Old detective novels were a major influence, with Black saying he tried to re-invent the genre "using realistic characters, in a modern setting, but with the spirit of the 1950s and 1960s". I have to put a murder in it.'" - and re-work the screenplay, adding the character of detective "Gay" Perry, who Black said was an attempt to break stereotypes, as he had never seen "the gay guy who kicks down the door, shoots everyone, and bails your ass out before". This led Black to add action elements - "I said, you know, 'Fuck it. Trying to salvage what he had liked, Brooks suggested Black imagine Jack Nicholson from As Good as It Gets playing Nicholson's role from Chinatown. Brooks, Black attempted to make a romantic comedy, "a quirky story of two kids in L.A." Brooks liked Black's first draft, but felt his later attempts were losing focus. Laurence Fishburne as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (uncredited)įollowing the bad critical reception of The Long Kiss Goodnight and a rejection letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Shane Black decided he would attempt something out of the action genre.Shannyn Sossamon as Mia Frye (Pink Hair Girl).Michelle Monaghan as Harmony Faith Lane.Richard Alan Brown as Teen Harry (uncredited).Perry slaps Jenna's father, who is bed-ridden, as Harry secures a job working for Perry. In hospital, the trio learn Jenna committed suicide after witnessing Harlan having sex with Veronica's replacement, believing her "new father" was also incestuous. The men escape, and are shot by the same bullet Harry then manages to kill Harlan. Harry contacts Harmony, who steals the van with Veronica's corpse. Harry unintentionally kills a murderous orderly, and then they are captured by Harlan. They discover Veronica was locked in there by him, to be replaced by Pink Hair Girl, to end the inheritance feud. Hearing of Harmony's supposed disappearance, Harry and Perry investigate a mental hospital owned by Harlan. She also reveals she slept with Harry's best friend in high school, so he throws her out. Harry meets Harmony at his hotel where she reveals she told Jenna that Harlan was her real father, to diminish the pain of their sexually abusive father. Fire arrives and kills her, then Harry kills him. Fire, steals Harmony's car and unwittingly drives an unconscious Harry to her home.
Frying Pan being killed by an armed food-cart operator. Harmony and Harry follow them to Perry's latest stakeout: she goes to warn Perry, leaving Harry sleeping in the car, ending in Mr. Fire, the two men from the lake, beat Harry to cease his investigation. Harry goes to see Harmony, who accidentally cuts off his finger when she slams the door, after finding out he lied about being a private investigator.Īt a party where Harmony is working, Mr. Believing Harry is a private investigator, Harmony tells him of her sister, Jenna, who supposedly killed herself he finds the lake corpse, identified as Veronica, in his bathroom and dumps it with Perry, but soon discovers Jenna used Harmony's credit card to hire Perry. They decide against reporting it as it will appear he killed her. Noticing a female body in the trunk, Perry shoots the lock in a rescue attempt, but accidentally hits the corpse. Party host Harlan Dexter, a retired actor, has recently resolved a feud over his wife's inheritance with his estranged daughter, Veronica.ĭuring a stakeout at a Big Bear Lake cabin, Perry and Harry see a car being dumped in the lake. He is sent to Los Angeles for a screen test.Īt a party there, Harry meets his childhood crush Harmony Lane and "Gay" Perry van Shrike, a private investigator hired to give him on-the-job tutelage for his screen test. Harry Lockhart unintentionally wins a screen test in New York City by showing remorse in an audition for a botched burglary he committed, which casting director Dabney Shaw mistakes for method acting.
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