Collision Course

Collision Course (1989)

The only thing stopping these two cops from solving the crime of the century, is each other.

A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

Date of release
1989-04-27
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Director
Lewis Teague

Casting

Interesting facts

Collision Course is a 1989 American action comedy film starring Jay Leno as a Detroit police officer and Pat Morita as a Japanese officer forced to work together to recover a Japanese turbocharger stolen by a thief played by Chris Sarandon. It was directed by Lewis Teague and unreleased in the U.S. until 1992, when it debuted on home video.

Production

The film was made by Dino De Laurentiis' De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG). Jay Leno was a popular stand up comic when approached to play the lead. He said, "I wanted to do a funny, commercial movie and I also wanted to do a PG movie." Leno added, "the character I play is not far from me except I beat up guys who are a lot bigger than I would beat up in normal circumstances. I'm kind of like Dean Martin playing Matt Helm."

Rehearsals began in April 1987. The original director was John Guillermin, who had made King Kong and King Kong Lives for De Laurentiis. He left the project in pre-production forcing the shoot to be pushed back for four weeks. Guillermin was replaced by Bob Clark, who had made From the Hip for De Laurentiis. Clark was on the film for nine days, including the start of production, before leaving.

Leno said "When we saw the early film [that Clark shot]... it just wasn't funny... Lewis came in and everything was changed at the last minute," said Leno. "But he's been real good about being open to suggestions. I like Lewis. He's a good action director and I trust his sense of humor."

Much of the principal photography for the film was shot on location in Detroit, Michigan. Numerous local landmarks are shown in various scenes, including the now-defunct Trapper's Alley in the city's Greektown Historic District neighborhood and the Garden Bowl within the Majestic Theatre Centre—the United States' oldest continuously operating bowling alley. Other parts of the movie were filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

While making the film Leno was given a regular Monday night slot on The Tonight Show. He performed ten different stand up shows but his management said he did not miss a day of filming.

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