Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Directed byHoward Brookner
Written byHoward Brookner
Colman deKay
Damon Runyon (stories)
Produced bySamuel Benedict
Chris Brigham
Howard Brookner
Colman deKay
Kevin Dowd
Lindsay Law
Starring
CinematographyElliot Davis
Edited byCamilla Toniolo
Music byJonathan Sheffer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 3, 1989 (1989-11-03)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$43,671

Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1989 American ensemble period comedy film based on four Damon Runyon stories: "The Bloodhounds of Broadway", "A Very Honorable Guy", "The Brain Goes Home" and "Social Error".[2] Directed by Howard Brookner, it stars Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Anita Morris, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales and Randy Quaid.[3] Madonna and Jennifer Grey perform a duet, "I Surrender Dear", during the film. Madonna earned a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in the film, where she lost to Brooke Shields for Speed Zone.[4]

Bloodhounds of Broadway was Brookner's only feature-length film; he died shortly before the film opened. The film was recut by the studio and Walter Winchell-esque narration was added.[2] The film received negative reviews. Six months following its theatrical release, the film was televised as a presentation of PBS's American Playhouse on May 23, 1990.

  1. ^ "Bloodhounds of Broadway". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Harmetz, Aljean (1989-11-01). "A Director's Race With AIDS Ends Before His Movie Opens". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  3. ^ "Bloodhounds of Broadway Review". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  4. ^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.