The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRenny Harlin
Screenplay by
Story by
  • David Arnott
  • James Cappe
Based onCharacters
by Rex Weiner
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyOliver Wood
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 11, 1990 (1990-07-11)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$21.4 million[3]

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American mystery action comedy film directed by Renny Harlin[4] and written by David Arnott, James Cappe, and Daniel Waters based on a story by Arnott and Cappe. The film stars comedian Andrew Dice Clay as the title character, Ford Fairlane, a "Rock n' Roll Detective",[5] whose beat is the music industry in Los Angeles. True to his name, Fairlane drives a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner in the film.

The film's main character was created by writer Rex Weiner in a series of stories that were published as weekly serials in 1979–80 by the New York Rocker and the LA Weekly. The stories were published as a book by Rare Bird Books in July 2018.[6]

The film was both a commercial and critical failure, being awarded the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, tying with Bo Derek's Ghosts Can't Do It. Billy Idol's "Cradle of Love" from the soundtrack became one of his biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #2). DC Comics produced a prequel miniseries of same name.[7] The film has since developed a cult following.

  1. ^ "THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 17, 1990. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Turner Classic Movies
  5. ^ Inventory: Stop That Vehicle! 20 Misbegotten Movies Custom-Made For The Utterly Unworthy - The A.V. Club
  6. ^ Weiner, Rex; Schwartz, Andy; Levin, Jay; Mutrux, Floyd (July 17, 2018). The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane: The Long Lost Rock n' Roll Detective Stories (Original ed.). S.l.: Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book. ISBN 9781945572807.
  7. ^ Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) comic books