Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 01/13/1989(USA)
Release Date: 04/16/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/2/1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM

This offbeat police thriller with heavy doses of humor was written by John Patrick Shanley, the former playwright who wrote Cher's hit romantic comedy Moonstruck. Kevin Kline stars as Nick Starkey, a brilliant former New York City police detective who has been exiled to the fire department because of his unorthodox ways. He's called back to service by his police commissioner brother Frank (Harvey Keitel) in the hopes that he can find a bizarre serial killer who's been murdering one woman a month. Nick's condition to agreeing to help is that he gets to cook dinner for Frank and his snooty wife Christine (Susan Sarandon), a former girlfriend of his. Ultimately, Nick uses his Zen-like intuition and some high-tech computer hardware (with prominent product placement plugs) to find the killer, pausing to have an affair with the mayor's beautiful daughter Bernadette (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. In the improbable conclusion, Nick figures out the exact day the killer will strike and the exact apartment! January Man is too tongue-in-cheek to be taken seriously as a thriller. In addition to Keitel and Sarandon the stellar supporting cast includes Rod Steiger as the mayor and Danny Aiello as a tough police captain who rails against Nick's "beatnik" ways.

~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Kevin Kline - Nick Starkey
Susan Sarandon - Christine Starkey
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Bernadette Flynn
Harvey Keitel - Frank Starkey
Danny Aiello - Capt. Vincent Alcoa
Rod Steiger - Mayor Eamon Flynn
Alan Rickman - Ed
Faye Grant - Alison Hawkins
Jayne Haynes - Alma
Brian Tarantina - Cone
Bruce MacVittie - Rip
Bill Cobbs - Detective Reilly
Greg Walker - January Man
Tandy Cronyn - Lena
Gerard Parkes - Rev. Drew
Errol Slue - Chief Sunday

Production:
Pat O'Connor - Director
Norman Jewison Ezra Swerdlow - Co Producer
Marvin Hamlisch Moe Koffman - Composer
Lou Lombardo - Editor
John Patrick Shanley - Screen Writer
Gary J. Brink Carol Lavoie - Set Designer
Dan Davies - Art Director
Daniel Davis - Art Director
Christopher Cook - Associate Producer
Harald Ortenburger - Camera Operator
Billy Hopkins - Casting
John David Allan - Choreography
Jerzy Zielinski - Cinematographer
Ed Zigo - Consultant/advisor
Ann Roth - Costume Designer
Neil Spisak - Costume Designer
Bernadette Mazur - Makeup
Patricia Green - Makeup
Philip Rosenberg - Production Designer
Michael MacDonald - Production Manager
Neil Trifunovich - Special Effects
Greg Walker - Stunts
Risa Bramon - Casting

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