A veteran detective gets stuck with a rookie cop when in pursuit of a German crook.
The Rookie (1990) Online
Nick Pulovski is a cop, who is presently assigned to the auto theft division and who for the most part of his career has not done anything worthwhile. But when he discovers that a man named Strom is the brains behind a major car theft and chop shop ring, he sees this as his opportunity to do something. After his partner is killed, the case is then transfered to homicide, so he is taken off the case. And he is assigned a new partner, David Ackerman. a cop who has just recently been promoted to detective. But Pulovski feeling as if Strom is his decides to continue pursuing him but Ackerman who tries to play by the rules is not sure what to do, and he is also a little afraid cause of a childhood incident.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Clint Eastwood | - | Nick Pulovski |
 | Charlie Sheen | - | David Ackerman |
 | Raul Julia | - | Strom |
 | Sônia Braga | - | Liesl (as Sonia Braga) |
 | Tom Skerritt | - | Eugene Ackerman |
 | Lara Flynn Boyle | - | Sarah |
 | Pepe Serna | - | Lt. Raymond Garcia |
 | Marco Rodríguez | - | Loco Martinez |
 | Pete Randall | - | Cruz |
 | Donna Mitchell | - | Laura Ackerman |
 | Xander Berkeley | - | Ken Blackwell |
 | Tony Plana | - | Morales |
 | David Sherrill | - | Max |
 | Hal Williams | - | Powell |
 | Lloyd Nelson | - | Freeway Motorist |
According to the book "Clint Eastwood A Cultural Production" by Paul Smith, during the early stages of principal photography, actor Charlie Sheen had substance abuse problems. Eastwood reportedly took on a father-figure role in disciplining Sheen into responsible behavior.
The previous picture of Clint Eastwood, White Hunter Black Heart (1990), was entered into competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990 and screened there whilst The Rookie (1990) was in production. To attend that movie's Cannes screenings, Eastwood halted production on The Rookie (1990) for five days. Reportedly, this cost an estimated 1.5 million dollars.
The film featured over twice as many stuntmen as it did actors. Held the world record for the biggest ratio of stuntmen/actors. Reportedly, over eighty stuntmen worked on the movie.
The movie was controversial for its depiction of a provocative and unconventional woman-on-man rape sequence with it garnering much publicity.
Clint Eastwood agreed to do this movie in exchange for Warner Brothers letting him make his personal film project, White Hunter Black Heart (1990).
The movie was to be directed by Craig R. Baxley starring Matthew Modine and Gene Hackman in 1988 but the production was stopped by the Screen Actors Guild strike.
The movie is widely considered to have, as Dave Kehr of the 'Chicago Tribune' put it, arguably the "most spectacular action sequences [Clint] Eastwood has ever filmed".
When Charlie Sheen enters the dry cleaners he says "Candygram for Mr. Mongo". This is a reference to Cleavon Little's character in Blazing Saddles, another Warner Brothers film.
Third of four films that co-starred both Sônia Braga and Raul Julia. The movies were The Rookie (1990), Moon Over Parador (1988), The Burning Season (1994) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
In an article entitled "Rookie Stunts, Effects Dazzle Viewer" published in the January 1991 edition of 'American Cinematographer', special effects supervisor John Frazier said of this movie, "You know, things went really well, but you have to give credit to everyone involved. Clint Eastwood and [production manager] David Valdes really gave us the time and their confidence to do it right. We were never really rushed, which is so important. We were able to do every one of the major shots in one take: the car out of the building, the carrier turning over and the planes colliding. That says something. These guys respect the crew and every job being done. It makes a big difference".
The make and model of the car that Clint Eastwood took a disliking to its color was a lime green Type 85 Lotus Esprit SE. The Lotus Esprit was the car that had become famous for appearing in the James Bond movie 007: Spioon, kes mind armastas (1977) and later used again in 007: Eriti salajane (1981). In the movie, Eastwood gets to drive the famous James Bond car.
Clint Eastwood's last film in which he plays a cop. However, he later played a Texas Ranger in Täiuslik maailm (1993), a Secret Service agent in Tulejoonel (1993), and an FBI agent in Blood Work (2002).
The picture is considered to be Clint Eastwood's biggest ever action movie.
According to trade paper Variety, Sônia Braga's performance was a "nearly non-verbal role".
In a pre-publicity interview about this picture, Clint Eastwood said, "I have a project for this spring that will be full of action. It's another cop picture, very different from this one. It has its own character and if it's done well it can turn out to be something good. Charlie Sheen will play the rookie and I'll play the mature cop".
Clint Eastwood's twenty-first film the Warner Brothers.
The ditching of the automobiles from a moving car hauler was later used in Bad Boys II (2003).
In a 1991 interview entitled "Firestarter Brazilian actress Sônia Braga brings sizzle to the screen" published in Orange Coast Magazine, actress Braga said of working on this movie, that she had "never done action before" and "had to learn running and kicking and hitting". Braga said, When you act with the director, you don't have any barriers because you're giving and taking at the same time".
A novelization written by Tom Philbin based on the movie's script was published in January 1991 and distributed by the Warner Brother's studio offshoot, Warner Books.
The son of Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, is billed alongside Michael Stevens for writing a song for the film called "Red Zone".
According to the article 'Slam, Bang, Crash, Boom for The Rookie" published in American Cinematographer in January 1991, the movie's stunt scenes were mostly shot at night with no use of blue screens and with no use of miniatures.
In the earlier Clint Eastwood film The Enforcer (1976), like in this movie, Dirty Harry (Eastwood) was also partnered with a rookie cop, but not a young man, like Charlie Sheen, but a woman, Kate Moore, played by Tyne Daly.
Scott Spiegel originally wrote this as a starring vehicle for Sean Connery.
The movie was shot during April, May, June and July of 1990.
The film's "The Rookie" title was used twelve years later for another Hollywood movie, an unrelated sports film, The Rookie (2002). The title was also used for 1959's The Rookie (1959).
The movie's title "The Rookie" referred to the young cop character of David Ackerman played by Charlie Sheen.
One of three theatrical feature films that actor Raul Julia and actress Sônia Braga both worked on. The pictures are The Rookie (1990), Moon Over Parador (1988), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). The two both also featured in the tele-movie The Burning Season (1994).
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