![]() Along the way he’ll track her down to New Mexico and share a clip with Bob Dylan making a cameo in what me be the film’s most amusing scene. After finding a couple of photos of Jodie in lingerie, Hopper becomes infatuated with his prey and begins to live out some warped sexual fantasy that he’s sure she’ll join him in. With Pesci’s blessing, Hopper takes command and in Mechanic like fashion begins to study every aspect of his mark. With a bit of street smarts, she ducks out thanks to a wardrobe switch with a prostitute and is now on the run.Įnter Dennis Hopper as a professional hitman sent for by mafia kingpin Vincent Price. Foster isn’t overly thrilled to see Dean Stockwell, Pesci’s lawyer hanging around the police station looking to find out her eventual whereabouts. She fears for her safety and it’s no wonder after Turturro shows up that night at her apartment killing her boyfriend Charlie Sheen. ![]() Law enforcement officer Fred Ward wants Jodie placed in the witness protection program so she can live long enough to testify against Pesci. Spotting Jodie, they need to silence her as a potential witness. She blows a tire along a freeway and while on foot comes across mobster Joe Pesci murdering two men while his goons stand guard. On screen, Jodie’s life is about to spiral out of control when she’s leaving her office late at night. Unlike Colors where Hopper stayed behind the camera, for Backtrack he does double duty as director and featured star opposite leading lady Jodie Foster. Backtrack came on the heals of his 1988 directorial hit, Colors, that featured Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as police officers tangled in gangland turf wars. The films I refer to are Blue Velvet and Hoosiers that scored him an Oscar nomination. ![]() Once Easy Rider screen legend Dennis Hopper had made the comeback Hollywood loves after quitting the drugs and alcohol that had fueled his existence for far too many years, they gave him the opportunity to direct once again following a pair of acting triumphs in 1986.
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