28-1026: For other uses, see Harlan (disambiguation) . Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to: Surname [ edit ] Abram D. Harlan (1833–1908), American politician from Pennsylvania Bob Harlan (born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive Bruce Harlan (1926–1959), American Olympic diver Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician Byron G. Harlan (1861–1936), American singer Jack Rodney Harlan (1917–1998), American botanist James Harlan (Iowa politician) , (1820–1899), American politician and lawyer James Harlan (Kentucky politician) (1800–1863), American politician and lawyer Jan Harlan (born 1937), German-American film director and producer John Harlan (announcer) (1925–2017), American television announcer John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), United States Union Army officer and Supreme Court Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971), former Associate Justice of
56-444: A deranged fan suffering from "process schizophrenia " who thinks the director stole his ideas and work; Swan has a restraining order against him. Rook kills television personality Nolan Kennard, another person on the dead pool list, using a radio-controlled car filled with C4 explosive under the victim's vehicle. Callahan finds a toy car wheel at the crime scene, and later sees another toy car following him and Quan. Recognizing
84-512: A " dead pool " game, in which participants predict celebrity deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area : whether by accident, violence or natural causes. Movie critic Molly Fisher, also on Swan's list, is soon murdered by an intruder claiming to be Swan, causing panic among the surviving celebrities and making Swan a suspect. After Callahan destroys a television station's camera, he must cooperate with reporter Samantha Walker to avoid
112-402: A "nightmare scene" at the docks, where guitarist Slash fires a harpoon gun through a window and is berated by Swan. Eastwood reacted to starring in another Dirty Harry film, "It's fun, once in a while, to have a character you can go back to. It's like revisiting an old friend you haven't seen for a long time. You figure 'I'll go back and see how he feels about things now.'" The Dead Pool
140-511: A different character in each of the previous four films, as well as the only one to be recorded in Dolby Stereo . At 91 minutes, it is the shortest of the five Dirty Harry films. Like those films, The Dead Pool is notable for coining catchphrases uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character, one of which is: "Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one". Inspector Harry Callahan 's testimony against crime lord Lou Janero puts
168-515: A juggling act with sledgehammers." Desson Howe of The Washington Post wrote, "Unless you're a Clint fan (and — own up — who isn't?) there's little other reason to sit through this one. Eastwood, who's had far bigger concerns recently, such as directing a movie about jazz great Charlie Parker, seems content to mark time. And pick up another cheque." The Dead Pool was released in United States theatres July 1988. In its opening weekend,
196-574: A lawsuit; if he agrees to a profile of his controversial career, the suit will be dropped. Callahan sees this as a ploy to exploit the danger he is in for its ratings value. Yet after they survive another attack by Janero's men, the incident and her own unwillingness to be the subject of news coverage cause Walker to reconsider the dangers police officers face in juxtaposition with the public's right to know. Meanwhile, at San Quentin State Prison , Callahan uses triple murderer Butcher Hicks to threaten
224-574: A music video directed by Peter Swan at the Port of San Francisco . Squares' death was not a typical overdose, but actually murder. Dean Madison, Swan's producer, is killed during a robbery in Chinatown . Callahan kills three of the robbers, and Quan captures the fourth. They discover a list in Madison's pocket with Callahan and Squares' names on it. It is revealed that Madison and Swan are participants in
252-416: A pier after a chase during which Rook shoots at him with his own gun. Rook runs out of bullets, and Callahan shoots Rook with a Svend Foyn harpoon cannon , impaling him. Callahan retrieves his gun and leaves with Walker just as the police and news media arrive. Members of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses make uncredited cameo appearances at the funeral of Johnny Squares. They also appear during filming of
280-524: A result, the RC10 outran the Oldsmobile, so the scene had to be re-filmed with the Oldsmobile reaching the bottom first. At one point in a scene where the cars interact, the RC10 jumps over the Oldsmobile, lands, and then proceeds to the end of the street to wait for the Oldsmobile. One scene, in which Halsey was only required to drive the RC10 at full speed to where the bomb was to be detonated, required over
308-584: A week to film. A motorized tricycle with a camera mounted at ground level was used for close-up filming of the RC10 in action. Engine sound effects for the electric-motor RC10 were added in post-production. The chase scenes have many similarities with the famous car-chase in the Steve McQueen film Bullitt , which Eastwood has said was his favorite part of the McQueen film. The necessity of closing down various continuously busy city streets meant that
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#1732776086186336-531: Is a given name and a surname. Harlan may also refer to: Harlan Rook The Dead Pool is a 1988 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn , written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan . It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco , California . The story concerns
364-896: The Stargate SG-1 episode "Tin Man" Harlan Rook , in the 1988 film The Dead Pool Harlan Jane Eagleton, in Gayl Jones 's 1998 novel The Healing Harlan Draka, in the Italian comic book series Dampyr Harlan Traub, in House of Cards Harlan Thrombey, in the 2019 film Knives Out Harlan, an AI terrorist and antagonist of the 2024 film Atlas played by Simu Liu See also [ edit ] Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan) (born 1932), German actress, dancer, painter and singer Harland (name) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
392-688: The Dirty Harry series on an uninspired note." On Metacritic , the film has a score of 46 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote that it was "as good as the original Dirty Harry ," praising it as "smart, quick, and made with real wit". Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also awarded three-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "the second best of
420-1036: The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Harlan Coben (born 1962), American novelist Harlan Cohen (1934–2020), American volleyball coach Harlan Ellison (1934–2018), American writer Harlan Greene (born 1953), American writer and historian Harlan Howard (1927–2001), American country music songwriter Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988), American artist and author Harlan Huckleby (born 1957), American football running back Harlan Lane (1936–2019), American psychologist Harlan Marbley (1943–2008), American boxer Harlan Mills (1919–1996), American professor of computer science Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan K. Ullman (born 1941), United States military officer and political author Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875–1948), granddaughter of United States President Abraham Lincoln Fictional characters [ edit ] Harlan (Stargate) , an artificial intelligence in
448-938: The United States Supreme Court Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), American mercenary Kevin Harlan (born 1960), American sportscaster Otis Harlan (1865–1940), American actor Patrick Harlan (born 1970), American-Japanese television presenter Peter Harlan (1898–1966), German musical instrument maker and lute player Richard Harlan (1796–1843), American zoologist Russell Harlan (1903–1974), American cinematographer Thomas Harlan (1929–2010), German film director and writer Veit Harlan (1899–1964), German film director and actor Given name [ edit ] Harlan Ala'alatoa (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player Harlan Briggs (1879–1952), American actor, vaudeville performer Harlan M. Calhoun (1903–1977), justice of
476-516: The film took $ 9,071,330 in 1988 cinemas in the US, at an average of $ 4,563. In total in the US, the film made $ 37,903,295, making it the least profitable of the five films in the Dirty Harry series. Eastwood has publicly announced that he has no interest in acting in another Dirty Harry film. In 2000, he jokingly spoke about potential sequels: " Dirty Harry VI ! Harry is retired. He's standing in
504-625: The imprisoned Janero if anything happens to him. Janero ends the attacks and assigns two men to Callahan as his personal bodyguards, though Callahan initially thinks they are after him. An attention-seeker named Gus Wheeler, falsely claiming responsibility for the murders, douses himself in gasoline and threatens to light himself on fire in front of a large crowd. Walker foils his ploy by refusing to film him; Wheeler accidentally sets himself on fire, but Callahan saves him. Impressed by Walker's refusal to exploit Wheeler, Callahan becomes close with her. Meanwhile, Swan tells Callahan and Quan about Harlan Rook,
532-429: The manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer , whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson (in his first action film) and Patricia Clarkson , with Jim Carrey in his first dramatic role. The film also features an appearance by future Mario voice actor Charles Martinet . It is the only film in the series not to feature Albert Popwell , an actor who had played
560-479: The mobster in prison. Now famous, Callahan becomes the target of Janero's men as well as the news media, both of which he dislikes. After Callahan kills four hitmen during an ambush, the SFPD assigns Al Quan as his partner; Callahan advises him to get a bulletproof vest , as his partners often get killed. The pair investigate the fatal heroin overdose of rock singer Johnny Squares, found in his trailer during filming of
588-543: The original on, Harry has always been a fantasy character but his stories have been involving. Here, he remains absurdly separated from reality in an exceedingly lame yarn that lurches from one shootout to the next." Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Along with the 1976 {entry} The Enforcer , The Dead Pool is among the weakest of the entire 'Dirty Harry' series. With its stylized story-line and almost style-less direction, it sometimes resembles
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#1732776086186616-418: The original to a lower ground clearance for better high-speed stability. Needing the best R/C car driver to control the RC10 action, Van Horn hired the 1985 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Champion Jay Halsey. At first, Van Horn was unsure if the RC10 could keep up with the Oldsmobile, so for the scene where both vehicles start from the top of the hill, the director allowed both cars to start off together. As
644-498: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harlan&oldid=1258421282 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Harlan (disambiguation) Harlan
672-567: The sequences tend to jump from district to district, much as the similar scenes did in the McQueen film, making for a number of continuity errors that are easily overlooked during the fast-paced scenes, just as the motorcycle chase-scenes in the second Dirty Harry film ( Magnum Force ) jumped around but are seldom mentioned. The Dead Pool holds a 53% approval rating on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews. Its critics' consensus reads: "While it offers its fair share of violent thrills and tough wit, The Dead Pool ends
700-405: The series, beaten only by the 1971 original", explaining that "where the previous sequels have been mostly dour gun blasts, The Dead Pool is a thriller with wit and humour and tension." Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the film "possesses a couple of good jokes, but nothing can disguise the fact that it's a mini-movie in the company of a mythic figure". Variety wrote, "From
728-467: The television station and invites her to Swan's film studio for an interview. Rook kills the cameraman and kidnaps Samantha. The police discover at Rook's apartment torn posters of Swan's films, large quantities of explosives, and Walker's name replacing Callahan's on the dead pool list. At the studio, Callahan confronts Rook holding Walker hostage. The detective surrenders his .44 Magnum revolver after Rook threatens to slit her throat. Callahan lures Rook to
756-464: The threat, they flee through the city pursued by the toy car, controlled by Rook while driving his own car at the same time. Trapped in an alleyway, Rook sends the car in armed. Callahan is able to back the car up enough so the engine takes most of the blast. Both survive, but Quan has broken ribs; Harry later finds out Quan was wearing a bulletproof vest, on the recommendation of his father to take Harry's advice. Rook, claiming to be Swan, calls Walker at
784-696: Was filmed in February and March 1988 in San Francisco. Callahan is pursued through San Francisco's hilly streets in his unmarked Oldsmobile 98 squad car by a miniature R/C car (assembled and controlled by Rook) containing an R/C bomb for Rook to detonate. The R/C car used for the film was a highly modified Team Associated RC10 electric race buggy powered by a Reedy motor that had to be geared up high to an 8.4v NiCd battery , topped with an off-the-shelf 1963 Chevrolet Corvette R/C car body by Parma International. The RC10 had its suspension lowered from
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