Nicholas Cage was born a Coppola. He changed his name to get away from the heritage of the family and start his own separate acting career. It worked in his favor because while Francis Ford has had to delve more deeply into his vineyards, Cage has been able to maintain his acting job no matter what movies he stars in. Nicholas Cage stars in terrible movies and good movies, once in a while great movies, but not often. His filmography is all over the map: Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild At Heart, Con Air, The Rock, 8mm, Leaving Las Vegas, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Wicker Man, Knowing, Lord of War, and now Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. I skipped a bunch of good and bad stuff in there, so feel free to check out imdb.com to see the rest of his peppered career.
I will tell you that Cage has some of the finest lines in recent movie history. "Put the bunny back in the box."; "I'll be taking these Huggies, and whatever cash you got."; "I came here to drink myself to death."; "I'm a chemical super-freak actually, but I still need a gun!"; "How about having sex WHILE boosting cars?".
Now we can add, "What are these fucking iguanas doing on my coffee table?" to the list of great Cage quotes.
Here's the trailer for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. It looks like Nicholas Cage at his Cagiest. I'm kinda excited...
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