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Quicksilver (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Quicksilver' is a 1986 American drama film written and directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly and starring Kevin Bacon. The film, which was distributed by Columbia Pictures, also stars Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, and Rudy Ramos.
Plot
Jack Casey (Kevin Bacon) is a young floor trader who loses all of his company's and family's savings on a risky business decision. Deflated and disenchanted with his profession, he quits his job and becomes a bicycle messenger. Casey has to deal with his parents and his girlfriend, who are disappointed with his new job. Along with the colorful characters that work with him, he saves a troubled young woman named Terri (Jami Gertz) from a gang.
Although frustrated, Casey enjoys the freedom that comes with his lower responsibility. He also uses his education and business acumen to help his co-workers. When some of them are involved in dangerous or difficult matters, Casey must decide whether he should become involved. Those matters lead to a sinister web of murder and intrigue.
Casey later makes a killing on the stock market, restoring his family's fortune and securing his friends' financial future.
Cast
* Kevin Bacon as Jack Casey
* Jami Gertz as Terri
* Paul Rodriguez as Hector Rodriguez
* Rudy Ramos as 'Gypsy'
* Andrew Smith as Gabe Kaplan
* Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Mr. Casey
* Larry Fishburne as 'Voodoo'
* Louie Anderson as 'Tiny'
* Charles McCaughan as 'Airborne'
* David Harris as 'Apache'
* Whitney Kershaw as Rand
* Joshua Shelley as 'Shorty'
* Georgann Johnson as Mrs. Casey
Music
The film's theme song is "Quicksilver Lightning" by Giorgio Moroder and Dean Pitchford. Performed by Roger Daltrey, it was a minor hit on the pop charts. The film score was composed by Tony Banks, of Genesis fame. Other music is contributed by performers such as Ray Parker Jr. and Peter Frampton. "The Motown Song" would later be covered by Rod Stewart with The Temptations in 1991 and would become a hit on the pop charts.
Soundtrack
# "Quicksilver Lightning" Roger Daltrey# "Casual Thing" Fiona
# "Nothing At All" Peter Frampton
# "Shortcut to Somewhere" Fish and Tony Banks
# "Through the Night (Love Song from Quicksilver)" John Parr and Marilyn Martin
# "One Sunny Day/Dueling Bikes from Quicksilver" Ray Parker Jr. and Helen Terry
# "The Motown Song" Larry John McNally
# "Suite Streets-From Quicksilver" - Thomas Newman
# "Quicksilver Suite I/Rebirth/The Gypsy" Tony Banks
# "Quicksilver Suite II/Crash Landing" Tony Banks
Home media
The DVD for 'Quicksilver' was released on December 10, 2002 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quicksilver/ Quicksilver] Rotten Tomatoes Flixster
Reception
The film received negative reviews and as of January 2021 has only a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews.
In 'The New York Times', Walter Goodman wrote "As long as the characters are doing stunts or whizzing impossibly through city traffic to a strong rock beat, there's something to watch. For the rest of the time, 'Quicksilver' is as much fun as a slow leak."[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DEEDB1430F937A25751C0A960948260 "Quicksilver"], Walter Goodman, 'The New York Times', February 14, 1986.
Bacon's views on the film
In 2008, Kevin Bacon called the film "the absolute lowest point of my career."
References
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