Saturday 21 July 2007
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Stakeout is one of those films most people would consider a guilty pleasure, except I don't feel guilty about it. I think it's one of the best examples of the 'buddy cop' genre. It relies heavily on the odd chemistry between Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, but there is also an amusing script underneath it. Perhaps I also like it because when younger I used to have a crush on Madeleine Stowe, but that's another matter. It's still entertaining for me today. The concept is simple enough, and one you can easily imagine the pitch meeting for in Hollywood: 'There's these two rebellious cheeky cops, and they're on this stakeout, only one of them falls in love with the girl they're supposed to be observing! Imagine that!'. Anyway, whatever happened to Richard Dreyfuss? He was, of course, making movies every year until recently, but have you heard of them? Perhaps he can only play one character, but he does play it exceptionally well. Jaws and Stakeout, sadly, probably have to be my favourite performances from him. Apparently he had a drug problem in the 80s and has no memory of filming Whose Life Is It Anyway? Whatever the truth, Stakeout is light-hearted, enjoyable action - a classic 80s movie.
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He's a manic depressive also, he was featured in the incredibly interesting program about manic depression by Stephen Fry. Basically he said that when he was manic he made great movies and when he was depressed he wanted to kill himself. He now takes medication to stop him wanting to kill himself but it means he can't act as well as he used to so he has to an extent removed himself from the sphere.
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