Dragnet
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Dragnet is a 1987 film starring Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Harry Morgan, & Alexandra Paul, directed by Tom Mankiewicz. The screenplay is written by Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, & Tom Mankiewicz. The original music score was composed by Ira Newborn.
Overview
Acting as both a parody & homage to the long-running Dragnet
television series, Aykroyd plays a very-accurate Joe Friday (nephew of the late
Joe Friday from the series) while Hanks plays Pep Streebeck, his brand-new &
very unconventional partner. Harry Morgan reprises his role of Bill Gannon (partner
of Joe's late uncle), now their captain. Alexandra Paul plays The Virgin Connie
Swail while Plummer plays the villain, a soft-spoken "priest" who manages
to get under nephew Friday's skin. Coleman plays the publisher of a skin magazine
called Bait; his character is a direct parody of Larry Flynt.
As did the original TV series, the movie begins with Sergeant Friday's voice-over narration about Los Angeles & (nearly) ends with a mug shot of the villain & a stern voice-over describing the sentencing.
The title credits featured an update to the series original theme by the British group Art of Noise. They set the Dragnet theme against a hip-hop style breakbeat with soundbites such as Friday's ma'am" timed to the music.
The soundtrack is also notable for one of its original songs, "City of Crime." The track features a hip-hop style collaboration between Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks, & played over the film's closing credits. There was also a music video shot for the track, which was played in heavy rotation on MTV in the summer of 1987.
Plot summary
Sgt. Joe Friday's nephew is
involuntarily assigned to a smart-alecky, street-wise partner, Pep Streebeck,
& they are charged to investigate a series of religious cult crimes in Los
Angeles. The two cops follow the trail to a phony televangelist, the Reverend
Jonathan Whirley. From there, they are only a step away from uncovering an Orange
County-based religious cult calling itself P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness
& Normalcy). After sneaking into a secret ceremony, Friday falls in love with
the sacrificial virgin Connie Swail. So much so that even his superior Captain
Bill Gannon orders him off the case, but Friday continues on.
Main cast
Actor
Role
Dan Aykroyd Sgt. Joe Friday
Tom Hanks Pep Streebeck
Christopher
Plummer Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Harry Morgan Captain Bill Gannon
Alexandra
Paul Connie Swail
Jack O'Halloran Emil Muzz
Elizabeth Ashley Jane Kirkpatrick
Dabney Coleman Jerry Caesar
Kathleen Freeman Enid Borden
Bruce Gray
Mayor Parvin
Lenka Peterson Granny Mundy
Box Office
The was a moderate
success earning 57,387,000 dollars at the box office.
Critical Reception
The
movie is considered by some ignorant snobs a cheesy parody of a classic TV show
with campy humor but some parts were generally enhanced through the talent of
Hanks & Aykroyd's talent. In reality It was a great cool movie, with great
themes, and political discussion and reflections on 1980s US life.
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