Heart Condition

Heart Condition (1990)

A tough cop. A dead lawyer. Every partnership has its problems.

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.

Date of release
1990-02-02
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (112)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Director
James D. Parriott

Casting

Interesting facts

Heart Condition is a 1990 American comedy film written and directed by James D. Parriott and starring Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington and Chloe Webb. Washington plays Napoleon Stone, a lawyer, and Hoskins plays Jack Moony, a racist police officer who hates Napoleon for dating his ex-girlfriend. The two compete in the same work force area in their community to help bring down the drug rate. Their goal would be to find the mysterious men that shot and killed Napoleon Stone.

Production

Principal photography commenced in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 1989, with a budget ranging from $9 to $10 million. Executive producer Robert Shaye, also President of New Line Cinema, asserted that had a major studio been involved, the cost for Heart Condition would have soared by "several million more." This was because New Line opted for non-union crews and eschewed high-profile stars to maintain budgetary discipline.

Writer-director James D. Parriott said Denzel Washington insisted on tempering some of the racial elements before accepting the role of "Napoleon Stone." Initially conceived as "a flashy black pimp" by Parriott, the character struggled to attract prominent African-American actors. Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Brian Dennehy, and Dennis Hopper were considered to play "Jack Moony;" the part went to Bob Hoskins.

Key scenes were set at a hamburger stand erected on the southwest corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Street in Hollywood, California, opposite the Pantages Theater. Additional sequences were filmed two blocks north, near the intersection of Argyle and Franklin Avenue.

The film's soundtrack includes the song "Have a Heart" by Bonnie Raitt from her album Nick of Time.

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