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Kindergarten Cop
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6.1Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble
- Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Palmieri
- Pamela Reed as Det. Phoebe O'Hara
- Linda Hunt as Miss Schlowski
- Richard Tyson as Cullen Crisp
- Carroll Baker as Eleanor Crisp
Themes
- drug dealer
- dying and death
- police
- crime fighter
- kiss
- kindergarten
- education
- teacher
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ivan Reitman
- Screenplay by
- Murray Salem Herschel Weingrod Timothy Harris
- Story by
- Murray Salem
- Produced by
- Ivan Reitman Brian Grazer
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Penelope Ann Miller Pamela Reed Linda Hunt Richard Tyson Carroll Baker
- Cinematography
- Michael Chapman
- Edited by
- Wendy Greene Bricmont Sheldon Kahn
- Music by
- Randy Edelman
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- December 21, 1990 ( 1990-12-21 )
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $202 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod, and Timothy Harris. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble, a tough Los Angeles police detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher in a small Oregon town to locate the ex-wife and son of a dangerous drug dealer. The cast also includes Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, and Carroll Baker.
The film marked the second collaboration between Reitman and Schwarzenegger following the success of Twins (1988), continuing Schwarzenegger's shift into comedic roles after years of action-film stardom. Several actors, including Bill Murray and Patrick Swayze, were considered for the lead role before Schwarzenegger was cast. Production involved location filming in Astoria, Oregon, where scenes at the fictional elementary school were shot at John Jacob Astor Elementary School, with additional interior filming completed at Universal Studios Hollywood. The film's musical score was composed by Randy Edelman.
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