Gar Anthony Haywood's Friends

Mildly Annoyed Black Man With a Pen

About Me:: Novelist, screenwriter, graphics designer, model car builder, husband, daddy, daddy again, ex-husband, single daddy, husband again, daddy again, daddy again for the last damn time.

Books And Authors I Like:: Martin Cruz Smith, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Adam Hall, John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, Lawrence Block.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Chinatown, Point Blank, Black Rain, Aliens, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Hickey and Boggs, Tombstone

At 2:16pm on April 22, 2009, Jennie Msangi said…: Your "About Me" cracked me up! That's great.

At 10:25am on February 20, 2009, Theresa de Valence said…: I like all those daddies, daddy!

At 4:02pm on August 17, 2008, Luis said…: I'm glad that you accepted my invite, it looks like you caused controversy with your positive view of Black Rain! I kind of agree with those that don't like it, but I haven't seen it in years. Maybe I'll take another look!

At 4:21pm on August 10, 2008, Robin Burcell said…: Hi Gar,
Nice to see your smiling face on here. And I agree. Black Rain was a great movie. (Have we ever agreed on anything before?) ;-)

At 2:21pm on July 4, 2008, joe miller said…: Gar,
I understand the sentiment...some want sit away from me on a plane and others believe that next to me is the safest place onboard...

At 12:28pm on May 8, 2007, Gar Anthony Haywood said…: BLACK RAIN, if I'm not mistaken, actually marked Douglas's first (and IMO, best) attempt at the "troubled cop" role he eventually ran into the ground. For those who've never seen BR, I'd recommend you not prejudge it based upon the sorry cop movies Douglas went on to make later. Hokey? Yeah, no doubt. And not terribly credible? Ditto. But the film was shot like something out of this world and it moves like a freight train. It's an action film---what else can you ask for?

At 7:51am on March 28, 2007, Mark Terry said…: Black Rain? You mean with Andy Garcia and Michael Douglas? In which Michael Douglas plays ... wait for it ... a troubled cop. Now wait a minute. Was that Basic Instincts? No, that was Sharon Stone, not Andy Garcia. I never get those two confused, do you?

At 1:03pm on March 27, 2007, Gar Anthony Haywood said…: Dick:
What was not to like about Black Rain? It's the best Bruckheimer/Simpson movie ever made---because neither Bruckheimer nor Simpson had anything to do with it!

At 12:28pm on March 27, 2007, Dick Lochte said…: Weren't you Harry Bosch's partner in the old days?

Okay, Gar. I'm with you on all the other movies, especially Hickey and Boggs. But Black Rain? Jesus!

At 6:12am on March 16, 2007, David J. Montgomery said…: I'll be damned... Jerry Edgar's on Crimespace!