Cruising Movie Trailer

LOL what a drama queen

All of the bar scenes were filmed at Hellfire. It was called the "Cockpit" for the movie, and the scene with people dressed as cops was called "Precinct Night" (at the Cockpit). Most of the extras were gay men, but they weren't "used" by the filmmakers. They all auditioned.

The soundtrack was done by Willy Deville, Rough Trade, Mutiny, the Cripples, John Hiatt, Madelynn von Ritz, and the Germs. The Germs only did one song.

Actually, the film's director William Friedkin was a fan and The Germs recorded six songs, all of which were originally intended to be included on the soundtrack, but of which only one, "Lion's Share" was used.

This film got a lot of flak from some gays when it aired but I can't understand why (and I am gay). There is a gay S+M sub culture in many large US and European cities even with bars like those featured in the movie. There is always an element of risk - particularly if cruising in a place frequented by people into this type of thing - that there might be someone deranged and ready to strike for a variety of motives. the film portrayed this well.

Yeah this was a really good movie. The terror of Pacino's character (an undercover cop) trying to do his job in a wholly unregulated foreign environment with very few real boundaries make the suspense even more palpable.

Gnarly fukin trailer!
goood creepy retro genius!

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You know who I think was the killer? That creepy cop (played by Joe Spinell) who is really homphobic in the first scene, yet is hanging around in the gay bar later on. There was never any explanation for it...

I thought it was an interesting film for it's time ~ a tad outdated now perhaps, but still fairly well acted. I'm not sure if it's available on DVD - is it? I know at one time it was on VHS -