea as Ladies' Man, but that he wanted to make the protagonist cooler to an audience (by making him a police officer and giving him a gun).
The film involves the investigation of a serial killer that is nonexistent in the book. Dustin Hoffman was originally in negotiations to star before Pacino became interested in the project. It was Pacino's first film after a four-year hiatus following the critical and commercial failure of Revolution. Sea of Love was a box-office success, grossing more than $110 million.
- ^ "Sea of Love (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 22, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sea of Love (1989)". The Numbers. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Sea of Love". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
- ^ Brown, Joe (1989-11-15). "Sea of Love". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ Brown, Joe (15 September 1989). "'Sea of Love' (R)". The Washington Post. Fred Ryan. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2023.