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Cadillac Man
Cadillac Man
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Donaldson
Written by	Ken Friedman
Produced by	Roger Donaldson; Charles Roven;
Starring	Robin Williams; Tim Robbins; Pamela Reed; Fran Drescher;
Cinematography	David Gribble
Edited by	Richard Francis-Bruce
Music by	J. Peter Robinson
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date	May 18, 1990;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$27.6 million (United States)

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Cadillac Man is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins.

The plot of the film centers around car salesman Joey O'Brien (Williams) whose life is consumed by turmoil, which all comes to a head when his dealership is taken hostage by Larry (Robbins), a crazed motorcyclist.

The film received mixed reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office, grossing $27.6 million against its $15 million budget.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Queens car salesman Joey O'Brien (Robin Williams) must deal with the ever-increasing pressures in his life: he has an ex-wife demanding alimony, a daughter who is missing, a married mistress (Fran Drescher) and a single mistress (Lori Petty) who are both desperately in love with him, and a two-day deadline to either sell twelve cars or lose his job. In addition, he has an outstanding loan to a Mafia don which he must either quickly repay, or lose his life.

On the day of the big dealership car sale (and the final day of O'Brien's deadline), the car dealership is taken hostage by an AK-47-toting motorcyclist (Tim Robbins) who believes his wife (Annabella Sciorra) is cheating on him. Joey manages to talk the man out of doing any harm to the other hostages, as police surround the dealership. Without realizing that the assailant's gun is not loaded, the police wound him after most of the hostages have already been released which prompts Joey to promise to remain with him while he recovers. The crisis solves all of Joey's problems: his mistresses learn of each other and dump him, his daughter returns, his job is secure, the Mafia don (whose son was among the hostages) forgives his debt, and he begins to reconcile with his ex-wife.

Cast

Robin Williams as Joey O'Brien
Tim Robbins as Larry
Pamela Reed as Tina
Annabella Sciorra as Donna, Larry's wife
Fran Drescher as Joy Munchack, Joey's married mistress
Zack Norman as Harry Munchack
Lori Petty as Lila, Joey's single mistress
Paul Guilfoyle as Little Jack Turgeon
Bill Nelson as Big Jack Turgeon
Eddie Jones as Benny
Mimi Cecchini as Ma
Tristine Skyler as Lisa
Judith Hoag as Molly
Lauren Tom as Helen the Dim Sum Girl
Anthony Powers as Captain Mason
Paul Herman as Tony Dipino
Erik King as Davey
Richard Panebianco as Frankie Dipino
Gary Howard Klar as Detective Walters

Production

To prepare for his role in the film Williams spent time in car dealerships in Queens, NY.^[4]

Release

The film was not a box office success, although it did turn a profit.^[5]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 55% based on 11 reviews.^[6] Metacritic gives it a score of 50 out of 100 based on 21 critic reviews.^[7] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B-" on scale of A to F.^[8]

Critic Roger Ebert had mixed feelings about the film, giving it a two out of four stars, stating, "My problems with Cadillac Man were probably inspired more by false expectations than by anything on the screen, and maybe if Robbins had come crashing in through the window in the first scene I would have liked it more."^[9]

References

^ "Cadillac Man (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 6, 1990. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Powergrid: Cadillac Man". TheWrap.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Cadillac Man (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-ca-373-story.html "https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-ca-373-story.html"
^ "`Recall' Totally Outdistances `Future' in Box-Office Race Movies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
^ "Cadillac Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
^ "Cadillac Man". Metacritic.
^ "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
^ Ebert, Roger (May 18, 1990). "Cadillac Man (1990) Review". Retrieved January 31, 2019.

External links

[1] "Cadillac Man (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 6, 1990. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[thewrap-2] "Powergrid: Cadillac Man". TheWrap.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[bom-3] "Cadillac Man (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[4] ttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-ca-373-story.html "https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-ca-373-story.html"

[5] "`Recall' Totally Outdistances `Future' in Box-Office Race Movies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-30.

[6] "Cadillac Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[7] "Cadillac Man". Metacritic.

[8] "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

[9] Ebert, Roger (May 18, 1990). "Cadillac Man (1990) Review". Retrieved January 31, 2019.

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