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(1987) |
ritten by "Secret Admirer" and more recently "Operation Dumbo Drop" and "Rush Hour" writer Jim Kouf and directed by "WarGames" and "Saturday Night Fever" director John Badham, Stakeout is one of those miracle movies that probably should have been crapola, but because of good chemistry on the set and a good director and script writer, actually turned out to be a pretty good movie.
Modern wiseguy cops Chris (Dreyfuss) and Bill (Estevez) are ordered by the FBI to stake-out the apartment of the ex-girlfriend of a recently escaped con (nicely played by Aidan Quinn).
Whilst masquerading as a telephone company guy to plant a bug in her phone, Stowe's Character Maria takes a shine to Chris (Dreyfuss). When he accidentally runs into her at the store, she invites him back for a coffee in return for giving her a lift home. The coffee turns into dinner and ...
... The inevitable occurs (well, Stowe has never been more alluring in a movie!) and the ensuing mayhem and perfectly judged romantic chemistry between Stowe, Dreyfuss and Estevez's characters makes the movie a suprisingly enjoyable ride, in a non-taxing kind of way.
The filmmakers even managed to build in a bit of action to keep more 'macho' guys amused in the shape of the odd car chase or inevitable factory location cliche fight to the death, whilst the romance never gets sickly. Lack of montage musical storytelling is the only thing that stands between this movie and an 80's cliche full-house...
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A very good mixture of romance, action and comedy. In fact almost a benchmark for that mixture. An cop meets gangster's wife and falls falls for her, endangering his life and career in an 80's 'styleeey'. Warmly recommended.
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With his portrayal of the lovesick undercover cop, Richard Dreyfuss, whose career has encompassed a multitude of roles, greeted new challenges and old friends. "I never thought I'd get a chance to play a cop," says the star. "I didn't think it was within my sphere. I wanted to see what it would be like for me, who was born to play lawyers, doctors, professors and urban neurotics, to play a classic American genre cop." 
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Originally, writer Jim Kouf set out to write, in his words, "a small movie about two guys in a room. I had an idea about a comedy, about two cops... and the concept of a stakeout intrigued me. What if one of the cops falls in love with the woman he's assigned to watch?"
"Stakeout" is really the first time that I play an adult character on the screen," commented Emilio Estevez. "Also, I had never really done comedy before, so this film was a real learning experience for me. Richard's timing is impeccable and in working with him I really gained a sense of what comedy is all about... and how important timing is."
Riverview hospital is also famous for many scenes in the tv show the X-Files when it was filmed in vancoouver. -Thanks to Rachel B
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Prior to rolling the cameras on "Stakeout," and as he has done on all his previous pictures, Badham conducted extensive research on his subject matter. "For this film, we spent a lot of time with policemen and detectives. We studied their lifestyles, their methods of surveillance. We also interviewed the technical police about the various state-of- the-art electronic tools, such as listening devices and video cameras, that are being used these days in stakeouts."
Martin Short was originally to star opposite Richard Dreyfuss but backed out at the last minute due to his commitment to the film "Cross my Heart". -Thanks to MKaneJeeves
Writer Jim Kouf had a very specific requirement in mind when it came to casting the role of sultry Maria McGuire. "It was vital to me to have a Latina or at least a half-Latina woman in the part," says Kouf, "because I modeled a lot of the character of Maria after my wife. I wanted to avoid putting a stereotypical star in the role." Adds producer Cathleen Summers, "We went through a lot of names and met some very interesting actresses, but Madeleine really had the chemistry we were looking for."
Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez were having a movie trivia contest on the set one day. Estevez asked Dreyfuss to identify the movie that the line "This is no boating accident" was from. Dreyfuss didn't recognize the quote, despite the fact that he was the actor who said it in Jaws. Deciding that this was too good to pass up, this incident was re-enacted for the film.
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 Featured Movie Location: Supermarket where Chria & Maria meet
Wanna see the real life filming location used for Supermarket where Chria & Maria meet in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Sunshine Market, located at 4600 Lakeshore Rd. in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Shot in and around the picturesque Canadian city of Vancouver, the filming of "Stakeout" took cast and crew to a number of the area's more unusual spots, including Riverview Hospital, a psychiatric facility seen at the beginning of the film, and the B.C. Penitentiary, an abandoned maximum security prison that has since been turned into a commercial/residential development. The "Stakeout" company also utilized the Oakalla Lower Mainland Correctional Facility, the first time the institution has even been used in a film.
To film the dramatic chase and fight scenes at the beginning of the film between Chris Lecce and suspect, cast and crew spent an aromatic week on the Campbell Avenue Fish Wharf, an industrial site consisting of ten fish processing plants.
The suspense-filled climax of "Stakeout" was shot at the Pattar Sawmills, a ghostly lumber yard situated on the Fraser River, 30 minutes outside of Vancouver.
Additional locations used in bringing "Stakeout" to the screen were the Agassiz Rosedale Bridge, the site of "Stick" and his accomplice Caylor's explosive confrontation with the police; the Normal School, an empty school completely redressed to represent a fully operational police station; the Sunshine Market in downtown Vancouver, where Chris and Maria meet accidentally; and apartments located in the West End and False Creek areas of the city which doubled as Chris and Bill's apartments, respectively.
Can you help? Do you know any of the Vancouver, BC, Canada (or any other) filming locations used for Stakeout, particularly Maria McGuire's apartment & the stakeout house? [Please send them in]
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The soundtrack included such hits as "Rhythm is gonna get you" by Gloria Estefan, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood and "Is it Love?" by Mr. Mister. I'm not sure whether it was ever released on CD, but it certainly ain't available any more...
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