Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

promotional poster for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Directed by Simon Wincer
Produced by Jere Henshaw
Written by Don Michael Paul
Starring Mickey Rourke
Don Johnson
Chelsea Field
Tom Sizemore
Vanessa Williams
Music by Basil Poledouris
Cinematography David Eggby
Editing by Corky Ehlers
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) August 23, 1991
Running time 98 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $23,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $7,434,726 (USA) (sub-total)
$586,187 (Australia) (sub-total)
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is a 1991 action film, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson. 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, although it does have a cult following. The budget was estimated at $23,000,000.

Tagline: When the going gets tough... the tough take the law into their own hands.

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[edit] Plot

Set in the then-future of 1996, 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 hitmen hunt for Harley and Marlboro. The movie is known for a scene where Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" is played to an extended scene of Rourke travelling across the country on his Harley Davidson with desert scenery.

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The characters in the film are named after Harley-Davidson (motor-cycle brand), Marlboro (cigarette), Virginia Slim (cigarette) - as well as Jack Daniel's & Old Grand-Dad, both whiskies. The character Jimmy was named after Jimi Hendrix, whom he looks like.

Some references are made in this movie to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, such as the scene where the Marlboro Man is doing trick shots and where he and Harley jump from a hotel rooftop into a pool.

On Harley Davidson's left sleeve of his jacket, it has the initials "SRV", the initials of American blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, and MCB for Motorcycle Boy.

The Motorcycle he rides in the movie he built himself in Culver City, Ca., with Chad McQueen.

Big John Studd of WWF fame appeared in the film; this was his last film role before he died in 1995.

While living in Los Angeles Director Simon Winsor used to enjoy listening to radio personality Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton on KIISFM. This is where he got the idea of giving the role to Hamilton to play the DJ.

And despite all the references to "Los Angeles" in the movie. Most of the fliming was done in and around Tucson Arizona.

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