Colors

Year:

1988

Duration:

120 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Dennis Hopper

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-04-29

Filming Locations: 104 West 113th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $6,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,747,118 (USA) (17 April 1988)

Gross: $46,616,067 (USA)SEK 4,104,255 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Maria Conchita Alonso

Courtney Gains

Rudy Ramos

Richard Rust

Sean Penn

Officer Danny McGavin

Robert Duvall

Officer Bob Hodges

Randy Brooks

Ron Delaney

Grand L. Bush

Larry Sylvester (as Grand Bush)

Don Cheadle

Rocket

Gerardo Mejía

Bird

Glenn Plummer

Clarence 'High Top' Brown

Sy Richardson

O.S.S. Sgt. Bailey

Trinidad Silva

Leo 'Frog' Lopez

Charles Walker

Reed

Damon Wayans

T-Bone

Fred Asparagus

Cook

Sherman Augustus

Officer Porter

Bruce Beatty

Spanky

Paula Bellamy

Woman #1 at Recreation Center

Brandon Bluhm

Tommie Hodges

Mark Booker

Young Crip #1

Ron Boyd

Cop at Sharon's

Verda Bridges

C.R.A.S.H. Secretary

R.D. Call

Officer Rusty Baines

Steven Camarillo

Gato

Seymour Cassel

Officer Sullivan

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Diaz (as Carlos Cervantes)

Eugene Collier

Young Crip #2

Lawrence Cook

Officer Young

Nick Corello

Phil

Troy Curvey Jr.

Preacher

Gregg Dandridge

Young Crip #3 (as Gregg G. Dandridge)

Brian Davis

Robert Craig

Romeo De Lan

Felipe, Bird's Brother

Marianne Díaz-Parton

Rita Gallegos

Nay K. Dorsey

Man #2 at Recreation Center

Fabian Escobedo

Flacco

Dennis Fanning

C.R.A.S.H. Officer #2 (as Dennis 'Chicago' Fanning)

Virgil Frye

O.S.S. Sheriff Foster

Tomás Goros

Philip

C.E. Grimes

Oso

Trysh Jefferson

Young Girl

Vaughn Tyree Jelks

Roy

Annie Joe Edwards

Shouting Woman (as Annie-Joe)

Clark Johnson

C.R.A.S.H. Officer Lee

Kenia

Maria

Leon

Killer-Bee

Tina Lifford

Mrs. Craig

Mario Lopez

Felipe's Friend (as Mario López)

Lawrence Lowe

Cop at Car Wreck

Ted Markland

C.R.A.S.H. Officer #3

Roberto Martín Márquez

Grieving Husband

Shawn McLemore

Willie Wright

Margaret Medina

Angie (as Peggy Medina)

Micole Mercurio

Joan Hodges

Nigel Miguel

Snakedance

Karla Montana

Locita

Allan Moore

Shooter

Howard Mungo

Man #1 at Recreation Center

Jack Nance

Officer Samuels

Frances E. Nealy

Neighbor Woman

Roy A. Nunez

C.R.A.S.H. Officer #1

Ray Oriel

Homeboy

Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr.

Fighting Inmate

JoMarie Payton

Woman #2 at Recreation Center (as JoMarie Payton-France)

Kim Pawlik

Female Officer

Anthony Pena

Traffic Officer

Daniela Piquet

Bird's Girlfriend

David Raynr

J.C.

T. Rodgers

Dr. Feelgood (as Tee Rodgers)

Sharon Schaffer

Crip Girl

Geoffrey Thorne

Lewis

Ara Thorpe

Sharon Robbins

Tony Todd

Vietnam Vet

Peter Mark Vasquez

Veterano

Jeffrey Washington

Dog-Man

Dion Williams

Spooky

John Zenda

Officer Rutley

Frank Aragon

Gangmember (uncredited)

Tony Moreno

CRASH Officer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Dennis Hopper directs Sean Penn in this movie without Hopper acting in it at all. Sean Penn would direct Dennis in "The Indian Runner" (1991), which Penn doesn't act in that film at all.

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Producer Robert H. Solo hired real gang members as guardians as well as actors. Two of them were shot during filming.

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Critics complained that the scene showing the funeral being disrupted by gang gunfire was unrealistic. According to the filmmakers, shortly after the scene wrapped, a church service a short distance away actually was disrupted by gang gunfire.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie, when the gang members are partying in the hills, the police conduct a raid. One of the police cars is seen pulling into the area from the background and turns on it's overhead lights. It is then seen arriving from the background and turning them on again 2 seconds later.

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During the chase of the female driver by police, she crashes head on into a car parked on the street, propped up on blocks, which brings her car to a full stop, but when they cut to a different angle her car is shown only side-swiping the park car and then she continues speeding down the road.

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When Hodges takes a shot to his chest at the end of the movie, a bloody gunshot wound can be seen before he falls to the ground. But when McGavin crouches down to open Hodges' shirt to look at the wound, the shirt only has a tiny hole in it and no blood visible on the outside.

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Quotes

Diaz: Hey Hodges, what do you think about all those hot shot jitter bugs, huh?

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Danny McGavin: [Intimidated and backing down] Hey, Hodges, Uncle Bob. I don't have any problems with you.

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Bob Hodges: Who are you?

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the Theaterical Version and the Extended UK Version?

A

In addition to the original theatrical version there exists also an extended version of the film, but just in the UK. This concerns the VHS edition of 4 Front Video and Virgin Vision. But the new scenes are not very satisfying, so the Standard Version is absolutely sufficient and recommended for everyone. In total the Extended Version runs approx. five and a half minutes longer than the Theatrical Version. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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