A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- Eric Hughes
- Daniel Mainwaring(1947 screenplay) (uncredited)
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- TriviaPhil Collins was contacted by director Taylor Hackford to record a song for the movie. Collins had written "Against All Odds" (originally entitled "How Can You Just Sit There?") for his first solo album, "Face Value" (released in 1981), and it was one of many songs on the album which were about his first wife, who had left him. Collins had left the song off the album because he felt he had enough ballads on "Face Value" already and he hadn't included it on his second solo album, "Hello, I Must Be Going", either. After Taylor Hackford's request for a song, he decided to return to it and recorded it in two days, one day in New York, the other in Los Angeles, aided by legendary record producer Arif Mardin.
- GoofsDuring the race scene between Terry Brogan and Jake Wise, Jake's dog, who is riding in the front seat with him, disappears during the high speed scenes and then reappears at the very end of the race scene. Also, as Jake prepares to pass a motor home, a rear hatch is open on the motor home and then suddenly it is closed.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Ben Caxton: Remember, Brogan - you're out of her life.
Terry Brogan: Figure that's up to her. You're not going to control us forever.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 9 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksAgainst All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
Written and Performed by Phil Collins
Produced by Arif Mardin
Courtesy of Atlantic Records / Virgin Records
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This movie doesn't have a lot to offer outside some scenic shots of the Mexican coast and Rachel Ward's semi-nude "coast". Everybody in the cast does a workmanlike job and are appropriately cast but the movie had a lot of problems for me.
First and foremost, I didn't care for Rachel Ward in this movie. Why are all the characters so obsessed with her? For a start, I don't think she looks all that good. Her hairstyle was awful and her costumes throughout the movie were baggy and unsexy. On top of that, she seems to be very physically awkward---no sexy, slithering walk as you might expect from some femme fatale in a movie. Yes, she gets all hot and bothered with Jeff Bridges in the Mayan temple but the camera just teases---was there ever such a major sex scene in a movie which didn't show more of the lead actress?
There were a lot of problems for me with the plot. Ward is from Australia and doesn't make any pretense of trying to use an American accent. The explanation? Her character's father is a late British actor so I guess she inherited her accent (but didn't she grow up in the USA? Why would anyone who grew up in the USA have an Australian accent?). Her character has no redeeming qualities--a troubled rich girl, a former drug addict, a thief. All she seems able to do is maniupulate people and satisfy men in bed. Alright, maybe that is enough! She's not even the villainess in this movie.
First and foremost, I didn't care for Rachel Ward in this movie. Why are all the characters so obsessed with her? For a start, I don't think she looks all that good. Her hairstyle was awful and her costumes throughout the movie were baggy and unsexy. On top of that, she seems to be very physically awkward---no sexy, slithering walk as you might expect from some femme fatale in a movie. Yes, she gets all hot and bothered with Jeff Bridges in the Mayan temple but the camera just teases---was there ever such a major sex scene in a movie which didn't show more of the lead actress?
There were a lot of problems for me with the plot. Ward is from Australia and doesn't make any pretense of trying to use an American accent. The explanation? Her character's father is a late British actor so I guess she inherited her accent (but didn't she grow up in the USA? Why would anyone who grew up in the USA have an Australian accent?). Her character has no redeeming qualities--a troubled rich girl, a former drug addict, a thief. All she seems able to do is maniupulate people and satisfy men in bed. Alright, maybe that is enough! She's not even the villainess in this movie.
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- Out of the Past
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- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,689,062
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,766,128
- Mar 4, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $21,689,062
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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