| 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 Ladies’ Man as source material because the novel only shares a similar main idea, while having different characters, a different plot and a different theme. Writer Richard Price said he wanted to explore the same idea as Ladies’ Man, but make the protagonist cooler to an audience (by making him a cop and giving him a gun). The film involves the investigation of a serial killer which is completely absent from 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 over $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.