Running Scared (1986)

[Oscar Rothman]

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Running Scared (7/12) Movie CLIP - Hablo Smith & Wesson? (1986) HD - YouTube

[Sodslaw]

Great film,kino are getting better and better

[mcfddj74]

WOW !! Was'nt expecting this one...VERY SURPRISED

Excellent buddy cop flick. Just hope they use the original poster art.....

[Veronica Mars]

uh, hello? Can i talk to detective sigliano and detective montoya pleeeassse? My name is pinky, is this the detective? Hi, i usually inform for hughes and costanzo but they don' pay me no mo'... Oh, no! Oh, i'm watching the new "jeopardy!" and a man missed a bible question because he did not know what deuteronomy waaaas! Oh yeah, i'll help you. I want you to get gonzales and show up hughes and costanzo, they don't pay me no mo' and i'm maaaddd! Oh, no! Ya dummy, the answer is ipswich clams! The man who can take you to gonzales, his name is adam robertson. He's a high-fallutin' lawyer type who lives at 1358 lake shore drive. Oh, motha! Motha! Can i have some more petite marshmallows in my hot cocoa... Gotta go, final jeopardy's on!

[octagon]

This is fantastic news. It's far too good a film to call a guilty pleasure so maybe nostalgia pleasure?

It's not going to make it on to any Sight and Sound lists anytime soon but it's just chock full o' good old-fashioned 80s fun.

[toodeepuntilnow]

I love this movie.

[MikeZ.]

Holy Crap !!!! I LOVE this movie !!!!! [/I]

One of my very first VHS tapes !! Then the DVD, which I still have, and now this.

Great news ! Thank You !!!

[octagon]

I saw this with my first roommate when it came out and I can't remember if we later bought the tape or if somebody recorded a cable broadcast for us but yeah, that tape got a *lot* of play.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by octagon

It's far too good a film to call a guilty pleasure so maybe nostalgia pleasure?

I think plain old "pleasure" is fine.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

I think plain old "pleasure" is fine.

Oh, definitely. But it's funny though, in my head it's a lot like Above the Law or the original The Little Shop of Horrors. For some reason (and maybe it's because I can't shake the Michael McDonald music video they did) whenever I talk about it I feel like I have to qualify it.

[MikeZ.]

It was the first film I saw that showed the Chicago I grew up in (1958-1972), the dirty, seedy underbelly, instead of the damn Gold Coast district where the wealthy played.
For me, this one had it all. The city of my birth, Billy Crystal, a lot of laughs, the whole deal.

[phraseturner]

I think this my favorite comedy. I was in high school when it was released and told everyone I knew to go see it. Hines and Crystal's banter and chemistry were amazing. I have quoted this film soon much over the years.

Always wanted a sequel: Lethal Weapon got 4 of 'em, and Rush Hour got 3. Life is not fair.

[tonylopez]

I do really like this film so I'm definitely in for this one. MGMHD shows this all the time and I always watch it no matter where it is in the movie.

[Yojimbo68]

This is a great buddy cop movie period! It was also quite the hit. I remember seeing it when if first came out and then seeing it again in the theatre about 3 to 5 months later. Yeah..the days when movies had legs and would be "held over".

[iGlide]

oh yea!!!!! Its about time!

[The Great Owl]

I'm totally listening to Michael McDonald's "Sweet Freedom" on YouTube right now. Such a fun song in that 1980s way.

Funnily enough, I've never seen the movie, but I might grab this Blu-ray anyway because this is one of those movies that brings back memories of a certain era in my life just by way of the trailers at the time and the above music video.

[movieman1979]

"Hey, I'm a Paisan (sp?)! Waddah want me to do, huh? Cook ya a pot of ragu? Sing an opera? Lose a war?"

Can, not, WAIT!

[Elvis]

Great film! Day one for me! ...shine sweet freedom shine the light on me....

[octagon]

Originally Posted by MikeZ.

It was the first film I saw that showed the Chicago I grew up in (1958-1972), the dirty, seedy underbelly, instead of the damn Gold Coast district where the wealthy played.
For me, this one had it all. The city of my birth, Billy Crystal, a lot of laughs, the whole deal.

Yeah, it's a great Chicago movie. In fact, we had a nice little run in the 80s.

Thief, Above the Law, Code of Silence and About Last Night (granted more Gold Coast than not but still) all prominently featured the city.

Stir of Echoes is another Chicago favorite. That wasn't just the city I grew up in, that was one of the neighborhoods I grew up in.

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by octagon

Yeah, it's a great Chicago movie. In fact, we had a nice little run in the 80s.

Thief, Above the Law, Code of Silence and About Last Night (granted more Gold Coast than not but still) all prominently featured the city.

Stir of Echoes is another Chicago favorite. That wasn't just the city I grew up in, that was one of the neighborhoods I grew up in.

I was born into Gladstone Park. Moved to Albany at Irving Park Rd. in 1968.
Used to spend all day Saturday in the Commodore Theater for $1.00 !!!