48 Hours (1982)

48 Hours (1982)

Chain gang: Prison Break!

Fashion Alerts: Casio A201! 1964 Caddy DeVille Convertible! 

Frisco hotel shootout! Check!

You want Ganz: Get me out of here!

The generosity of women: Never ceases to amaze me!

It looks like you bought this car: From one of the Brothers!

Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: But I look good!

Fashion Alert: Single Vent Porsche Speedster!

I told you I wasn’t a Pro: Buy yourself something Pretty!

1980s’s B-Movie at its best! If shot thirty years earlier, it would have been in black and white and French critics would still be talking about it!

I once read a quote from a writer -- I think it may have been  James Baldwin -- who recounted going into the New York Public Library as a high school student and checking out a book by Dostoevsky. After reading 50 pages he was shocked to discover: There’s another person in this world who thinks like I do!

In 1982, when I first saw 48 Hours, I had a similar experience while sitting next to my wife in the movies.  (This was in the days before men’s liberation, and I wasn’t permitted to voice disparaging opinions about The Police, and especially not about Sting.)  Early in the movie, we saw the iconic scene of Nick Nolte walking down the prison hallway as the ambient sound grew louder, until he discovered Eddy Murphy, screeching, at the top of his lungs, Roxanne! I thought, Holy Cow! There’s another music critic who thinks like I do!  

A guilty pleasure!  I don't know if its massive amount of ridiculous stereotyping (Injuns, Spades, Cowboys, Cops, Chucks, Dykes) is its biggest weakness or its greatest strength, but watching this flick made me happy.  A Love Story for the ages! Check it out! 

ROXANNNNNNNE!!!