Sea of Love (1989)
Actors:
Ellen Barkin (actress),
Patricia Barry (actress),
John Goodman (actor),
Al Pacino (actor),
William Hickey (actor),
Michael Rooker (actor),
Christopher Maleki (actor),
Joshua Nelson (actor),
Samuel L. Jackson (actor),
Richard Jenkins (actor),
James Kidnie (actor),
John Bourgeois (actor),
Paul Calderon (actor),
Trevor Jones (composer),
Lorraine Bracco (actress),
Plot: Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Keywords: '50s-music, 1980s, 45rpm-record, african-american, african-american-man, alcoholism, apartment-building, balloon, blood, buddy
Genres:
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Taglines: Deception is dangerous. Desire is deadly. In search of a killer, he found someone who's either the love of his life... or the end of it.
Quotes:
Det. Sherman: Think you could go for a babe with a dick?::Det. Frank Keller: Depends on her personality, really.
Det. Frank Keller: It's called making people feel good about themselves so that they'll cooperate with you and help you to do your job. You should try it some time.
[last lines]::Helen Cruger: Do you still drink coffee?::Det. Frank Keller: Like it's going out of style.::Helen Cruger: C'mon, I'll buy you a cup.
Frank Keller Sr.: [a poem by Frank's mother written in 1934 while she was in high school] I live alone within myself, like a hut within the woods; I keep my heart high upon the shelf, barren of other goods; I need another's arms to reach for it, and place it where it belongs. I need another's touch and smile, to fill my hut with songs.
Det. Frank Keller: Last time, she walked. Maybe this time I can get prints.::Det. Sherman: Yeah right. What are ya gonna do, Frank? Send your dick to the lab? Man, that'll be a hell of a story in court. "Well, Your Honor, first I whipped it out, then she whipped it out, if you know what I mean."
Det. Frank Keller: Come the wet ass hour, I'm EVERYBODY'S DADDY!
Det. Frank Keller: What's she gonna do, shoot me? We're in a restaurant!
Det. Frank Keller: We should have tailed him. We fucked up.::Det. Sherman: He fucked up.
Terry: So the emcee asks, "What's the most romantic place you've ever made love to your wife?" And this guy's thinking, he's got a brain like a pea, but he's thinking, and he says, "In the butt!"