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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2009 122 min English R

“The only criminal he can't catch is himself.”

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

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Cast

62 people

Werner Herzog Director · William M. Finkelstein Writer

Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $25M · United States release November 20, 2009

Box office

Budget

$25,000,000

Worldwide gross

$10,589,102

Gross vs. budget

0.4×

Production

P

Pressman Film

Production

S

Saturn Films

Production

P

Polsky Films

Production

O

Osiris Productions

Production

L

Lieutenant Productions

Production

M

Millennium Media

Production · Studio

N

Nu Image Entertainment

Production

E

Edward R. Pressman Film

Production

N

Nu Image

Production

United States · Germany

Produced in

Port of Call: New Orleans

Working title

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · Spanish

Release dates

Italy · September 4, 2009

Premiere · Venice Film Festival

United States · November 20, 2009

Limited theatrical

United States

September 6, 2009 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival

November 4, 2009 · Premiere · AFI Fest

November 8, 2009 · Premiere · New York City, New York (Premiere)

November 13, 2009 · Premiere · Starz Denver Film Festival

November 28, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Walker Art Center

December 11, 2009 · Theatrical

March 12, 2010 · Premiere · Milwaukee Film Festival Winter Edition

Argentina

March 4, 2010 · Theatrical

Australia

February 2, 2010 · Physical · DVD

Austria

October 24, 2009 · Premiere · Vienna International Fil Festival

February 25, 2010 · Theatrical

Belgium

March 3, 2010 · Theatrical

Brazil

September 25, 2009 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

October 23, 2009 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival

January 15, 2010 · Theatrical

Canada

November 20, 2009 · Limited theatrical

Czechia

April 29, 2010 · Theatrical

Denmark

June 8, 2010 · Physical · DVD

Egypt

December 30, 2009 · Theatrical

Estonia

May 14, 2010 · Theatrical

Finland

January 15, 2010 · Theatrical

France

March 17, 2010 · Theatrical

May 19, 2017 · Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight

Germany

September 30, 2009 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival

February 25, 2010 · Theatrical

Greece

September 17, 2009 · Theatrical

November 21, 2009 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Hong Kong SAR China

June 24, 2010 · Theatrical

Hungary

March 11, 2010 · Theatrical

Indonesia

February 3, 2010 · Theatrical

Ireland

May 21, 2010 · Theatrical

Israel

October 8, 2009 · Theatrical

Italy

September 11, 2009 · Theatrical

Japan

February 27, 2010 · Theatrical

Latvia

April 23, 2010 · Theatrical

Lithuania

February 19, 2010 · Theatrical

Mexico

February 5, 2010 · Theatrical

Netherlands

March 11, 2010 · Theatrical

July 20, 2010 · Physical · DVD & Bluray

May 15, 2012 · TV · Veronica

Panama

September 3, 2010 · Theatrical

Peru

September 2, 2010 · Theatrical

Philippines

December 9, 2009 · Theatrical

Poland

August 13, 2010 · Theatrical

Portugal

May 20, 2010 · Theatrical

Romania

November 6, 2009 · Theatrical

Russia

November 26, 2009 · Theatrical

Slovakia

October 14, 2010 · Theatrical · English

March 5, 2011 · TV · Slovak · JOJ

September 24, 2020 · TV · Slovak · DAJTO

South Korea

November 10, 2011 · Theatrical

Spain

October 5, 2009 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival

January 8, 2010 · Theatrical

Sweden

June 9, 2010 · Physical · DVD

Taiwan

January 8, 2010 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

October 23, 2009 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival

February 25, 2010 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival

May 21, 2010 · Theatrical

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