Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
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| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | |
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 promotional poster for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man |
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| Directed by | Simon Wincer |
| Produced by | Jere Henshaw |
| Written by | Don Michael Paul |
| Starring | Mickey Rourke Don Johnson Chelsea Field Tom Sizemore |
| Music by | Dennis Morgan Basil Poledouris Ken Tamplin |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Editing by | Corky Ehlers |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | August 23, 1991 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23,000,000 (estimated) |
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is a 1991 action film, starring Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Tom Sizemore, Vanessa Williams, Chelsea Field, Branscombe Richmond, Daniel Baldwin, Tia Carrere, Giancarlo Esposito and the late Big John Studd. The film was written by Don Michael Paul and directed by Simon Wincer.
The film was a critical and financial failure, garnering many negative reviews and earning just over $7,000,000 at the domestic box office. The budget was estimated at $23,000,000.
In the 2000s, Rourke stated that he now sees his involvement in this film as as a creative "sell-out." [citation needed]
Tagline: When the going gets tough... the tough take the law into their own hands.
[edit] Plot
Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) is in a motel in Texas when he hears about a dangerous new street drug named "Crystal Dream" on the radio. The significance of this street drug does not arise again until later in the film. Harley then meets a friend, a cowboy nicknamed The Marlboro Man (Don Johnson) and they plan a bank robbery to help save their friend's bar from being torn down and replaced with a skyscraper. However, after they rob a bank's armored car, they discover the cargo they stole is the designer drug "Crystal Dream", not money. Chance Wilder (Tom Sizemore), who is a bank president involved in drug dealing, demands the return of the drugs. A series of increasingly deadly encounters ensue as heavily-armed drug gang members hunt for the Marlboro Man and Harley Davidson.
