Partnered with former teacher-turned-detective Phoebe O'Hara, Kimble goes undercover in Astoria, Oregon, to find Rachel and offer her immunity in exchange for testifying against Crisp in court. Critical reception was mixed, though Schwarzenegger earned high marks for expanding into comedy films after his early work in action-adventure productions.Īfter years of pursuing Cullen Crisp, an infamous drug dealer, LAPD detective John Kimble arrests him for murder when a girl named Cindy witnessed Crisp murder an informant after getting information regarding the whereabouts of his former wife, Rachel, who he claims stole millions of dollars from him before fleeing with his son, Cullen, Jr. The film was released in the United States on December 21, 1990, and grossed $202 million worldwide. A direct-to-video sequel, Kindergarten Cop 2, was released in 2016. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. Pamela Reed, Penelope Ann Miller and Linda Hunt co-star.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teacher to locate the wife and child of drug dealer Cullen Crisp ( Richard Tyson), who are living under assumed identities. I'm a tenured professor at NYU.Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, should be seen. "I think that one of the most racist films ever, D.W. "I think that that should be seen," he explained during an appearance on The View in June. He noted that he shows it to his film students at NYU. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee spoke out in favor of the 1915 movie. Jacqueline Stewart, University of Chicago professor in the department of Cinema and Media Studies and Turner Classic Movies host, said that it is an "opportunity to think about what classic films can teach us."īirth of a Nation has also been criticized for its depiction of African Americans. HBO Max previously removed Gone With The Wind from its streaming platform, and reinstated it with an introduction that provided historical context. The call to ban Kindergarten Cop is the latest in folks demanding a change to controversial films. Despite the heartfelt, full-circle ending of the crime comedy, Leveen still called for banning the film from the drive-in festival. At the end of the comedy, Kimble quits the police force and becomes a teacher. Kindergarten Cop follows Kimble (Schwarzenegger), an undercover cop posing as a teacher assigned to take down a drug kingpin. "They are relics of how pop culture feeds racist assumptions."Ī spokesperson for the Northwest Film Center said that they considered not only Leveen's comments in their decision, but "a dozen others, including Black community members who asked us to consider opening the Drive-In with a different movie," Williamette Week reported on August 3. So are BIRTH OF A NATION and GONE WITH THE WIND, but we recognize films like those are not 'good family fun,'" Leveen concluded her Twitter thread. And this criminalizing of children increases dramatically when cops are assigned to work in schools." "5- and 6-year-olds are handcuffed and hauled off to jail routinely in this country. "There's nothing entertaining about the presence of police in schools, which feeds the 'school-to-prison' pipeline in which African American, Latinx, and other kids of color are criminalized rather than educated," she added. Read more Why Are People So Mad About 'Mulan' Coming to Disney+ Early?
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