Turner & Hooch
Short description
Detective Scott Turner is a meticulous man whose life runs on order and routine. With just days left at his small-town police department before transferring to a larger city, he catches the case of a murdered local, Amos Reed. The only witness to the killing appears to be Reed's large, unruly dog, Hooch, and Scott takes the animal in to keep it from being put down. The arrangement quickly turns his carefully arranged household upside down, as the dog wrecks his home and disrupts both his work and his relationship with Emily Carson. Man and dog clash constantly, though the case pushes them toward a working partnership.
Roger Spottiswoode directed the film, the fourth of the fourteen features he has directed, following Shoot to Kill and preceding Air America. Tom Hanks plays Scott, with Mare Winningham as Emily, Craig T. Nelson as Howard Hyde, Scott Paulin as Zack Gregory, John McIntire as Amos Reed and David Knell as Ernie. The screenplay was written by Daniel Petrie Jr. with Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and Raymond Wagner produced.
Released in July 1989, the film cost about 13 million dollars and took in roughly 71 million worldwide, a strong return on its budget. On IMDb it holds 6.2 out of 10 from around 81,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 out of 10 from about 1,400 votes. A critics' rating of 5.2 out of 10 from 28 reviews places it somewhat below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Hooch is a Dogue de Bordeaux.
- John Larroquette, Jack Nicholson, Bill Murray, and Chevy Chase were considered for the role of Scott Turner.
- Dudley Moore declined to play Turner.
- This was the last film of actor John McIntire.
- Henry Winkler was initially approved as the film's director. However, after two weeks of filming, he was fired by Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was dissatisfied with his work.
- An alternative ending was filmed in which Hooch survives. Both endings were tested with different audiences, who reacted to them similarly. However, the original ending, where Hooch dies, evoked a passionate emotional response from viewers. Disney’s head of production, Jeffrey Katzenberg, decided to use the original ending because that’s what the directors wanted.
- In an interview, Tom Hanks said that the film could have been much more successful if Hooch hadn't died.
- The scene where Hooch dies was filmed last. Hanks had become very attached to Beasley during filming, so he was able to cry imagining he would never see the dog again.
- Filming took place in California from January 23 to April 28, 1989.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
