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==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
Hall had recently achieved fame in starring roles as a "geek" character in a number of 1980s teen movies, such as ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', and was eager to avoid being [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]]. He opted to star in the action-filled ''Out of Bounds'' as a way to contrast his previous work.
The film was directed by Richard Tuggle, who was best known for having written two Clint Eastwood films, ''Escape from Alcatraz'' and ''Tightrope''. He turned director with the latter.


''Out of Bounds'' was written by Tony Kayden, but Tuggle wored on the script with him, changing the hero from a Westchester, N.Y. kid interested in heavy metal to a Iowa farm boy. Tuggle felt that this would give a greater contrast between the hero and the world he fell in to.<ref name="globe"/>

"There's no question in my mind that writing is more creative than directing," he says. "A writer is battling himself to make his stuff better. A director is battling the studio, which is trying to spend less; the weather; mechanical problems on the set and other people's creative feelings, not to mention the crazy hours. He ends up spending no more than 20 per cent of his time on artistic decisions. It's exhausting."<ref name="globe"/>

Tuggle said the film was "a combination of two genres that I've always been attracted to. One is the fish-out- of-water genre... The other part is basically the innocent person in jeopardy, the Hitchcockian person-on-the-run kind of suspense."<ref name="globe"/>

Hall had recently achieved fame in starring roles as a "geek" character in a number of 1980s teen movies, such as ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' and was grouped in with [[The Brat Pack]]. Hall said "The so-called Brat Pack is an invention of some journalist and I don't consider those people my peer group. I don't like being lumped in with a group of people... I have my own thing to say."<ref name="hall">ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL: MANCHILD IN FILMLAND: MANCHILD IN FILMLAND
McKENNA, KRISTINE. Los Angeles Times 2 Aug 1985: g1. </ref>

Hall made the film after ''Weird Science'' and ''Out of Bounds'' was his first non comedy. "I hope it [puts an entirely different slant on my career," he said.<ref name="hall"/> (At this stage he was also developing a script based on ''[[The Basketball Diaries]]'' and a biopic of a bantamweight boxer.<ref name="hall"/> He had also came close to starring in ''Full Metal Jacket''.<ref name="los"/>)

Tuggle said Hall was "kind of grown up now; he's taller and bigger, and he has a vulnerable side to him that will appeal to the audience."<ref name="globe"/>
===Filming===
Filming started December. Tuggle said, "My hardest decision on the movie had to do with suspense. A comedy director has to choose between actually showing a man slip on a banana peel or concentrating on the anticipation, the knowledge that he's going to slip on it. The same thing happens in suspense."<ref name="globe">First he lost his job, then he found directing
Yakir, Dan. The Globe and Mail 18 July 1986: D.7. </ref>

The film featured a cameo from [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. Siouxsie said, "We all appear in this club scene they're busy shooting at the moment, but they flew us over especially to do it, which is nice...We read the script and really liked it and then thought, 'Yeah, why not do it?' It's basically a cops 'n robbers type thriller, and quite upbeat --the good guy gets the bad guy, and we're featured in a club scene playing one of our songs, 'Cities in Dust.' At least they're just letting us be ourselves, which makes quite a change from the usual offers."<ref>ROCK'S ROLE IN MOVIES GROWS SO MUCH EVEN SIOUXSIE, BANSHEES GET PARTS: [FINAL EDITION, C]
Blair, Iain. Chicago Tribune 23 Feb 1986: 12. </ref>

Tuggle and Hall clashed during filming. The director says the movie "was the story of an innocent farm boy who unknowingly stumbles into a drug deal. When Michael took the part, I thought he understood the sort of character he was meant to play because the script made it clear. When we started shooting, I was stunned to discover he intended to play it like a Clint Eastwood tough guy."<ref name="los"/>

According to a ''Los Angeles Times'' report from the set, Hall "kept his distance from most of the cast, rarely spoke to crew members and treated visitors as if they were carrying the plague. He seemed particularly allergic to cameras, at least any that weren't preserving his performance for posterity," being un co operative during visits to the set by Gov. George Deukmejian and behind the cameras filming. According to the ''Times'', "This attitude didn't endear him to his co-workers, who like most crews, form strong opinions about stars on the set... The crew frequently referred to Hall as either "the Brat" or "Anthony Michael Moron"."<ref name="los"/>

"There's something about Michael that makes you like him and want to hug him," Tuggle said "but for some reason he seems bent on destroying that part of himself. People respond to his innocence, but he wants to be a cool leading man... It was hard to discuss things rationally with him," rec"<ref name="los"/>

"Young actors tend to be more emotional than veteran ones," said Tuggle. "The positive side of that is that they're really giving a lot. The negative is that they often get carried away with their emotions. But when Michael's really cooking, it can be exciting. I almost don't want to calm him down, because you lose a lot of the energy of the performance." <ref name="los"/>

==Soundtrack==
The film's soundtrack featured songs by [[Stewart Copeland]] & [[Adam Ant]], [[Robert Berry]], [[Night Ranger]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[The Smiths]], [[The Cult]], [[The Lords of the New Church]], [[Sammy Hagar]], and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. The [[Night Ranger]] song "Wild & Innocent Youth" has never appeared on any of the band's albums to date.
The film's soundtrack featured songs by [[Stewart Copeland]] & [[Adam Ant]], [[Robert Berry]], [[Night Ranger]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[The Smiths]], [[The Cult]], [[The Lords of the New Church]], [[Sammy Hagar]], and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. The [[Night Ranger]] song "Wild & Innocent Youth" has never appeared on any of the band's albums to date.


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*[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/25/movies/screen-out-of-bounds-a-thriller.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/out-of-bounds/ Out of Bounds] at Letterbox DVD
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Revision as of 10:53, 26 March 2019

Out of Bounds
Out of Bounds movie poster
Directed byRichard Tuggle
Written byTony Kayden
Produced byCharles W. Fries
John Tarnoff
Ray Hartwick
Michael S. Rosenfeld
Starring
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Edited byKent Beyda
Music byStewart Copeland
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 25, 1986 (1986-07-25)
Running time
93 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1]
Box office$5,099,316 (USA)

Out of Bounds is a 1986 American action-thriller feature film directed by Richard Tuggle and starring Anthony Michael Hall.[2]

Plot

Hall portrays Daryl Cage, an Iowa farm boy whose parents send him to live in Los Angeles with his brother. At the airport, Daryl's suitcase full of checkered flannel shirts is switched with one containing a drug kingpin's heroin. The gangster boss has Cage's brother and his live-in girlfriend murdered, but the police suspect Daryl of the crime. Cage becomes the prime suspect of his brother's murder and must clear his own name. He must also rid himself of the heroin by tracking down the kingpin.

Cast

Production

Development

The film was directed by Richard Tuggle, who was best known for having written two Clint Eastwood films, Escape from Alcatraz and Tightrope. He turned director with the latter.

Out of Bounds was written by Tony Kayden, but Tuggle wored on the script with him, changing the hero from a Westchester, N.Y. kid interested in heavy metal to a Iowa farm boy. Tuggle felt that this would give a greater contrast between the hero and the world he fell in to.[3]

"There's no question in my mind that writing is more creative than directing," he says. "A writer is battling himself to make his stuff better. A director is battling the studio, which is trying to spend less; the weather; mechanical problems on the set and other people's creative feelings, not to mention the crazy hours. He ends up spending no more than 20 per cent of his time on artistic decisions. It's exhausting."[3]

Tuggle said the film was "a combination of two genres that I've always been attracted to. One is the fish-out- of-water genre... The other part is basically the innocent person in jeopardy, the Hitchcockian person-on-the-run kind of suspense."[3]

Hall had recently achieved fame in starring roles as a "geek" character in a number of 1980s teen movies, such as Sixteen Candles and was grouped in with The Brat Pack. Hall said "The so-called Brat Pack is an invention of some journalist and I don't consider those people my peer group. I don't like being lumped in with a group of people... I have my own thing to say."[4]

Hall made the film after Weird Science and Out of Bounds was his first non comedy. "I hope it [puts an entirely different slant on my career," he said.[4] (At this stage he was also developing a script based on The Basketball Diaries and a biopic of a bantamweight boxer.[4] He had also came close to starring in Full Metal Jacket.[1])

Tuggle said Hall was "kind of grown up now; he's taller and bigger, and he has a vulnerable side to him that will appeal to the audience."[3]

Filming

Filming started December. Tuggle said, "My hardest decision on the movie had to do with suspense. A comedy director has to choose between actually showing a man slip on a banana peel or concentrating on the anticipation, the knowledge that he's going to slip on it. The same thing happens in suspense."[3]

The film featured a cameo from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Siouxsie said, "We all appear in this club scene they're busy shooting at the moment, but they flew us over especially to do it, which is nice...We read the script and really liked it and then thought, 'Yeah, why not do it?' It's basically a cops 'n robbers type thriller, and quite upbeat --the good guy gets the bad guy, and we're featured in a club scene playing one of our songs, 'Cities in Dust.' At least they're just letting us be ourselves, which makes quite a change from the usual offers."[5]

Tuggle and Hall clashed during filming. The director says the movie "was the story of an innocent farm boy who unknowingly stumbles into a drug deal. When Michael took the part, I thought he understood the sort of character he was meant to play because the script made it clear. When we started shooting, I was stunned to discover he intended to play it like a Clint Eastwood tough guy."[1]

According to a Los Angeles Times report from the set, Hall "kept his distance from most of the cast, rarely spoke to crew members and treated visitors as if they were carrying the plague. He seemed particularly allergic to cameras, at least any that weren't preserving his performance for posterity," being un co operative during visits to the set by Gov. George Deukmejian and behind the cameras filming. According to the Times, "This attitude didn't endear him to his co-workers, who like most crews, form strong opinions about stars on the set... The crew frequently referred to Hall as either "the Brat" or "Anthony Michael Moron"."[1]

"There's something about Michael that makes you like him and want to hug him," Tuggle said "but for some reason he seems bent on destroying that part of himself. People respond to his innocence, but he wants to be a cool leading man... It was hard to discuss things rationally with him," rec"[1]

"Young actors tend to be more emotional than veteran ones," said Tuggle. "The positive side of that is that they're really giving a lot. The negative is that they often get carried away with their emotions. But when Michael's really cooking, it can be exciting. I almost don't want to calm him down, because you lose a lot of the energy of the performance." [1]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack featured songs by Stewart Copeland & Adam Ant, Robert Berry, Night Ranger, Belinda Carlisle, The Smiths, The Cult, The Lords of the New Church, Sammy Hagar, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Night Ranger song "Wild & Innocent Youth" has never appeared on any of the band's albums to date.

According to the DVD accompanying the box set for 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, the Bon Jovi song "Out of Bounds" was written as the title song from the movie, but it did not make it. Y&T's "Wild If I Wanna" appears in a short sequence in the film, but did not make the soundtrack. It eventually appeared on the band's 2003 release Unearthed, Vol. 1 and made the group's setlists around that time due to popular demand.

In the 1999 reissue of the Girls, Girls, Girls album, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx claimed that the instrumental track "Nona" was originally commissioned for this film.

See also

Cameo

Band member Doug Tull has a brief cameo during the chase scene on the stage.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f DOWN AND UNDERGROUND IN HOLLYWOOD: [Home Edition] Goldstein, Patrick. Los Angeles Times 2 Mar 1986: 3
  2. ^ James, Caryn (July 25, 1986). "SCREEN: 'OUT OF BOUNDS,' A THRILLER". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b c d e First he lost his job, then he found directing Yakir, Dan. The Globe and Mail 18 July 1986: D.7.
  4. ^ a b c ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL: MANCHILD IN FILMLAND: MANCHILD IN FILMLAND McKENNA, KRISTINE. Los Angeles Times 2 Aug 1985: g1.
  5. ^ ROCK'S ROLE IN MOVIES GROWS SO MUCH EVEN SIOUXSIE, BANSHEES GET PARTS: [FINAL EDITION, C] Blair, Iain. Chicago Tribune 23 Feb 1986: 12.

External links

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