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Internal Affairs

115 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Richard Gere Dennis Peck
Andy Garcia Raymond Avilla
Nancy Travis Kathleen Avilla
Laurie Metcalf Amy Wallace
William Baldwin Van Stretch
Michael Beach Dorian Fletcher
Faye Grant Penny Stretch
Katherine Borowitz Tova Arrocas
John Kapelos Steven Arrocas
Xander Berkeley Rudy Mohr
Allan Havey Judson
Julio Oscar Mechoso Cousin Gregory
Marco Rodriguez Demetrio
Annabella Sciorra Heather Peck
Ron Vawter Jaegar
Elijah Wood Sean Stretch

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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Van Stretch’s name; wives seeking novelty; murder-for-hire prices; the burger stand; Kathleen’s underwear.

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:22:19Read transcript
  • Is Van Stretch his full name or a surname like Van Horn? The panel believes Van is his given name.
  • Whether all wives seek something new remains unanswered.
  • What is the fair 1990 price for killing wealthy parents? The hosts suggest roughly $40,000–75,000 while questioning what Peck actually received.
  • Where is the burger-and-prostitution hangout? Downtown and the Beverly–Alvarado area are proposed without resolution.
  • Peck apparently stole Kathleen's underwear by breaking in; the hosts question whether Raymond would recognize it immediately.

Roger Ebert's review

Rating not yet verified
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 00:26:16Read transcript
  • No written review was located; the television review praised the personalities and Gere's performance. The host guesses three or three-and-a-half stars rather than citing a confirmed score.

Recasting Couch

Swap Sciorra and Travis; Reeve, Johnson, Ford, Denzel or modern-day Gosling as Peck.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:36Read transcript
  • Swap Annabella Sciorra and Nancy Travis: Sciorra's passion and contrast with Peck would strengthen Raymond's marriage story.
  • Christopher Reeve is an intriguing against-type option; Don Johnson has the right appeal, though his acting range is questioned. Harrison Ford is another preferred alternative.
  • Denzel Washington could play Peck, but the racial dynamics would make a substantially different movie.
  • Ryan Gosling is the modern Peck choice, with Murder by Numbers recalled as evidence he can play a villain.

Casting What-Ifs

Nick Nolte declined Peck; the extensive other-candidate list is treated skeptically.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:23Read transcript

Half-Assed Internet Research

Deleted bar scene, cars, Daryl Gates’s condemnation and Faye Grant’s later marriage history.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:03Read transcript
  • A deleted bar scene has Raymond and Peck discussing the desire to be bad while an informant strips; the hosts would like it restored if placed appropriately.
  • Peck drives a 1963 Chevrolet Sting Ray and Amy a Volkswagen convertible.
  • LAPD chief Daryl Gates condemned the film.
  • Faye Grant's marriage to Stephen Collins and their divorce following child-sexual-abuse allegations are discussed as an unhappy later-life association.

Picking Nits

Unsupervised Raymond, Arrocas’s wealth, the phone call, Peck’s children and criminals’ instant knowledge.

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:08Read transcript
  • Raymond's fights and erratic behavior receive no apparent supervision.
  • Arrocas already owns a Malibu home, making the urgency of murdering his parents for business control difficult to understand; elapsed time is unclear.
  • Penny could let the phone ring during sex; the counterargument is that an unanswered call might make her husband suspicious or bring him home.
  • Murdering his parents seems an extreme business solution for Arrocas, though Tova may be driving the scheme.
  • Eight children with another on the way seems excessive for Peck's age, though starting young offers an explanation.
  • Criminal contacts instantly know details of a secret shooting despite only a few participants knowing the plan, an unexplained genre convention.