Academy awardr winner tom hanks stars as scott turner, a compulsively neat detective whose tidy world goes to the dogs when hes forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named hooch. Great light comedy for the hole family staring tom hanks and hooch a french mastiff. Tom hanks makes turner and hooch more entertaining than it might look on paper, but ultimately, this is still a deeply silly comedy about a cop and a canine. The surprising long life of the dog who played hooch. The storyline involved a massively strong dog named beasley that had one of the leading roles alongside tom hanks who played a police investigator trying to find the person who murdered the owner of a junkyard and prior owner of the dog. The gooey ropes of saliva that jiggle from hoochs furry jowls may have unforeseen comic mileage, but turner and hooch is otherwise a pretty flat affair full of perfunctory details. Hanks plays turner, a meticulously groomed, excruciatingly wellorganized detective working in a small california coastal town. Scott turner tom hanks is an uptight, by the book police officer who hopes to leave his sleepy california town and work in the big city. One byproduct of two consecutive oscar wins is that tom hanks no longer has to appear in such potboilers as turner and hooch. When amos reed is murdered, scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is reeds dog, hooch, which scott has to take care ofto avoid hooch being put to sleep. Realizing that the canine may be able to help him solve the murder case, turner attempts to adjust to life with the big dog. Not exactly mans best friend, hooch turns scotts life upside down, wrecking his home, career and budding romance. There are guns and knives present a terrifyingly large, barky, excessively slobbery dog to be trained, a lot of yelling at the dog, and some minor. Wilson and beasley the dog, was made and ran as a part of the magical world of disney.
It told the tale of the eponymous scott turner, a californiabased police detective played by tom hanks. Its a hilarious nonstop test of wills between this mismatched duo. Turner is an organized cop, very methodical and neat, and hooch totally destroys his furniture, his things and even his car. Not exactly mans best friend, hooch turns turner s life upside down, wrecking turner s home, career and budding romance. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Its a nonstop test of wills between this mismatched. When local character amos reed john mcintire is murdered by drug smugglers, the only witness is reeds slobbery, smelly mutt, hooch. Love how detailed the picture is after these years. Its not a particularly good tom hanks movie, but its a pretty good dog movie. Its a must see movie for any movie buff or a great flick for movie night with the family and or friends. That a dog could really help solve a crime is a conceit afforded the species since the days of lassie, but the device still gets stretched.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. There are guns and knives present a terrifyingly large, barky, excessively slobbery dog to be trained, a lot of yelling at the dog, and some minor suggestive material a man jokes to another man. With the main character turner it shows his process and begins to enjoy having the dog when at first he hated it. Scott turner tom hanks is an uptight, bythebook police officer who hopes to leave his sleepy california town and work in the big city. When turner is playing with hooch in his living room, hooch is chasing turner and barking at him. When his friend amos reed john mcintire, the proprietor of a junkyard, is killed, turner reluctantly inherits the mans dog. That a dog could really help solve a crime is a conceit afforded the species since the. The dog who played hooch was actually named beasley. The 1989 movie starred tom hanks as us marshall scott turner. Not exactly mans best friend, hooch turns turners life upside down, wrecking turners home, career and budding romance. Theres barely enough to make up an agreeable madefortv movie in this film, which.
The gooey ropes of saliva that jiggle from hooch s furry jowls may have unforeseen comic mileage, but turner and hooch is otherwise a pretty flat affair full of perfunctory details. A classic outside the us, appreciated and with a big cult following, turner and hooch might be one of tom hanks most beloved films in central america, south america and europe, in my country, when we thought about one tom hanks movie to watch as right now, we thought about turner and hooch above any other film. Nelson, reginald veljohnson, mare winningham scott turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some real casesnot just misdemeanors. Nelson, reginald veljohnson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of. All this happens in the middle of a larger plot in which the death of the dogs previous owner is investigated, a murder whose only witness is precisely the animal. Nelson, mare winningham, and reginald vel johnson starred in a movie called turner and hooch. Rent turner and hooch 1989 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. However, the audio of the barking is way out of sync with any movements of hooch s mouth. Scott turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some real casesnot just misdemeanors. Later, turner investigates gregorys address at a local motel, leaving hooch in the car. Turner lets hooch smell the bag of cash discovered by the harper kids and the dog soon traces the scent to a box of matching plastic bags.
Turner and hooch 1989 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Its a hilarious nonstop test of wills between this mismatched duo, leading to the most unlikely friendship youve ever seen. Rent turner and hooch 1989 starring tom hanks and mare winningham on dvd and bluray. Scott turner tom hanks, a compulsively neat detective, finds his tidy world goes to the dogs when hes forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named hooch. A detective solves crimes with the help of an oversized dog.