Ein Polizeibeamter geht undercover in der unterirdischen SM schwulen Subkultur von New York City, um einen Serienmörder zu fangen, der schwule Männer ausnutzt.Ein Polizeibeamter geht undercover in der unterirdischen SM schwulen Subkultur von New York City, um einen Serienmörder zu fangen, der schwule Männer ausnutzt.Ein Polizeibeamter geht undercover in der unterirdischen SM schwulen Subkultur von New York City, um einen Serienmörder zu fangen, der schwule Männer ausnutzt.
- Auszeichnungen
- 5 Nominierungen insgesamt
Ed O'Neill
- Det. Schreiber
- (as Edward O'Neil)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesTwo of the notorious gay bars featured in the film - Mine Shaft and Eagle's Nest - eventually barred William Friedkin.
- PatzerWhen the first victim gets stabbed blood is shown running off his shoulder but the knife is spotless.
- Zitate
Steve Burns: Hips or lips?
- Crazy CreditsThe film only opens with the title in large letters, across the screen. It is only at the end where the filmmakers are credited.
- Alternative VersionenUK cinema and 1987 video versions were cut by 54 secs by the BBFC. The 1997 Maverick Directors video release was cut by 39 seconds to remove subliminal shots of anal sex during the murder scenes (one of which appears in the film though heavily darkened) and to edit a pan shot of a gay bar interior and shots of a knife being traced over a bound victims body. Although the uncut version was shown by Sky TV the film was resubmitted to the BBFC in 2003 for a FilmFour showing and many cuts were restored apart from a 1 sec edit to remove the subliminal shots. For the initial release on UK DVD in 2008 all the cuts were waived.
- SoundtracksThree-Day Moon
Performed by Barre Phillips
Ausgewählte Rezension
Viewed today, "Cruising" still elicits intense responses from both Gay and straight viewers alike. Mainstream Gays lament, as many protestors of the film at the time of its release, that it shows a homophobic image of Gay life, depecting them as sex-obsessed. Straights are put off by the frank look at the Gay sex "cruising" culture.
Interesting, however, some of the people involved in the Leather/SM subculture at the time this film was made have praised it for its accuracy of this particular lifestyle -- a pre-AIDS lifestyle concentrated on quick sex that was (and still is) pursued by a segment of the Gay community.
The film does not pretend to depict Gays as a whole. It is just a drama about a police investigation that uses the scene as a background and catalyst for an exploration into how one cop is affected by his work.
Not the greatest film ever made, but certainly a good springboard for discussion about the Gay community's politics, when one fully examines the controversy surrounding the film and the continued debate over public sex and body image in the community.
The strengths of "Cruising" are its use of locales and documentary-style cinematography, as well as the interesting performance from Paccino. In the end, it is hampered as a drama by problems with the narrative structure of the piece that seems to fizzle out in the last act, leading to an intriguing, but inconclusive, finish.
Interesting, however, some of the people involved in the Leather/SM subculture at the time this film was made have praised it for its accuracy of this particular lifestyle -- a pre-AIDS lifestyle concentrated on quick sex that was (and still is) pursued by a segment of the Gay community.
The film does not pretend to depict Gays as a whole. It is just a drama about a police investigation that uses the scene as a background and catalyst for an exploration into how one cop is affected by his work.
Not the greatest film ever made, but certainly a good springboard for discussion about the Gay community's politics, when one fully examines the controversy surrounding the film and the continued debate over public sex and body image in the community.
The strengths of "Cruising" are its use of locales and documentary-style cinematography, as well as the interesting performance from Paccino. In the end, it is hampered as a drama by problems with the narrative structure of the piece that seems to fizzle out in the last act, leading to an intriguing, but inconclusive, finish.
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- Budget
- 11.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 19.798.718 $
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 19.815.314 $
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