Abel Ferrara

In 1992, Abel Ferrara directed Bad Lieutenant, a film in which a crooked NYPD cop played by Harvey Keitel smokes crack, sexually assaults teenagers, and gambles on baseball while trying to solve the rape of a nun.

by Werner Herzog

Directed by Werner Herzog and staring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, Bad Lieutenant is the long-awaited sort of remake of Abel Ferrara’s original film—only this time set in New Orlean’s post-Katrina backdrop.

by the legendary WERNER HERZOG (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo)

Also starring VAL KILMER (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, The Ghost & The Darkness) and directed by the legendary WERNER HERZOG (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo), making Blu-ray's first major American movie, BAD LIEUTENANT is a tour-de-force and instant classic, combining blistering action, surreal comedy and gripping drama to deliver one of the most memorable experiences of the year.

Last year, Werner Herzog’s revamp of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Last year, Werner Herzog’s revamp of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992) had Bad Lieutenant's world premiere at Venice, while this year Oliver Stone’s sequel to Wall Street (1987) called Wall Street: Money

under the director Werner Herzog

Cahill’s film break came under the director Werner Herzog in Bad Lieutenant.

Nicolas Cage and director Werner Herzog

Nicolas Cage and director Werner Herzog’s dark crime thriller “Bad Lieutenant:

a hallucinatory iguana , who bit director Werner Herzog

Bad Lieutenant featured a hallucinatory iguana, who bit director Werner Herzog.

Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage

Well, truth be told, Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage already made Bad Lieutenant, and what a melding that was!

on Werner Herzog's reimagining of the 1992 critically acclaimed film Bad Lieutenant in which National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub plays the title role

Cage wrapped production in October 2008 on Werner Herzog's reimagining of the 1992 critically acclaimed film Bad Lieutenant in which National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub plays the title role.

American director Robert Wise's undisputed masterpiece

For my money American director Robert Wise's undisputed masterpiece is “Bad Lieutenant” (1992) starring Keitel as the baddest, most corrupt cop in New York City police history – a black diamond.

Nicolas Cage , Eva Mendes, Jennifer Coolidge and Director Werner Herzog

Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Jennifer Coolidge and Director Werner Herzog attended the press junket for the new movie “Bad Lieutenant:

a trippy, darkly humorous, detective story with Nicholas Cage’s Terrance taking us on a wild ride into depravity that we can’t really predict

Bad Lieutenant is a trippy, darkly humorous, detective story with Nicholas Cage’s Terrance taking us on a wild ride into depravity that we can’t really predict.

one of those films you’d expect from fellow infamous German director, Uwe Boll

However, The Bad Lieutenant is one of those films you’d expect from fellow infamous German director, Uwe Boll.

a reason Martin Scorsese ranked a reason as Harvey Keitel's fifth favorite film of the 1990s

Bad Lieutenant is not an easy film to stomach, but there’s a reason Martin Scorsese ranked a reason as Harvey Keitel's fifth favorite film of the 1990s, and Roger Ebert championed the movie tirelessly.

following Terence McDonagh (Cage) as Cage begins to break from reality

Bad Lieutenant takes place in post Katrina New Orleans, following Terence McDonagh (Cage) as Cage begins to break from reality.

Jay Hunt

Directors in the series included Francis Ford and Jay Hunt.

the story of a good guy turned bad guy, stemming from a back injury on the job which left Nicolas Cage craving drugs after the prescriptions were gone

Bad Lieutenant is the story of a good guy turned bad guy, stemming from a back injury on the job which left Nicolas Cage craving drugs after the prescriptions were gone.

Richard Donner

Directed by Richard Donner, the film raised the bar on the genre and introduced the world to arguably one of the best on-screen buddy-cop pairings in Hollywood history.

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The producer of the movie and series was George Eckstein ('The Fugitive','Duel', 'Banacek').

Douglas Sirk

Chandler was assigned the male lead and Douglas Sirk given the job of directing.