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Crimewave
Sign in to saveCrimewave is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Sam Raimi, from a screenplay he co-wrote with the Coen brothers. It stars Reed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Louise Lasser and Bruce Campbell, with Campbell also serving as a co-producer. An unusual slapstick mix of film noir, black comedy, Hitchcockian suspense, and B-movie conventions, Crimewave portrays bizarre situations involving a nebbish everyman (Birney) entangled in a murderous plot while pursuing his love interest (Wilson).
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5.5A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Cast
- Reed Birney as Vic Ajax
- Louise Lasser as Helene Trend
- Sheree J. Wilson as Nancy
- Paul L. Smith as Faron Crush
- Brion James as Arthur Coddish
- Edward R. Pressman as Ernest Trend
Themes
- hitman
- electric chair
- screwball comedy
- exterminator
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Crimewave
- Film.image
- Crimewave poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- VHS release cover
- Film.director
- Sam Raimi
- Film.producer
- Robert Tapert
- Film.music
- Arlon Ober
- Film.cinematography
- Robert Primes
- Film.distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 86 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $2.5 million
- Film.gross
- $5,101
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 795293
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- publication date
- 1985-04-12
- title
- Crimewave
- review score
- 6.3/10
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12 sectionsContents
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- Filming
- Post-production
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Crimewave is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Sam Raimi, from a screenplay he co-wrote with the Coen brothers. It stars Reed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Louise Lasser and Bruce Campbell, with Campbell also serving as a co-producer. An unusual slapstick mix of film noir, black comedy, Hitchcockian suspense, and B-movie conventions, Crimewave portrays bizarre situations involving a nebbish everyman (Birney) entangled in a murderous plot while pursuing his love interest (Wilson).
Following the commercial success of The Evil Dead (1981), Raimi and Campbell decided to collaborate on another project. Joel Coen served as one of the editors on The Evil Dead and worked with Raimi on the screenplay. Production was difficult for several members of the crew and the production studio, Embassy Pictures, refused to allow Raimi to edit the film. Several arguments broke out during the shoot of the film due to continued interference by the studio.