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Cinema Research Corporation (CBC) was an American special effects company in Hollywood, California, and one of the first to produce effects, trailers, opticals, and titles under one roof. The company was the special effects industry leader for decades, until Industrial Light and Magic surpassed them in the late 1980s.[1] In 1990, CRC began to concentrate its efforts on titles and opticals, and became the industry leader in those categories, by providing the titles and opticals for over 400 productions in the decade before the CEO's passing in 2000.[2]
Business Card for now deceased CEO of Cinema Research Corporation from 1971 with old area code for Hollywood, California with defunct non working phone number.
History[edit]
Cinema Research Corporation was founded in 1953 by Charles Pati from Brooklyn, New York. He moved to California at the age of 40 with the dream of getting involved with the film industry in Hollywood. By 1954, he had his first title, The Black Pirates, for which he created the special effects. By the end of that decade, he owned the largest special effects studio in Hollywood. His company, Cinema Research Corporation did titles, opticals, trailers, and special effects.[3]
The Compound was located at 6860 Lexington Avenue, in Hollywood, California. It took up a square block. CRC was an early pioneer in the special effects community, and evolved into all areas of film related to pre- and post-production, until Charlie Pati's death in 2000 at 86 years old. During its heyday, his company was involved in over 670 full-length Hollywood movies. Charles Pati's passing ended Cinema Research Corporation, however others have used a DBA (Doing Business As) CRC, but none succeeded, and all are now defunct.[4]
Credits[edit]
1954-2000: 617 film credits for titles, trailers and/or optical effects credited to Cinema Research Corporation, and 61 films in which Cinema Research Corporation did the special effects.[5]
- 1950s
The Black Pirates 1954,Massacre 1956
- 1960s
The Wizard of Mars 1965, The Beach Girls, and the Monster 1965,Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966,Star Trek: Miri 1966,Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine 1967,Star Trek: Wink of an Eye 1968,Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? 1968,Star Trek: The Omega Glory 1968,Star Trek: The Gamesters of Triskelion 1968,Targets 1968The Immortal (Pilot) 1969,Star Trek: All Our Yesterdays 1969,Star Trek: The Cloud Minders 1969.
- 1970s
Woodstock 1970, Godchildren 1971,Mad Dogs Englishmen 1971, Longstreet: Pilot 1971, Across 110th Street 1972, Beware! The Blob 1972,A Thief in the Night 1972, Women in Chains 1972 TV, The Magician: Pilot #10 1973, A Ghost of a Chance 1973, Ground Zero 1973 Acapulco Gold 1973, The Magician 1973, Flash Gordon 1974, Hearts and Minds 1974, It's Good to Be Alive 1974, Blood on the Mountain 1974, Happy Days: Tell It to the Marines 1975, Happy Days: They Call It Potsie Love 1975, Happy Days: Fonzie's New Friend 1975, Happy Days: Three on a Porch 1975, Happy Days: A Date with Fonzie 1975, Happy Days: Fonzie the Flatfoot 1975, Happy Days: Howard's 45th Fico # 1975, Happy Days: Jailhouse Rock 1975, Happy Days: Richie Fights Back 1975, Happy Days: The Other Richie Cunningham 1975, Happy Days: Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 2 1975, Happy Days: Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 1 1975, Happy Days: The Motorcycle 1975, Happy Days: Fonzie Moves In 1975, Chac 1975,Teenage Seductress 1975,Dead Aim 1975, The Front 1976, Laverne Shirley: Mother Knows Worst 1976, Laverne Shirley: From Suds to Stardom 1976, Laverne Shirley: How Do You Say Are You Dead in German? 1976, It's Showtime 1976, Laverne Shirley: Hi, Neighbor 1976, Laverne Shirley: Fakeout at the Stakeout 1976, Laverne Shirley: It's the Water 1976, Laverne Shirley: Dating Slump 1976, Laverne Shirley: One Flew Over Milwaukee 1976, Laverne Shirley: Once Upon a Rumor 1976, Laverne Shirley: Dog Day Blind Dates 1976, Happy Days: Arnold's Wedding 1976, Laverne Shirley: Falter at the Alter 1976, Happy Days: A Sight for Sore Eyes 1976, Laverne Shirley: A Nun's Story 1976, Happy Days: Bringing Up Spike 1976, Happy Days: Beauty Contest 1976, Laverne Shirley: Bowling for Raspberries 1976, Happy Days: Two Angry Men 1976, Laverne Shirley: The Bachelor Party 1976, Happy Days: Fonzie the Superstar 1976, Happy Days: Football Frolics 1976, Happy Days: The Second Anniversary Show 1976, Happy Days: Dance Contest 1976, Black Sunday 1977, Foes 1977,Renaldo Clara 1978, Superman 1978Faces of Death 1978, Cops Robin 1978 TV, The Great American Girl Robbery 1979, More American Graffiti 1979, Breaking Away 1979, HOTS 1979, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979, The Kids Are Alright 1979, The Hitter 1979, When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? 1979,Elvis 1979 , The Late Great Planet Earth 1979,The Meateater 1979.
- 1980s
The Jazz Singer 1980,Cosmos 1980, Altered States 1980, Popeye 1980,Superman II 1980, Fade to Black 1980,Galaxina 1980,When Time Ran Out 1980, Saturn 3 1980, The Killing of America 1981, Evilspeak 1981, Faces of Death II 1981, Outland 1981, Inchon 1981, This Is Elvis 1981, The Slayer 1982,Zapped! 1982,Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV,Lights, Camera, Annie! 1982 TV, Wavelength 1983, Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983,The Final Terror 1983, Treasure of the Four Crowns 1983,The House on Sorority Row 1983, Runaway 1984, 2010 1984,A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984,Mutant 1984,Gremlins 1984,Stop Making Sense 1984 Blame It on Rio 1984,Reckless 1984,Fandango 1985,Spies Like Us 1985,The Heavenly Kid 1985,Crimewave 1985,Ladyhawke 1985,Head Office 1985, The Hitcher 1986,Three Amigos! 1986, The Mosquito Cot 1986,An American Tail 1986, Spot Marks the X 1986 TV, Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986,Children of a Lesser God 1986,The Boy Who Could Fly 1986, River's Edge 1986,Armed Dangerous 1986, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI 1986,Out of Bounds 1986,Back to School 1986,Cobra 1986,The Adventures of Milo Otis 1986,Top Gun 1986,Fire with Fire 1986, April Fool's Day 1986, The Hitcher 1986,Broadcast News 1987,Wall Street 1987, 3 Men and a Baby 1987, Teen Wolf Too 1987, Cherry 2000 1987, Made in Heaven 1987, Real Men 1987, Fatal Attraction 1987, Five Corners 1987,Lionheart 1987,Back to the Beach 1987,Happy New Year 1987, Maid to Order 1987, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987, Summer School 1987,Dragnet 1987,Beverly Hills Cop II 1987,Hot Pursuit 1987, Steele Justice 1987,Malone 1987, Extreme Prejudice 1987,Gardens of Stone 1987, The Lt Innocent Man 1987 TV,Infidelity 1987 TV, Three for the Road 1987, Down Twisted 1987, Over the Top 1987, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987, The Accidental Tourist 1988,The Boost 1988, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988, Mississippi Burning 1988,The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988, Heart of Midnight 1988,Child's Play 1988,Heathers 1988, Mystic Pizza 1988,Without a Clue 1988, Cohen and Tate 1988, Far North 1988,Miracle Mile 1988, Hot to Trot 1988,Married to the Mob 1988,Bat 21 1988, Vibes 1988, Midnight Run 1988,Dracula's Widow 1988,Pumpkinhead 1988,Coming to America 1988,Bull Durham 1988,The Night Train to Kathmu 1988 TV,Illegally Yours 1988,Red River 1988 TV, The Arrogant 1988,Johnny Be Good 1988, Dominick Eugene 1988,Bloodsport 1988,Remote Control 1988, St Deliver 1988,Cop 1988,Tapeheads 1988, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon 1988,The Unholy 1988, Fresh Horses 1988,Apartment Zero 1988,Bull Durham 1988, Pulse 1988, Honeymoon Academy 1989,Wild Orchid 1989,Born on the Fourth of July 1989,Desperado: Bald Justice 1989 TV,Enemies: A Love Story 1989,Back to the Future Part II 1989,Harlem Nights 1989,The Little Mermaid 1989, After Midnight 1989, Robot Jox 1989,Immediate Family 1989,Lisa 1989,Ghosts Can't Do It 1989, Catch Me If You Can 1989, Desperado: The Outlaw Wars 1989 TV, Not Quite Human II 1989 TV, Black Rain 1989,Chattahoochee 1989,Drugstore Cowboy 1989,Old Gringo 1989,Heart of Dixie 1989, Let It Ride 1989,A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child 1989, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jon Takes Manhattan 1989, Great Balls of Fire! 1989, Tales from the Crypt: The Man Who Was Death 1989, Paint It Black 1989,War and Remembrance: Part 11 1989, Checking Out 1989,Field of Dreams 1989,The Karate Kid Part III 1989, Disorganized Crime 1989, She's Out of Control 1989,I, Madman 1989, Cutting Class 1989, Troop Beverly Hills 1989,The Women of Brewster Place 1989, Out Cold 1989,True Believer 1989, Her Alibi 1989,Farewell to the King 1989,Three Fugitives 1989 The Experts 1989, Limit Up 1989,Shocker 1989, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989, Leviathan 1989.
- 1990s
Look Who's Talking Too 1990, Awakenings 1990,Edward Scissorhands 1990, Descending Angel 1990 TV,Rocky V 1990Child's Play 2 1990,Jacob's Ladder 1990,Avalon 1990, Dances with Wolves 1990, Night of the Living Dead 1990,Marked for Death 1990,Narrow Margin 1990, Reversal of Fortune 1990,Cold Dog Soup 1990,The Hot Spot 1990, Men at Work 1990,Heat Wave 1990 TV,Air America 1990,Flatliners 1990,The Two Jakes 1990, Navy Seals 1990,Fatal Skies 1990,Days of Thunder 1990,Framed 1990 TV,Dick Tracy 1990, Total Recall 1990,Back to the Future: Part III 1990,Enid Is Sleeping 1990,Cadillac Man 1990,A Show of Force 1990,Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will? 1990,Short Time 1990, Spaced Invaders 1990,Miami Blues 1990, Crazy People 1990, Cry-Ba 1990,Catch fire 1990, Side Out 1990, Pretty Woman 1990,The Hunt for Red October 1990,Waiting for the Light 1990, Courage Mountain 1990, Madhouse 1990,Revenge 1990,Flashback 1990,Love at Large 1990,I Come in Peace 1990, Tremors 1990,Ski Patrol 1990, Why Me? 1990, Blue Steel 1990,Heart of the Deal 1990,Secret Agent OO Soul 1990,Night of the Living Dead 1990, Come See the Paradise 1990,Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got The Will? 1990, The Guardian 1990,Love at Large 1990, Livin' Large! 1991, Cold Heaven 1991, Paradise 1991,Rambling Rose 1991,Cast a Deadly Spell TV 1991, The Rapture 1991,Dead Again 1991,Mystery Date 1991,The Doctor 1991,Bingo 1991, Return to The Blue Lagoon 1991,Another You 1991,Point Break 1991, Highway to Hell 1991,Rover Dangerfield 1991, City Slickers 1991, Soapdish 1991,The Indian Runner 1991,Hudson Hawk 1991, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken 1991,What About Bob? 1991,Boyz n The Hood 1991,Madonna: Truth or Dare 1991, Mannequin: On The Move 1991,Talent for The Game 1991,Committed 1991, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 1991,The Pit and the Pendulum 1991,The Doors 1991,Scenes from a Mall 1991,Fourth Story 1991 TV,Eve of Destruction 1991,Grand Canyon 1991, The Prince of Tides 1991,Strays 1991 TV, Bugsy 1991, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991,The Addams Family 1991, All I Want for Christmas 1991,Pyrates 1991,Preminger Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991Cool Ice 1991, Frankie and Johnny 1991,Shout 1991,To The Moon, Alice 1991,Deceived 1991,White Lie 1991,That Night 1992,Used People 1992,Ring of The Musketeers 1992, Love Potion No 9 1992,Dracula 1992,Jennifer 8 1992, Hero 1992, Tom and Jerry The Movie 1992, Equinox 1992,Singles 1992,The Public Eye 1992,El Mariachi 1992, Storyville 1992,Single White Female 1992,Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1992,Death Becomes Her 1992,Universal Soldier 1992, Boomerang 1992,Patriot Games 1992,Cruel Doubt 1992,Me Myself and I 1992,Red Shoe Diaries 1992 TV,Visions of Light 1992,Folks! 1992,Leaving Normal 1992,Honor Thy Mo 1992 TV,The Secret 1992 TV,Stompin at The Savoy 1992 TVSleepwalkers 1992,Secrets 1992 TV,Thunderheart 1992,The Power of One 1992,Bic Instinct 1992, In Sickness and in Health 1992Gladiator 1992, Once Upon a Crime 1992,Double Trouble 1992, Wayne's World 1992,Back in The USSR 1992,O Pioneers! 1992 TV, Memphis 1992 TV,Rapid Fire 1992,Cliffhanger 1993, Tombstone 1993, The Pelican Brief 1993,Love, Cheat Steal 1993, My Life 1993,Blink 1993,Mo There's Boys 1993,Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings 1993, Mr Jones 1993, Cool Runnings 1993, For Love or Money 1993The Thief 1993, The Cobbler 1993, Rudy 1993,Striking Distance 1993,Even Cowgirls Get The Blues 1993,True Romance 1993,Searching for Bob Fischer 1993,Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993, Poetic Justice 1993,Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993,Sliver 1993, Cliffhanger 1993,Lost in Yonkers 1993,Posse 1993,Red Rock West 1993,Shootfighter: Fight to The Death 1993,At Home with The Webbers 1993,Wide Sargasso Sea 1993,Indecent Proposal 1993, Army of One 1993,The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993,Fire in The Sky 1993,The Temp 1993,Untamed Heart 1993,Heartbeat 1993 TV, The Vanishing 1993,Groundhog Day 1993,Rage Honor II 1993,Body of Evidence 1993,It was a Wonderful Life 1993, The Desperate Trail 1994, Stargate 1994, Angels in The Outfield 1994,Ready to Wear 1994,Drop Zone 1994, Fatherland 1994 TV,The Pagemaster 1994, Don Juan DeMarco 1994, The Desperate Trail 1994, Tex Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1994,Sensation 1994,Ed Wood 1994,Timecop 1994, Flashfire 1994,Love & a 45 1994,Sleep with Me 1994,Men of War 1994, The Glass Shield 1994, Wagons East 1994 Andre 1994, Parallel Lives 1994 TV,Corrina, Corrina 1994, In The Army Now 1994,The Little Racals 1994, Getting Even with Dad 1994,Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994, Picture Bride 1994,With Honors 1994,Brainscan 1994,The Man Who Wouldn't Die 1994 TV, Guyver: Dark Hero 1994, Every Breath 1994,The Cheat 1994,Blue Chips 1994, Save Me 1994,Hellbound 1994,Reality Bites 1994,Jumanji 1995 , Cyber Bits 1995 ,Cino 1995 Money Train 1995, Mallrats 1995 , Now and Then 1995,Devil in a Blue Dress 1995, Se7en 1995 Voices 1995, Crying Freeman 1995, The Crossing Guard 1995,The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 TV, Dangerous Minds 1995,Mortal Kombat 1995,First Knight 1995, Species 1995,Judge Dredd 1995,Delta of Venus 1995,Out-of-Sync 1995, To Die For 1995, Crimson Tide 1995, Gordy 1995, If Someone Had Known 1995 TV,The Cure 1995, Johnny Mnemonic 1995, Stuart Saves His Family 1995, Bad Boys 1995,Kingfish: A Story of Huey P Long 1995 The Good Old Boys 1995 TV,The Quick and The Dead 1995,My Family 1995, Rumble in The Bronx 1995,Bad 1995, Tales from The Crypt: Demon Knight 1995, Higher Learning 1995,Coldblooded 1995,Judgement 1995,Cutthroat Island 1995,Now and Then 1995,The Crossing Guard 1995, Operation Dumbo Drop 1995, The Phantom 1996, The Sunchaser 1996, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie 1996, In Cold Blood 1996, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday 1996, Last Man Sting 1996, Maximum Risk 1996, Albino Alligator 1996, Fly Away Home 1996, Bound 1996, Bastard Out of Carolina 1996,Alaska 1996, The Fan 1996, Matilda 1996, Kingpin 1996, Multiplicity 1996, The Phantom 1996, Original Gangsters 1996, The Great White Hype 1996,Mrs. Winterbourne 1996,All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996, If Lucy Fell 1996, Down Periscope 1996, Unforgettable 1996, Adrenalin: Fear The Rush 1996, The Juror 1996 , Bed of Roses 1996 , Ed's Next Move 1996 , From Dusk Till Dawn 1996, For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story 1996 Citizen Ruth 1996,Bliss 1997, Fools Rush In 1997, Gridlock'd 1997, Love! Valour! Compassion! 1997,Meet Wally Sparks 1997,This World, Then The Fireworks 1997, Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997 TV, Nowhere 1997, Snow White: A Tale of Terror 1997,The Fifth Element 1997, Breakdown 1997, Truth or Consequences, NM 1997,Double Team 1997, That Old Feeling 1997, B*A*P*S 1997, The Devil's Own 1997, Brittle Glory 1997, Soul Food 1997, Masterminds 1997, Money Talks 1997, Air Force One 1997, My Best Friend's Wedding 1997,Clockwatchers 1997,Buddy 1997, Trial and Error 1997, Address Unknown 1997, Breast Men 1997 TV,The Eighteenth Angel 1997, Good Will Hunting 1997, Dust 1997, Cold Around The Heart 1997, Chicago Cab 1997, My BroTher Jack 1997, Déjà Vu 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997, Gattaca 1997,The Thin Red Line 1998,Stepmom 1998,Star Trek: Insurrection 1998, Psycho 1998, Ringmaster 1998, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998, Brown's Requiem 1998,Winchell 1998 TV,Best of The Best 4 1998,Without Warning 1998, Dollar for The Dead 1998 TV,Zack and Reba 1998,Candle Smoke 1998,Clay Pigeons 1998,A Simple Plan 1998,With Friends Like These 1998,Apt Pupil 1998, Blade 1998 Bela Donna 1998,The Mark of Zorro 1998Dennis The Menace Strikes Again! 1998, The Patriot 1998,The X Files 1998, Heaven or Vegas 1998, Can't Hardly Wait 1998, Phoenix 1998, The Truman Show 1998,Godzilla 1998, The Brave Little Toddler Goes to Mars 1998, The Horse Whisperer 1998,Body Count 1998, The Big Hit 1998, Shadrach 1998, Wild Things 1998, The Man in The Iron Mask 1998,Palmetto 1998,Gia 1998 TV, A Price Above Rubies 1998, Two for Texas 1998 TV, Wicked 1998,Polish Wedding 1998, The Replacement Killers 1998, Firestorm 1998, In Quiet Night 1998, Palmetto 1998, Desperate Measures 1998, Girl Interrupted 1999,Children of The Struggle 1999 Blue Streak 1999, Jakob The Liar 1999,The Adventures of Elmo in Grouch 1999, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick baby 1999,Crazy in Alabama 1999,The Bone Collector 1999, Twin Falls Idaho 1999, Muppets from Space1999, Universal Soldier: The Return 1999, Big Daddy 1999, Idle Hands 1999, Election 1999, Friends and Lovers 1999, Go 1999, The Out-of-Towners 1999,8MM 1999,Kill The Man 1999,Varsity Blues 1999, Bingo 1999,Simon Sez 1999, Crazy in Alabama 1999,Universal Soldier: The Return 1999, My Teacher's Wife 1999, Arlington Road 1999, The Sky Is Falling 1999.
- 2000s
Boys Life 3 2000, Mission: Impossible II 2000, Slow Burn 2000, Duets 2000, The Patriot 2000, The Last Patrol 2000, Rules of Engagement 2000.
44th Academy Awards Oscar Winner[edit]
- 1971: To Producers Service Corporation and Consolidated Film Industries; and to Cinema Research Corporation and Research Products, Inc. for the engineering and implementation of fully automated blow-up motion picture printing systems, was presented the: Technical Achievement Award (Class III)[6][7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Venkatasawmy, Rama (2013). The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age. ISBN9780739176214.
- ^'Cinema Research Titles (1990s)'.
- ^'Cinema Research Titles, trailers, opticals, and effects'.
- ^'Cinema Research Titles'.
- ^'Cinema Research all credits'.
- ^'44th annual Academy Awards 1971'. 2014-02-09.
- ^'History of the Scientific & Technical Awards'. 2014-07-17.
External links[edit]
IMDb showing first special effects credit in 1954 for 'The Black Pirates'.All credits in this article must now be searched on IMDb by each title, thencomplete cast, then companies, as IMDb requires PRO membership for reading complete title list of any 'film company'. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046787/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_sa_3
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Cobra | |
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Directed by | George P. Cosmatos |
Produced by | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
Screenplay by | Sylvester Stallone |
Based on | Fair Game 1978 novel by Paula Gosling |
Starring | |
Music by | Sylvester Levay |
Cinematography | Ric Waite |
Edited by | James R. Symons Don Zimmerman |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
May 23, 1986 | |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $160 million (worldwide)[2] |
Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos, and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also starred in the title role. The film co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson.[3] It is the first film where Brian Thompson plays a prominent role. The film was loosely based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995. However, Stallone's screenplay was originally conceived from ideas he had during pre-production of Beverly Hills Cop, whose screenplay he heavily revised. He had wanted to make Beverly Hills Cop a less comedic and more action-oriented film, which the studio rejected as being far too expensive. When he left that project, Eddie Murphy was brought in to play the lead role.[4]
The film received negative reviews, with much criticism focused on the overuse of genre tropes, yet it debuted at the number one spot on the U.S. box office and became a financial success. It is now considered a cult classic.[5][6]
- 3Production
- 4Reception
Plot
An armed gunman causes a hostage situation at a Los Angeles supermarket. When negotiations between him and law enforcement fail, the LAPD summons Lieutenant Marion Cobretti (Stallone), a member of the agency's elite division known as the 'Zombie Squad'. Cobretti, known by the codename 'Cobra', infiltrates the store, locates, and negotiates with him.
During the negotiation, the gunman speaks of the unknown organization known as 'The New World', a supremacist group of social darwinistradicals that despise modern society and believe in killing the weak, leaving only the strongest and smartest to rule the world. Cobretti then kills the gunman by throwing a knife at his abdomen and firing shots at him.
As the hostages and bodies are removed from the store, Cobretti is admonished by Detective Monte (Robinson) for his seeming disregard for police procedures and protocols. Harassed by reporters, Cobretti admonishes them for failing to prioritize the safety of potential victims. Little does everyone realize at the time is that the supermarket hostage crisis is only one of a string of recent and seemingly unconnected acts of violence and murder that have broken loose in Los Angeles, perpetrated by the same supremacist group the supermarket gunman mentioned.
Model and businesswoman Ingrid Knudsen (Nielsen) later becomes the organization's main target after witnessing their members, including the organization's leader, only identified as 'The Night Slasher' (Thompson), going on a spree killing. She is placed under the protective custody of Cobretti and his partner, Sergeant Tony Gonzales (Santoni) after a failed attempt on her by the organization. Several more failed attempts are made on their lives by various people connected to the Order. Cobretti theorizes that there is an entire army of killers operating with the same modus operandi rather than a lone serial killer with some associates, but his suggestion is rebuffed by his superiors. However, the LAPD agrees with Cobretti that it will be safest if he and Knudsen relocate from the city.
Cobretti becomes romantically involved with Ingrid shortly after venturing out into the countryside, but Nancy Stalk (Garlington), the organization's second-in-command and right-hand person disguised as a police officer escorting the Cobretti party, reveals the location of their whereabouts. Despite Cobretti's suspicions and mistrust of Nancy, he does nothing and the party spends the night in a motel. The organization moves in at dawn and besieges the small town. With barely enough time to react, the attackers storm Cobretti and Ingrid's motel, wounding Gonzales in the process. Killing several members but with more swarming into the town, Cobretti and Ingrid escape in a pickup truck. When the truck is severely damaged from the chase, the duo cut through a grapefruit plantation to escape into a nearby factory.
Cobretti has defeated most of the organization by this point, with the few remaining members following them into the building. Cobretti eliminates every member and the Night Slasher accidentally shoots Nancy, leaving just himself. Cobretti and the Night Slasher engage in a vicious melee combat inside the steel mill, ending with the Night Slasher being impaled in the back by a large roaming hook, then burned alive.
In the aftermath, Cobretti's department arrives and begins clean-up of the town, giving medical aid to Gonzales. Detective Monte appears apologetic but confronts Cobretti again about his lack of regard to police protocols, offering to discuss the issue over a long dinner. Cobretti punches Monte instead, and the film ends with Cobretti and Ingrid riding away on one of the motorcycles left by the organization.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
- Brigitte Nielsen as Ingrid Knudsen
- Reni Santoni as Sergeant Tony Gonzales
- Andrew Robinson as Detective Monte
- Brian Thompson as The Night Slasher
- John Herzfeld as Cho
- Lee Garlington as Nancy Stalk
- Art LaFleur as Captain Sears
- Marco Rodriguez as Grocery Store Gunman (credited as Supermarket Killer)
- Val Avery as Chief Halliwell
- David Rasche as Dan
- Nick Angotti as Prodski
- Harry Demopoulos as Dr. Demopolous
Production
Scripting
When Sylvester Stallone was signed to play the lead in Beverly Hills Cop, he decided to rewrite the script almost completely, removing nearly all the comedic aspects and turning it into an action movie that he felt was better suited to him. The studio read his revised script, and they rejected it, citing action scenes that were far beyond what their projected budget would allow. Stallone eventually left Beverly Hills Cop, and he channeled his ideas for that movie into an original script.
The novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling was cited as source material, enough so that she received a screen credit. When Cobra came out, Sylvester Stallone allegedly wanted the novel to be reissued with himself credited as co-author. Gosling declined the offer. The 1995 movie Fair Game was also based on the same novel by Gosling.
Sylvester Stallone's earlier draft of the script had a lot of differences from later drafts and the final film. These include the opening shootout taking place in movie theater (instead of a grocery store) during which a lot more people are killed, Cobra mentioning how he had a girlfriend who was killed by some psychopath he was trying to catch, an additional big action sequence taking place during night on a boat where Cobra and Ingrid are hiding when they get attacked by the Night Slasher's cult members but Cobra and Gonzalez manage to kill them all, and a different ending in which it's revealed that Monte was the actual leader of the New Order cult and when he tries to kill Ingrid he gets shot and killed by Cobra.[7]
Cobra needed much additional editing because the film was so graphically violent that, at first, it received an X rating from the MPAA. Warner Bros. also did not like the level of gore and violence of the first rough cut, which is why they would not release the movie until most of those scenes were deleted and the movie garnered an R rating, instead.
Casting
Brian Thompson auditioned seven times before he was hired. On the fourth audition he met Stallone, who thought that Thompson was too nice to play the Night Slasher. But after a screen test, he immediately got the job. Also in original script, the Night Slasher was called Abaddon, possibly after the 'angel of the abyss' from the bible.
Thompson repeatedly sought Stallone's advice about how to play the Night Slasher, including questions about his background and personal motivations, but Stallone showed no interest in the subject and told Thompson that the character was simply evil. In an unfortunate surprise for Thompson, after filming was completed, director Cosmatos unexpectedly told him: 'You could have been good if you had listened to me.'
Cobra reunited two actors from the movie Dirty Harry: Reni Santoni, and Andy Robinson.
Brigitte Nielsen was cast as Ingrid Knudsen.
Filming
Originally, the movie was to be filmed in Seattle, climaxing with a motorcycle chase scene on a ferry between the islands. Even though everything was prepared to start filming the final theatrical version of the scene at night, Stallone demanded the ending be changed because of the mosquito problem at that time, which would have made night time filming very difficult to endure.
The supporting cast and extras were forbidden from talking to Stallone on set.[8]
At one point during filming, Stallone complained to cinematographer Ric Waite that they were falling behind and that he needed to push his crew to work harder. Waite responded by telling Stallone that the delays were due to his fooling around with Briigitte Nielsen and showing off for his bodyguards. Although Stallone was shocked that somebody would talk to him that way, he cleaned up his act and behaved more professionally, although he returned to his old egocentric behavior a few weeks later. Waite later said in an interview that, despite his huge ego, Stallone had a great sense of humor. He also confirmed a rumor that Stallone was the true director of the film, calling George P. Cosmatos a good producer but a bad director.[8]
For the Night Slasher's monologue in the lead-up to the final fight, Brian Thompson did the scene with a script girl standing in for Stallone, who was busy watching a basketball game on TV.
The custom 1950 Mercury driven by Cobretti was actually owned by Sylvester Stallone. The studio produced stunt doubles of the car for use in some of the action sequences, such as the jump from the second floor of the parking garage. The coupe had a 350 cubic-inch Chevrolet engine, outfitted with a blower for added horsepower, a Hurst automatic shifter and a 400 hydro transmission with a shift kit. The car could go from zero to sixty miles per hour in four seconds and hit speeds of 140 miles per hour. A hood scoop was added to the front end, headlights and tail lights were rounded, and most of the decorative chrome was removed. The production built three Cobra cars for stunt work. Although they were identical on the outside, their moving parts were designed for specific sequences, involving high-speed swipes with other vehicles, 180-degree turns, jumps, and 360-degree spins.[9]
The knife used by the Night Slasher was made for the film by knife designer Herman Schneider. Sylvester Stallone asked Schneider to create a knife that audiences would never forget.
Cobretti uses a custom Colt Gold Cup National Match 1911 chambered in 9mm. The 9mm variant was made specifically for the film (normally it fires 45 acp). Later in the film he uses a Jati-Matic submachine gun.
There was originally a scene in which Cobretti uses ASP 9 as a backup gun but it was cut during re-editing of the movie.[10]
LAT article reported that the film’s body count amounted to twenty-five good guys dead, and forty-two bad guys dead.
Versions
The first rough cut was over two hours long (the closest estimated original running time is 130 minutes). It was then shortened to a roughly two-hour director's cut which was intended to be released in theaters. However, after Top Gun became a smash hit, Stallone and Warner Bros. were worried that Cobra - which would premiere the following week - would be overshadowed, so in order to ensure at least one extra screening each day the movie was heavily re-edited. Stallone removed much of the plot and scenes involving characters other than his own. Warner Bros. also demanded that the more graphic scenes be cut down or removed entirely because they were 'too intense,' and that some action scenes be cut for pacing.[11]
When first submitted to the MPAA the film received an X rating, necessitating even more cuts. The full extent of the censorship is unknown, but based on director Cosmatos's commentary and several other sources, some of the cut scenes include:
- The first murder victim having her throat cut and hands severed;
- More dead bodies in the autopsy scene, including lingering shots of naked and mutilated bodies of murdered women;
- The Order's day jobs as welders, carpenters and fish market cleaners, which were originally part of 'Angel of the City' sequences. These were cut and replaced with the scenes of the Order doing a routine workout ritual as seen in the film's opening;
- An extended death scene for Ingrid's photographer Dan, in which he is hit several more times with axes and attempts to escape, only to slip on his own blood and fall down in puddle of it before being finished off with even more hits;
- The scene in which the Night Slasher tries to kill Ingrid in the hospital was cut down for pacing and content. The deaths of the janitor and nurse were originally shown onscreen and a scene where police guard outside Ingrid's room is killed by the Night Slasher was also cut. A later scene where Cobretti mentions the officer's death to Monte was cut to maintain continuity, which as a result made the editing of that scene choppy;
- More scenes of the townspeople being killed during the climax, including a scene in which one is hit in the face with ax; two of these death scenes appeared in 1990's TV versions of the film, but with most of the more graphic shots removed;
- Graphic close-ups of the Night Slasher's wound after he is impaled on the hook; Cobretti repeatedly forces the hook deeper into the Night Slasher as he screams in pain;
- After the demise of the Night Slasher, Cobretti and Ingrid leaves the factory but before they can exit, countryside police enter wherein the sheriff demands from them of what took place in the factory.
Besides these cuts, a few scenes in which the Night Slasher and his gang are killing people were slowed down (for continuity reasons since demanded cuts made the editing of the scenes look choppy), while some of the shootouts which were originally in slow-motion were instead played at normal speed (in order to cut prolonged death scenes of gang members, plus close ups of many bullet holes which were also cut).
Eventually, the movie received an R rating and was released in theaters with a running time of 84 minutes, approximately 50 minutes shorter than the first assembly cut and 30 to 40 minutes shorter than the director's cut.
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Much of David Rasche's role was cut. In the behind-the-scenes making of documentary available on DVD/Blu-ray, an additional (deleted) scene with him and Brigitte Nielsen is shown being filmed.
The car chase between Cobretti and the Night Slasher was originally longer and ended differently. In the theatrical version the Night Slasher shoots at Cobretti's car and causes him to crash into the boat. In the original version the Night Slasher and his driver are the first ones who crash into the boat; Cobretti fails to stop his car in time and crashes into them. Shots of the Night Slasher's car turning around and him breathing in relief after Cobra crashes his car were taken from an earlier part of the chase and the shot of Cobretti seeing the boat before he crashes into it was actually taken from the Night Slasher's car crash. In the theatrical version, the Night Slasher's crashed car is still visible in scene where Cobretti crashes into the boat.
The first cut of the movie featured a slightly different version of the climactic confrontation between the Night Slasher and Cobretti. Where the final version features a longer exchange between the two, in the earlier version Cobretti appears right after the Night Slasher screams 'We are the future!' and reiterates his line from the opening scene: 'You're the disease, and I'm the cure.' Nightstalker's monologue about the law and Cobretti's duty as a policeman is omitted; instead, they stare at each other before Stalk attacks Cobretti. There is a noticeable continuity mistake in the final version: when Stalk jumps on Cobra there is a fire behind him, which isn't visible during the preceding conversation. This is because Stallone's closeups were shot later in a different location.
The official soundtrack release includes a track called 'Skyline' which is not heard anywhere in the movie. This is because scenes in which this track was used were cut during the re-editing. Originally there was a scene in which Cobretti is sitting in his home, looking at the sunset (there is a similar scene in the beginning of theatrical version in which he is cleaning up his gun and then looks out the window) and soon, right after the Night Slasher and his gang members have killed the second victim and cops show up at the scene, Cobretti gets a call to go and meet with them. 'Skyline' was also originally used in some other scenes, including the ending, but it was removed and replaced with 'Voice Of America's Sons' by John Cafferty.
Although no uncut version or director's cut has ever seen an official release, a timecoded workprint sourced from poor quality VHS copies exists as a bootleg. It contains all of the X rated scenes and uncut action sequences, along with scenes explaining the motives of the New Order gang, focusing on characters such as the Night Slasher and Stalk, alternate lines of dialogue and a temporary score which contains some of the songs and music from the theatrical version and pieces of scores from other movies.
Reception
Cobra was a critical failure. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively gave the film a score of 14% based on reviews from 21 critics.[12] Much criticism was aimed at its plotting and dialogue, which were seen as merely rehashing common action film tropes. The level of violence (even after re-editing) was also considered gratuitous.
The TV Guide stated that 'Stallone's character is an empty hulk...the few attempts to provide us with little insights into his character are downright laughable.'[13]The New York Times opined that the film 'pretends to be against the wanton violence of a disintegrating society, but it's really the apotheosis of that violence....[it] shows such contempt for the most basic American values'.[14]
Cobra was nominated for six Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone), Worst Actress (Brigitte Nielsen), Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star (both for Brian Thompson) and Worst Screenplay.[15]
Director Nicolas Winding Refn is a huge fan of Cobra. In Refn's cult movie Drive the main character has a toothpick in his mouth in some scenes; this is Refn's homage to the opening scene where Stallone has a matchstick in his mouth. Main star of the movie Ryan Gosling also said in interview that he is a fan of Stallone and Cobra which is why he 'borrowed' his character's toothpick habit from Cobra.[16]
Box office
Cobra debuted at No. 1 at the box office and was a huge financial success, with a Memorial Day weekend debut of $15.6 million.[5] It eventually went on to gross $160 million,[2] over six times its estimated $25 million budget.[1]
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B' on an A+ to F scale.[17]
Music score
Various Artists | |
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Soundtrack album | |
Released | 1992 |
Genre | Rock, pop |
Label | Scotti Bros. Records |
Producer | Robin Garb |
An audio cassette and vinyl version were released on September 21, 1988, followed by a CD which was released in 1992 as the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.[18]
Stan Bush's song 'The Touch', heard in Transformers: The Movie (1986) was originally written for Cobra.[19]
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | 'Voice of America's Sons' | John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band | |
2. | 'Feel the Heat' | Jean Beauvoir | |
3. | 'Loving on Borrowed Time' | Brian Short & Ed Hamilton | |
4. | 'Skyline' | Sylvester Levay | |
5. | 'Hold on to Your Vision' | Gary Wright | |
6. | 'Suave' | Miami Sound Machine | |
7. | 'Cobra' | Sylvester Levay | |
8. | 'Angel of the City' | Robert Tepper | |
9. | 'Chase' | Sylvester Levay | |
10. | 'Two into One' | Bill Medley & Carmen Twillie |
Video Game
In 1987, the film was made into a video game by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. [20]
See also
References
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- ^ ab'1986 Worldwide box-office'. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^Brenner, Paul. 'Cobra'. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
- ^'I Took Over A Role From Someone Else And Now I'm Famous'. The Role That Changed My Life. Season 1. Episode 4. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ ab''Cobra' Biggest Draw For Box-office Bucks'. Sun Sentinel. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^Rabin, Nathan. 'Cobra gave 1986 the Dirty Harry knockoff it deserved'. The Dissolve. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^'First Draft Screenplay of Cobra'. rawrvintageisclassic.blogspot.com. May 20, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ ab'Summer of 1986: COBRA'. Movie Geeks United!.
with cinematographer Ric Waite and costar Brian Thompson
- ^'Cobra'. AFI. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^Cobra (1986) - Internet Movie Firearms Database. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^'Take One'. People.com. May 26, 1986. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
Sly Stallone may have wimped out by not going to Cannes because of terrorism, but he's standing strong at home. Sly wants to make sure his shoot-'em-up cop movie Cobra (wife Brigitte appears as a terrorized model), which opens Memorial Day weekend, outdoes that other potential megahit, Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. To get the box-office edge, Stallone insisted that Cobra be kept to under 90 minutes, insuring one extra showing a day, while Top Gun logs in at 103 minutes. Very Sly.
- ^'Cobra (1986)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^'Cobra: Review'. TV Guide. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^Darnton, Nina (May 24, 1986). 'Film: Sylvester Stallone as Policeman, in 'Cobra''. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^(1987)'1986 RAZZIE® Nominees & 'Winners.'Razzies.com. Golden Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ^Wloszczyna, Susan (September 15, 2011). 'Ryan Gosling can't help but drive them wild'. USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^'CinemaScore'. cinemascore.com.
- ^Cobra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986 Film). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ^'Interview: Stan Bush, singer/songwriter of 'The Touch' from TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE'. GeekTyrant. September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^'Cobra for Commodore 64'. GameFAQs. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
External links
- Cobra on IMDb
- Cobra at AllMovie
- Cobra at the TCM Movie Database
- Cobra at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Cobra at Box Office Mojo
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