Off Beat - Let the cops dance

Movie
German title	Off Beat - Let the cops dance
Original title	Off beat
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1986
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Michael Dinner
script	Mark Medoff
production	Harry J. Ufland
music	James Horner
camera	Carlo Di Palma
cut	Dede Allen Angelo Corrao
occupation
Judge Reinhold : Joe Gower Meg Tilly : Rachel Wareham Cleavant Derricks : Abe Washington Joe Mantegna : Pete Peterson Jacques d'Amboise : August Amy Wright : Mary Ellen Gruenwald John Turturro : Neil Pepper James Tolkan : Harry Julie Bovasso : Mrs. Wareham Anthony Zerbe : Mr. Wareham Fred Gwynne : Commissioner Harvey Keitel : Mickey Victor Argo : Leon Austin Pendleton : Gun shop seller Penn Jillette : Norman

Off Beat - Let the cops dance (Original title: Off Beat ) is an American comedy film from 1986 . Directed by Michael Dinner , the screenplay was written by Mark Medoff .

action

Joe Gower, a librarian at the New York Public Library , is dissatisfied with his life. His boss bullies him, his girlfriend leaves him. Abe Washington, a policeman who is friends with Gower, asks him to stand in for him during a rehearsal for a dance show the police are organizing for charity.

Gower agrees and meets the police officer Rachel Wareham during the rehearsal. Posing as a police officer, he helps Wareham prosecute a criminal they both happen to be involved in. Gower takes part in further rehearsals to get to know Wareham better. He is chosen as the solo dancer around whom the show should be built. Meanwhile, his friend warns him of the consequences of falsely posing as a police officer.

Gower gets into a bank robbery in police uniform. The police surround the building. Gower distracts the robber's attention with a few dance steps and overwhelms him. In the last scene you can see him on the show.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of April 11, 1986 that he found the characters particularly likeable. The plot is "more sophisticated" than in most comedies and offers "small glimpses into human nature" . It does contain predictable elements that were borrowed from the other films - but these would appear "surprisingly original" . The chemistry between the main actors is strong; Meg Tilly seems "10 times or 20 times more interesting" than in Agnes - Angels in Fire , for which film she received an Oscar nomination.

Film-Dienst wrote that the film was a "likeable mix-up comedy with good performance, which in a few moments exuded something of the charm of old Capra or Lubitsch comedies" .

backgrounds

The film was shot in New York City . It grossed approximately $ 4.8 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• Off Beat - Let the cops dancing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Off Beat - Let the cops dancing at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed October 15, 2008
2. Jump up ↑ Off Beat, from the Lexicon of International Films , accessed October 15, 2008
3. ^ Filming locations for Off Beat , accessed October 15, 2008
4. ^ Box office / business for Off Beat , accessed October 15, 2008