The movie's soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy Award, featured songs from Big Country, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Stevie Nicks, and Genesis breakout stars Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins. Collins sang the title song, which was also nominated for an Academy Award and was one of the top-selling singles of 1984.
Plot
Terry Brogan (Bridges), ex-professional football player is cut from his team 'The L.A. Outlaws'. Aging, broke, and in need of money, Terry agrees to take a job from shady Jake Wise (Woods) to track down Jake's girlfriend, Jessie Wyler (Ward) somewhere in Mexico. "Here's $10,000 right now - and when you find her I'll give you another twenty," Jake says.
The search takes Terry to the clear blue skies and white sands of Cozumel. Terry and Jessie eventually meet on the tiny island and animal instinct overcomes the two as they unexpectedly fall in love. When trainer Sully (Karras) is dispatched to the island to look for the two, he is immediately killed in a chaotic scene with Jessie being the shooter. In a panic, Jessie flees the island leaving Terry. Looking for answers, Terry returns to L.A. to find that Jake's hold on Jessie is something larger: various politicians, lawyers and environmentalists who seem to be converging on some sort of land deal.
The movie includes extensive footage of the Mayan city Chichenitza as well as Tulum but the exteriors and interiors don't match the actual location.
Cast
- Rachel Ward as Jessie Wyler
- Jeff Bridges as Terry Brogan
- James Woods as Jake Wise
- Alex Karras as Hank Sully
- Jane Greer as Mrs. Grace Wyler
- Richard Widmark as Ben Caxton
- Dorian Harewood as Tommy
- Swoosie Kurtz as Edie
- Saul Rubinek as Steve Kirsch
Soundtrack
Production notes
- The film featured cameo appearances by stars of Out of the Past on which the film is based. Jane Greer, who was the star of Out of the Past plays Rachel Ward's mother. Paul Valentine, who played hood Joe Stephanos in the first film, played a councilman in Against All Odds.
References
External links
- .
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Wednesday July 23, 2008 at 11:11:10 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
- Against All Odds, a 1984 film
- Against All Odds (soundtrack), the soundtrack from the movie
- Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), a main theme song for the movie by Phil Collins
- TNA Against All Odds, an annual pay-per-view wrestling event
- Against All Odds (retail store), an American clothing chain
- Against All Odds (album), an album by Conflict
- Against All Odds (Tragedy Khadafi album), an album by Tragedy Khadafi
- Against All Odds (Lethal Bizzle album), an album by Lethal Bizzle
- "Against All Odds", an episode from Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Against All Odds: My Story, an autobiography by Chuck Norris
- Against All Odds (TV Series), a documentary television series produced by Discovery Channel Canada, that looks at how lucky people survived the impossible
See also
- Against All Oddz, an album by The Outlawz
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Friday July 25, 2008 at 10:58:07 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.