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Catchfire
Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, and Fred Ward, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener, and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before its release and he is therefore credited under the pseudonym Alan Smithee. The film underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics.
In 1992, a director's cut of the film was released under the new title Backtrack. It runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version and restores Hopper's directorial credit. In additional to cable TV airings it has been released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray.
Conceptual artist Anne Benton creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention. One night, while driving home, Anne suffers a blowout on a road near some isolated industrial factories. While looking for help, she witnesses a mafia hit supervised by Leo Carelli, who kills another mobster and his bodyguard. Leo spots Anne, but she manages to escape and goes to the police.
Two of the mobsters, Greek and Pinella, go to Anne's house to silence her but end up killing her boyfriend, Bob. FBI agent Pauling, who has been after Carelli for some time, offers Anne a place in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program. However, when she sees another mobster, Carelli's lawyer John Luponi, at the police station, she disguises herself with another woman's wig and raincoat and flees. Meanwhile, mob boss Lino Avoca, Carelli's boss, summons top-of-the-line hitman Milo to silence Anne. Milo purchases one of Anne's artworks and ransacks her house, discovering intimate Polaroids taken of her.
Months pass, and Anne has severed all ties with her past, re-establishing herself in Seattle as an advertising copywriter. Milo, relentless in his pursuit, recognizes the tagline of a lipstick ad as one of Anne's catchphrases and tracks her down. Pauling and the police also track Anne down, but she manages to once again elude all the men pursuing her. Milo eventually tracks Anne to New Mexico, where he is followed by Pinella, who is tracking Milo's whereabouts for Carelli. Milo quickly kills Pinella, corners Anne, and offers her a deal: he'll let her live if she does anything and everything he asks. Milo's interest in Anne goes beyond professional, but not exactly as she thinks; he doesn't want her to be his sex slave, although sex is part of the equation.
Obsessed, Milo has fallen in love with Anne, and he has no idea how to cope with the unfamiliar emotion. Surprisingly, after a rocky start, Anne realizes that she has also fallen for him. At the same time, failing to kill Anne as hired, Milo has marked himself for death. Anne and Milo flee together to an isolated farm that Milo owns. Avoca's men track them there, and they narrowly escape.
Anne and Milo realize that to be free, they must return and confront their pursuers. They concoct a plan, leaving Avoca, Carelli, and all of their men dead. Anne and Milo escape together to a new life, presumably in France.
Milo and Anne return together to the refinery by the side of the road where Anne witnessed the mob hit that made her run. The refinery, in fact, belongs to Mr. Avoca and bears its name. Milo contacts Leo Carelli, tells him that he has killed Anne, and wants to "make peace" with Carelli, asking to meet in the Avoca factory. Pauling, who has a wiretap on Carelli's house, spies on the conversation and travels there with the police.
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Catchfire
Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, and Fred Ward, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener, and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before its release and he is therefore credited under the pseudonym Alan Smithee. The film underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics.
In 1992, a director's cut of the film was released under the new title Backtrack. It runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version and restores Hopper's directorial credit. In additional to cable TV airings it has been released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray.
Conceptual artist Anne Benton creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention. One night, while driving home, Anne suffers a blowout on a road near some isolated industrial factories. While looking for help, she witnesses a mafia hit supervised by Leo Carelli, who kills another mobster and his bodyguard. Leo spots Anne, but she manages to escape and goes to the police.
Two of the mobsters, Greek and Pinella, go to Anne's house to silence her but end up killing her boyfriend, Bob. FBI agent Pauling, who has been after Carelli for some time, offers Anne a place in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program. However, when she sees another mobster, Carelli's lawyer John Luponi, at the police station, she disguises herself with another woman's wig and raincoat and flees. Meanwhile, mob boss Lino Avoca, Carelli's boss, summons top-of-the-line hitman Milo to silence Anne. Milo purchases one of Anne's artworks and ransacks her house, discovering intimate Polaroids taken of her.
Months pass, and Anne has severed all ties with her past, re-establishing herself in Seattle as an advertising copywriter. Milo, relentless in his pursuit, recognizes the tagline of a lipstick ad as one of Anne's catchphrases and tracks her down. Pauling and the police also track Anne down, but she manages to once again elude all the men pursuing her. Milo eventually tracks Anne to New Mexico, where he is followed by Pinella, who is tracking Milo's whereabouts for Carelli. Milo quickly kills Pinella, corners Anne, and offers her a deal: he'll let her live if she does anything and everything he asks. Milo's interest in Anne goes beyond professional, but not exactly as she thinks; he doesn't want her to be his sex slave, although sex is part of the equation.
Obsessed, Milo has fallen in love with Anne, and he has no idea how to cope with the unfamiliar emotion. Surprisingly, after a rocky start, Anne realizes that she has also fallen for him. At the same time, failing to kill Anne as hired, Milo has marked himself for death. Anne and Milo flee together to an isolated farm that Milo owns. Avoca's men track them there, and they narrowly escape.
Anne and Milo realize that to be free, they must return and confront their pursuers. They concoct a plan, leaving Avoca, Carelli, and all of their men dead. Anne and Milo escape together to a new life, presumably in France.
Milo and Anne return together to the refinery by the side of the road where Anne witnessed the mob hit that made her run. The refinery, in fact, belongs to Mr. Avoca and bears its name. Milo contacts Leo Carelli, tells him that he has killed Anne, and wants to "make peace" with Carelli, asking to meet in the Avoca factory. Pauling, who has a wiretap on Carelli's house, spies on the conversation and travels there with the police.