Off Beat (1986 film)
- Judge Reinhold: Joe Gower
- Meg Tilly: Rachel Wareham
- Cleavant Derricks: Abe Washington
- Joe Mantegna: Pete Peterson
- Jacques d' Amboise: August
- John Turturro: Neil Pepper
- James Tolkan: Harry
- Julie Bovasso: Woman Wareham
- Anthony Zerbe: Mr. Wareham
- Fred Gwynne: Commissioner
- Harvey Keitel: Mickey
- Victor Argo: Leon
- Austin Pendleton: Sellers in Gun Shop
- Penn Jillette: Norman
Off Beat - Let the cops dance ( original title: Off Beat ) is an American comedy film from 1986 directed by Michael Dinner, the screenplay was written by Mark Medoff. .
Action
The employed in the New York Public Library librarian Joe Gower is dissatisfied with his life. His boss harassed him, his girlfriend leaves him. The friend of Gower policeman Abe Washington asks him to stand in for him during a rehearsal for a dance show organized by the police for charitable purposes.
Gower agrees and learns during the probationary policewoman Rachel Wareham know. He pretends to be a cop and helps Wareham in pursuit of a criminal, in which both are involved random. Gower takes part in further samples to learn about Wareham closer. He is named the solo dancer, by which the show should be constructed. Meanwhile, his friend warns him of the consequences of falsely impersonate a police officer.
Gower gets into the police uniform in a bank robbery. The police surrounded the building. Gower draws the attention of the predator off with some dance steps and overwhelmed him. In the last scene we see him in the show.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times 11 April 1986, he felt the characters particularly likeable. The plot was " sophisticated " than in most comedies and offer "little insight into human nature ." Although it contained predictable elements that were borrowed from other films - this, however, would seem "surprisingly original ." The chemistry between the lead actors is strong; Meg Tilly WOULD " 10 times or 20 times more interesting " than in Agnes - Angel in the fire, for which film she received an Academy Award nomination.
Movie service wrote that the film was a " likeable comedy of errors with good lead performances that quite a bit in a few moments from the charm of old Capra Lubitsch comedies or " radiating.
Background
The film was shot in New York City. He played in the cinemas of the United States a approximately 4.8 million U.S. dollars.