The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
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| Written by | William M. Finkelstein |
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| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Peter Zeitlinger |
| Edited by | Joe Bini |
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| Distributed by | First Look Studios |
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122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $10.6 million |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (also known as The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) is a 2009 American crime drama film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Tom Bower, Jennifer Coolidge, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Val Kilmer, and Brad Dourif. The film takes its title from Abel Ferrara's 1992 film Bad Lieutenant; however, according to Herzog, the film is neither a sequel nor a remake, but instead a re-imagining. Both Bad Lieutenant films were produced by Edward R. Pressman.
The film premiered on September 9, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award for Herzog. It opened in general release in the United States on November 20, 2009.
August 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana. Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is a New Orleans Police Sergeant. While cleaning out a locker after Hurricane Katrina, he notices that a prisoner may not have been transferred. When he finds the prisoner about to drown, he mocks him before eventually jumping in the water to save him. He is promoted to lieutenant and given a medal for his work, but has suffered a serious back injury because of the rescue. As a result, he is prescribed Vicodin which he will most likely need to take for the rest of his life to manage the pain.
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