Directed by Robert Towne, Tequila Sunrise stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell in a late-1980s romantic crime thriller. Gibson plays a former Los Angeles drug dealer trying to leave his old life behind, while Russell plays his childhood friend, now a police detective investigating his underworld connections. Michelle Pfeiffers restaurateur becomes the centre of a romantic triangle shaped by loyalty, suspicion and drug-cartel pressure. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Conrad L. Halls cinematography

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A BUSINESS ON THE LINE. A FRIENDSHIP ON THE EDGE. A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

In 1974 Robert Towne wrote Chinatown, the film that redefined film noir for a new generation with its peerless portrayal of corruption in pre-war Los Angeles. Fourteen years later, he returned to the genre as writer and director with Tequila Sunrise, bringing a distinctly 80s flair to this Casablanca-inspired neo-noir.

Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson) and Nick Frescia (Kurt Russell) are two close friends separated by a legal divide. While Dale is a former drug dealer trying to shake the shackles of his past, Nick is a detective investigating a Mexican kingpin smuggling cocaine. Their contrasting loyalties are brought to a head through a shared romantic interest in restaurateur JoAnn (Michelle Pfeiffer) - an attraction that unknowingly drives their friendship toward insurmountable strain.

See Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Mel Gibson light up the screen at the peak of their powers, all set against the pristine warmth of the Californian sun and masterfully shot by Conrad Hall (American Beauty).

Från IMDB:
A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.

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