Search and Destroy Movie Review 1994

Complex story finds bankrupt businessman Martin Mirkheim (Dunne) trying to overcome his financial woes by making a film based on a book by self-help guru, Dr. Luther Waxling (Hopper). Of course, since Martin's broke, he first has to find someone willing to invest in his venture, and the shady duo (Walken and Turturro) he does just leave him with more problems. Tediously stagy adaptation of Howard Korders' play. Directorial debut by artist Salle at least looks great and provides some quirky moments.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Adapted from a Play, Behind the Scenes

Screenplay

Michael Almereyda

Cast

Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Illeana Douglas, Ethan Hawke

Cinematography

Michael Spiller, Bobby Bukowski

Director

David Salle

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Other

Martin Scorsese

Producer

Elie Cohn, Dan Lupovitz, Ruth Charny, Martin Scorsese, Nu Image Films, Autumn Pictures, October Films