Freebie and the Bean
1974 Directed by Richard Rush
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Above all... It's a love story.
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
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If a buddy-cop film with Alan Arkin and James Caan in it isn't going to improve what has been a monumentally crap day then nothing will. Mission accomplished.
There is a plot in here about a kidnapper they are after and somebody arriving from Detroit to murder him but I have to say that I can remember few films that I have seen recently that pay such a pea-sized amount of attention to their plot as Freebie And The Bean does. Yet, despite that, it still works and is still an extremely funny action comedy right to the end.
The 'plot' is really just an excuse for director Richard Rush, who claimed that Stanley Kubrick told…
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One of the great politically incorrect, screwball buddy cop films of all-time. Inspired lunacy.
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People might tell you that Freebie and the Bean is a buddy-cop comedy, but it isn't. It's anarchy. In the history of the subgenre, there have never been two angrier, more violent, or more reckless partners, desperately trying to keep suspect Red Meyers (Jack Kruschen) alive over the course of a weekend in order to arrest him when their witness comes in.
Richard Rush directs Freebie and Bean's idea of protection as if it were a tornado, with the pair flying around NYC causing what must've been over a million dollars in damage (in 1974 money) just to run down a single perp. For 50 minutes, it's a mean-spirited ball, but the rate of destruction isn't sustainable. The movie goes…
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The poster to the left says everything about this film-'Above all...It's a Love Story.' I often find that I have to defend this film, the First 80's Buddy cop film-made a decade before 48hrs made it one of the most popular genres of the 20th century. People find it loud, racist, homophobic, thin on plot and lacking a sensible main character-In other words, a Tarantino Film. Two more firsts: the car chase against traffic and the constant vehicular mayhem that became popular 4 years later with Hal Needham and Roger Corman's 2hr chase films. While I find the plot and some of the doubles and Definately the continuity to be quite suspect, I'll Never ever tire of watching the absolute…
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I love how this movie doesn't give a fuck. It will discriminate who ever it will, and it does. It starts with the title and just goes with it. A real joy ride of a buddy/cop movie, with two leads with great chemistry in Arkin and Caan. The story doesn't really matter, it's the antics of our heroes that will keep you entertained.
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This film features horrible 70s fashions, casual racism, portrays police brutality and corruption as knockabout fun, is egregiously sexist, and is often held up as one of the very worst examples of homophobia in film. None of this is defensible, and yet, I love this movie. It features no less than three car chases, has endlessly quotable dialogue "it's helmet time" "the pliers! Not the pliers!", and two terrific lead performances by James Caan and Alan Arkin
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Two cops hunting a major gangster catch a break but then the learn theres a hit on him , So they have to keep him alive long enough to get the evidence to arrest him, Entertaining buddy cop movie with James Caan
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I don't really buy Alan Arkin as a Mexican, but one can't deny the chemistry he and James Caan have together in this loopy cop caper.
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If a buddy-cop film with Alan Arkin and James Caan in it isn't going to improve what has been a monumentally crap day then nothing will. Mission accomplished.
There is a plot in here about a kidnapper they are after and somebody arriving from Detroit to murder him but I have to say that I can remember few films that I have seen recently that pay such a pea-sized amount of attention to their plot as Freebie And The Bean does. Yet, despite that, it still works and is still an extremely funny action comedy right to the end.
The 'plot' is really just an excuse for director Richard Rush, who claimed that Stanley Kubrick told…
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Ridiculously funny, and perfectly in keeping with the New Hollywood era at the same time. Some of the most inventive chase scenes I've ever seen. Sort of like a more focused Robert Altman film by way of the buddy cop flick.
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One of the greatest, most under appreciated buddy-cop films ever. The humor was so ahead of its time. From the director of THE STUNT MAN!
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A fun buddy cop movie from the mid-seventies. James Caan and Alan Arkin have excellent chemistry as cops who shoot every goddamn thing they encounter. There's some very impressive car chases and crashes. Mostly crashes. Needs more tits.
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One of the great politically incorrect, screwball buddy cop films of all-time. Inspired lunacy.
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The poster to the left says everything about this film-'Above all...It's a Love Story.' I often find that I have to defend this film, the First 80's Buddy cop film-made a decade before 48hrs made it one of the most popular genres of the 20th century. People find it loud, racist, homophobic, thin on plot and lacking a sensible main character-In other words, a Tarantino Film. Two more firsts: the car chase against traffic and the constant vehicular mayhem that became popular 4 years later with Hal Needham and Roger Corman's 2hr chase films. While I find the plot and some of the doubles and Definately the continuity to be quite suspect, I'll Never ever tire of watching the absolute…