The Hard Way

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action comedy film film

The Hard Way is a 1991 action-comedy film in which James Woods plays a tough New York cop reluctantly partnered with a pampered Hollywood actor, played by Michael J. Fox, who wants to learn how to be a real detective.

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The Hard Way canonical 3
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Predicate Object
instanceOf action comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
character John Moss ⓘ
Nick Lang ⓘ
cinematographyBy Donald McAlpine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Badham ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Frank Morriss ⓘ
John F. Link ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
buddy cop film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
hasGenreElement police procedural ⓘ
satire of Hollywood ⓘ
hasTheme celebrity culture ⓘ
clash between Hollywood and real-life policing ⓘ
reluctant partnership ⓘ
musicBy Arthur B. Rubinstein ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A pampered Hollywood actor shadows a tough New York cop to prepare for a role and becomes involved in a real police investigation. ⓘ
portrays James Woods as John Moss ⓘ
Michael J. Fox ⓘ
surface form: Michael J. Fox as Nick Lang
producer Rob Cohen ⓘ
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDecade 1990s ⓘ
releaseYear 1991 ⓘ
runtime approximately 111 minutes ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
starring Annabella Sciorra ⓘ
Delroy Lindo ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Luis Guzmán ⓘ
Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Stephen Lang ⓘ
writer Daniel Pyne ⓘ
Lem Dobbs ⓘ
Michael Kozoll ⓘ

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James Woods → notableWork → The Hard Way ⓘ
Trent Opaloch → notableWork → The Hard Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hardwired
John F. Link → notableWork → The Hard Way ⓘ
Stephen Lang → notableWork → The Hard Way ⓘ