Catchfire
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Film Poster for Catchfire: Director's Cut
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| Directed by | Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee) |
| Produced by | Dick Clark |
| Written by | Rachel Kronstadt Mann Ann Louise Bardach Alex Cox Tod Davies |
| Starring |
Jodie Foster Dennis Hopper Fred Ward |
| Music by | Curt Sobel |
| Cinematography | Edward Lachman |
| Edited by | David Rawlins |
| Distributed by | Vestron Pictures |
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Running time
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Unreleased cut 180 minutes Director's Cut (cable) 116 minutes Theatrical release 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $5,008,276 |
Catchfire is a 1990 American action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Fred Ward and Vincent Price. Several other notable actors have cameos. The film was disowned by its director before release and he is therefore credited under the fictional pseudonym Alan Smithee. The original screenplay was written by Rachel Kronstadt Mann, then re-written by Ann Louise Bardach, who was hired by Dennis Hopper and producer Steven Reuther. During the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, Hopper retained Alex Cox to do another polish while the film was shooting.
Hopper released a director's cut of the film in the United States on cable television titled Backtrack, which runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version.
Conceptual artist Anne Benton (Jodie Foster) creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention.
Driving home one night, Anne suffers a blowout on a deserted road and, while looking for help, witnesses a mafia hit supervised by Leo Carelli (Joe Pesci). Leo spots Anne, but she escapes and goes to the police.
They offer her a place in the federal witness protection program, but mob boss Lino Avoca (Vincent Price), Carelli's boss, sends top-of-the-line hitman Milo (Dennis Hopper) and his partner Pinella (John Turturro) to silence her. Pinella kills her boyfriend Bob (Charlie Sheen), but she escapes.
Months pass; Anne has severed all ties with her past and re-established herself in Seattle as an advertising copywriter. Milo, who never gives up, recognizes the tagline of a lipstick ad as one of Anne's catchphrases, and tracks her down.
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