Jade (1995)

Director:

William Friedkin

Writer (WGA):

Joe Eszterhas (written by)

Release Date:

13 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Some women have secret fantasies. Some women have secret lives.

Plot:

Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation...

Plot Keywords:

Blackmail | Investigation | Rage | Mystery Woman | Anal Sex

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

David Caruso	...	David Corelli
Linda Fiorentino	...	Trina Gavin
Chazz Palminteri	...	Matt Gavin
Richard Crenna	...	Gov. Lew Edwards
Michael Biehn	...	Bob Hargrove
Donna Murphy	...	Karen Heller
Ken King	...	Petey Vesko
Holt McCallany	...	Bill Barrett
David Hunt	...	Pat Callendar
Angie Everhart	...	Patrice Jacinto
Kevin Tighe	...	Dist. Atty. Arnold Clifford
Robin Thomas	...	Mr. Green
Jay Jacobus	...	Justin Henderson
Victoria Smith	...	Sandy
Drew Snyder	...	Executive

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly afterviews of murder victims, violence, language and strong scenes of aberrant sexuality.

Runtime:

95 min | USA:107 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | USA:R (certificate #33482) | Singapore:PG (video rating) (cut) | Singapore:R(A) | USA:Unrated (home video version) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

According to Joe Eszterhas's autobiography he hated the final film. Director William Friedkin changed Eszterhas's SCRIPT so much, he threatened to remove his name from the credits. Paramount settled with him by giving him a "blind script deal" worth two to four Million Dollars.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When David is chasing the black car you can clearly see his airbag coming out with the second jump. In the next scene the airbag is gone.

Quotes:

Bob Hargrove: I think she did it.
David Corelli: Why?
Bob Hargrove: She's got no alibi and we've got her prints on the hatchet.
David Corelli: And she lied to us.
Petey Vesko: Typical shrink behaviour. They like to pull your strings.
Bob Hargrove: [to Corelli] She was pulling your strings pretty good.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Soundtrack:

Pau Rolou

Dull erotic whodunit

Hard to believe this was directed by the same guy that once made "The French Connection". Sure, this was written by the king of sleaze Joe Eszterhas (this was the lowest he got yet: one of the victims held a collection of female pubic hair) but at least Paul Verhoeven managed to turn "Basic Instinct" and even "Showgirls" into something more watchable than this rubbish. Besides, director William Friedkin is also to blame, if anything for his bland, indifferent direction. The Chinatown car chase sequence, which some other users around here seem to appreciate was poorly constructed, filmed and edited and there's a sex scene involving a high heel on a man's crouch that beats the pool scene from "Showgirls" in hilarity. Linda Fiorentino plays a sad caricature of her character in "The Last Seduction", while David Caruso pulls off a pretty decent performance. There's a certain atmospheric appeal to this movie but the predictable, derivative mystery is not even remotely satisfying.