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Directed by | Renny Harlin |
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Based on | Characters by Rex Weiner |
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Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
Edited by | Michael Tronick |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[2] |
Box office | $21.4 million[3] |
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action comedy film noir mystery 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, Ford 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]
DC Comics produced a prequel miniseries of same name.[7]
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). The film has since developed a cult following.
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