Starsky & Hutch (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers (WGA):

William Blinn (characters)
Stevie Long (story) ...

Release Date:

5 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

They're the man.

Plot:

Two streetwise cops (Stiller and Wilson) bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg).

Plot Keywords:

Belly Button | Golf Cart | Undercover | Gay Character | Dancing

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	David Starsky
Owen Wilson	...	Ken Hutchinson
Snoop Dogg	...	Huggy Bear
Fred Williamson	...	Captain Doby
Vince Vaughn	...	Reese Feldman
Juliette Lewis	...	Kitty
Jason Bateman	...	Kevin
Amy Smart	...	Holly
Carmen Electra	...	Staci
George Cheung	...	Chau (as George Kee Cheung)
Chris Penn	...	Manetti
Brande Roderick	...	Heather
Molly Sims	...	Mrs. Feldman
Matt Walsh	...	Eddie
G.T. Holme	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

Starsky et Hutch (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Starsky y Hutch (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Afili aynasizlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Starsky & Hutch (Argentina) [es]
Starsky & Hutch (Finland) [fi]
Starsky & Hutch (Germany) [de]
Starsky & Hutch - Justiça em Dobro (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual situations, partial nudity, language and some violence.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Ireland:15 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40613) | Malaysia:18PL

Filming Locations:

Dockweiler Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The Finkle character that Starsky (Ben Stiller) portrays originated in "The Ben Stiller Show" (1990). In the show, Finkle would walk up to celebrities and try to convince them to come say hello to his wife by saying, "Do it. Come on. Do it."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Hutch takes the money out of the "Floater's" wallet, it is completely soaked. A short time later, Starsky & Hutch are examining other paper items out of the wallet, yet they are completely dry, and appear as though they have never been wet.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kitty: Don't stress. Just relax.
Reese Feldman: I don't understand man, I don't understand. You can lose keys, ya know, you can lose your wallet. How... how do you lose a plane?
Terrence Meyers: Reese, come on. What do you want me to do? You got three out of four planes in. That's still a lot of coke.
Reese Feldman: Now, see that? That's the kind of winning attitude that's gonna take this enterprise straight to the top.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Starsky & Hutch (#11.4)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Afternoon Delight

Watch Starsky & Hutch... "Do it."

Starsky and Hutch was pretty damn funny. Stiller and Wilson were exceptional in the two roles. Stiller played the "by the book", straight and narrow cop, Starsky, and Owen Wilson played the loose, largely irresponsible, and borderline criminal, Hutch.

I never saw the show to have as a reference which I think may have helped me enjoy the movie more. Vince Vaughn's character didn't do much for the movie, but Will Ferrel's character certainly did. In fact, the scene with Will Ferrel had to be one of, if not the funniest scene in the movie.

It seemed like a great tribute to the original to me.