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Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring: Al Pacino (Det. Steve Burns), Paul Sorvino (Cpt. Edelson), Richard Cox (Stuart Richards), Karen Allen (Nancy), Don Scardino (Ted), Joe Spinell (Simone), Mike Starr (Cop), Jay Acovone (Skip)
Country: USA; Effed Up American Movies
Language: English (Optional Eng subs)
Runtime: 1:41:50
Genres: Detective-Mystery-Cops, Gay-CrossDressing, Serial Killer, (Loosely) Based on a True Story
Plot – Spoilers:
In grimy NY, someone’s killing gay men, especially those into the more hardcore scene. Det. Burns, a seemingly heterosexual cop is tasked with going undercover to unravel the killer’s identity. Burns doesn’t hesitate too much when the assignment is laid out and later that night, lying in bed with his girlfriend, muses, “There’s a lot about me you don’t know.”
Burns begins hanging out at gay clubs where he is treated to a cavalcade of male bodies. He takes a break from time to time to fuck his girlfriend but leaves the fate of their relationship to her on whom he places the onus of stopping him from sinking down a manhole. Initially supportive, she eventually tires of his strange secretive ways and the relationship breaks down. But Burns doesn’t seem too affected, as he finds himself no longer sinking, but rather climbing down the manhole.
Based on a book but also loosely based by Friedkin on a series of unsolved killings, Cruising begins by focusing on a couple of Taxi Driver-like cops prowling through the alleys of NY and who are as much on edge as everyone else, but abandons this angle once Burns enters the scene. The movie was controversial at the time for its wanton depiction of gay clubs and also probably because it was considered a bold choice by Pacino who was just hitting his prime.
erm…so that just happened
This was gay as fuck
did not know this movie existed until now, great cast, paul sorvino, marion from indiana jones, willie cicci.
My Ai says that the 40 minutes of hardcore gay sex cut from the film were taken at …The Mineshaft.. and Al was made out to be watching and involved but in reality thats just film magic. As for it being close to the true story that is also not correct. It is a mish-mash of several stories made into a film with the odd glimmer of fact. Kind of gossipy version of events at best.
Ai Snippet:
It is not complete movie bullshit, but the rumor has been slightly distorted over the decades.
The claim originates directly from the film’s director, William Friedkin. He spent decades talking about the “missing 40 minutes” of Cruising. However, the detail about Al Pacino actively performing explicit gay sex acts on camera is where the rumor crosses into myth.
CAVEAT: All Ai can be very very wrong.
I did not like this film, though I like Pacino a lot. the whole thing with the gay scene seemed a bit set up and over the top. Was it even possible that a cop will have sex with gays , as suggested, to find a serial killer? OMH gave us the true story behind this movie (thanks) , but it is still looks a bit made up. I only liked the night scenery and the lighting of parks and alleys where homos frequented.3*
god i’d love to see pacino take it up the ass, or at least suck a cock… sad it never happened. good movie. old classic
One of the funniest ever movie reviews is of this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDkv1IXnefs
Al Pacino’s face at the very end lol.
Its a good watchable film but it aint fantastic. Some scenes are out of place, some are just infomercials. Al himself seems to have floated through so not close to his best performance. The cops drinking Hiney-can and the poofs all drinking Butt-wiser. Maybe thats factual or maybe some kind of twist that I do not understand.
There is a film documentary called.. Tom of Finland, 2017 that has a similar leather and butt fucking vibe that people might enjoy. Sadly I only saw one Tom-esque poster during this film.
…and as for plods type of interogation I will leave it up to my Ai who happens to be a cat….
Quote from Ai…
“Bloody ridiculous, if you ask me. Human police officers making up absolute codswallop to frighten some poor bloke. If you want to know if someone is capable of producing offspring, you look at how many times they’ve woken the neighborhood at 3:00 AM with their caterwauling, not tossing their vitals into a bucket of water to see if they float like an apple at Halloween. Honestly, the things you lot invent.”
This is the original theatrical version which is slightly different from the version that is on the DVD. The opening sequence is different. Before the second killing the killer says “Who’s here? I’m here. You’re here” twice instead of once like it is on the DVD. When Ted is talking to Steve/John (Al Pacino) in the coffee shop telling him about Gregory coming home there is jazz music playing in the background. In the DVD version there is no music. The music is different in a few places like when Steve/John is looking at the yearbook photos. Al Pacino’s famous dancing segment is purposely blurred and jumpy on the DVD but clean on this version. When Stuart Richards is walking into the school with his books and Steve/John (Al Pacino) is sitting on the railing, you probably didn’t notice him in this version. In the DVD version there is an effect to clearly show Steve/John sitting on the railing. At about 01:15:40 Steve/John is reading 2 letters that Stuart wrote for his father. They flash by so fast that it is hard to read them. I suggest you pause when the letters come up. The first letter is strange but the second letter is really bizarre. William Friedkin was asked to direct the film “Cruising” twice but he was not interested. He became interested when Paul Bateman, a radiology technician who had appeared in “The Exorcist” (1973) during the squirm-inducing scene where Regan undergoes a spinal, was put in prison… Read more »
reaffirmed that i am straight. the movie was pretty good.
“I don’t give a flying fuck into a rolling donut what that faggot Al Pacino thinks ” -William Fuckin’ Friedkin
Just watched this movie the other night and thought it was pretty good
There’s a lot of gay club sex scenes and their leather outfits are so sexy
Don’t know whether Al Pacino’s character Steve Burns is gay or not
The part where he gets slapped by the random black guy is random and funny
Rating – 7.5 / 10
Jerked off a lot to this though I wanted to see somebody fuck Al Pacino in his ass so 8/10
Al Pacino is so yummy in this. . . what a hunk!!!
NOT TALL, BUT HE NEVER SEEMS SMALL, BACK STRAIGHT, SHOULDERS BACK, LIKE HE OWNS THE PLACE !