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{{Short description|2009 film by Werner Herzog}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Bad Lieutenant: <br /> Port of Call New Orleans
| image          = bad lieutenant.jpeg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Werner Herzog]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Stephen Belafonte
* [[Randall Emmett]]
* [[Avi Lerner]]
* Alan Polsky
* [[Gabe Polsky]]
* [[Edward R. Pressman]]
* John Thompson
}}
| writer         = [[William M. Finkelstein]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Nicolas Cage]]
* [[Eva Mendes]]
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]]
* [[Val Kilmer]]
* [[Brad Dourif]]
* [[Xzibit|Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner]]
* [[Fairuza Balk]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Isham]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Zeitlinger]]
| editing        = [[Joe Bini]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Millennium Films]]
* [[Saturn Films]]
}}
| distributor    = [[First Look Studios]]
| released       = {{Film date|2009|11|20|ref1=<ref name=24fps/>}}
| runtime        = 122 minutes<!-- U.S. theatrical release: 121:59 --><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/bad-lieutenant-port-call-new-orleans-film | title=''THE BAD LIEUTENANT - PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=January 21, 2010 | access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $25 million<ref name="mojo"/>
| gross          = $10.6 million<ref name="mojo"/>
}}
'''''Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans''''' is a 2009 [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[black comedy]] [[Crime drama|crime drama film]] directed by [[Werner Herzog]] and starring [[Nicolas Cage]], [[Eva Mendes]], [[Tom Bower (actor)|Tom Bower]], [[Jennifer Coolidge]], [[Xzibit|Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner]], [[Val Kilmer]], and [[Brad Dourif]]. Though the film's title and story loosely resemble that of [[Abel Ferrara]]'s 1992 film ''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'',<ref name=update>{{Cite journal|first=Gregg |last=Goldstein |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5d0ba91ef6cd18f2448550f720aa6a9c |title=Val Kilmer, Xzibit join 'Bad' update |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=July 2, 2008 |access-date=July 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714135045/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5d0ba91ef6cd18f2448550f720aa6a9c |archive-date=July 14, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> according to Herzog, it is neither a [[sequel]] nor a [[remake]]; its only commonality is a corrupt policeman as the central character.<ref name=csn/> Nonetheless, the director of the original ''Bad Lieutenant'' film, Abel Ferrara, expressed dismay that the Herzog film was being made.<ref name=update2>{{cite magazine |last=Dawson |first=Nick |date=Oct 17, 2008 |title=Abel Ferrara, Mary |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1338-abel-ferrara-mary/ |magazine=Filmmaker |location=New York |access-date=June 27, 2020 }}</ref> Both ''Bad Lieutenant'' films were produced by [[Edward R. Pressman]].
The [[film premiere]]d on September 9, 2009 at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]] where it won the ''Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award'' for Herzog. It opened in general release in the United States on November 20, 2009.<ref name=24fps>{{cite web|url=http://www.24framespersecond.net/index.php?/24frames/news_details/herzogs-bad-lieutenant-gets-a-us-release-date |title=Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT gets a U.S. release date |work=24framespersecond.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703022848/http://www.24framespersecond.net/index.php?%2F24frames%2Fnews_details%2Fherzogs-bad-lieutenant-gets-a-us-release-date |archive-date=July 3, 2010 }}</ref>
==Plot==
In August 2005, [[New Orleans]] [[police sergeant]] Terence McDonagh is evacuating a police precinct during [[Hurricane Katrina]]. While packing up another officer's locker, he notices paperwork indicating that a prisoner may still be present in the jail, which should have been evacuated due to rising floodwaters. On investigating, he finds a prisoner indeed about to drown; he and his partner, Stevie Pruit, mock the man's predicament and debate waiting for the [[fire department]] to do the job, but ultimately McDonagh jumps in to rescue him. He suffers a back injury in the process and is prescribed [[Vicodin]] to manage the pain. The department decides to treat the incident as heroic, and McDonagh is given a medal "for extreme valor in the line of duty" and promoted to [[lieutenant]].
Six months later, McDonagh is now not only [[Drug addiction|addicted]] to [[painkiller]]s, but is habitually using several other drugs including [[cocaine]] and [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]. His girlfriend Frankie Donnenfeld, a [[prostitute]], also does cocaine and they often share drugs. He has convinced Heidi, a former co-worker now in another police division, to bring him drugs sent to the [[Property room|evidence room]]. He has become estranged from his father Pat, a recovering alcoholic, and his alcoholic stepmother, Genevieve. Over the course of the film, he uses his position as an officer to bully people and steal more drugs.
McDonagh is assigned to investigate the murders of five [[Illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]] from [[Senegal]], who were killed for selling drugs in a gang leader's neighborhood. The gang leader, Big Fate, has two associates: Midget and G. After both are arrested, Big Fate willingly comes to the police station with his lawyer. As they try to gather evidence against Big Fate, McDonagh goes back to a hotel room where he finds Frankie beaten by one of her clients, a seemingly well-connected man named Justin. McDonagh threatens Justin and takes $10,000 from him. Later on, a delivery boy who was an auditory witness of the murder scene goes missing. McDonagh finds the witness's grandmother, who works at a nursing home, and threatens to kill one of her patients to make her divulge where the witness has gone. The old woman has sent him to stay with her family in [[England]], to prevent him from getting involved in gang affairs.
In addition to dealing with the murder investigation, McDonagh gets in trouble with his [[bookie]] Ned for not paying his debts. What little money McDonagh has is given to a gangster who works for Justin. The gangster now requests $50,000 - five times the amount stolen from Justin - as compensation, and gives McDonagh two days to get it. As a result of his treatment of the old woman, McDonagh is on modified duty and his gun placed in the evidence room. McDonagh goes to Big Fate and they become partners, with McDonagh supplying Big Fate with police information. McDonagh now has enough money to pay off his debts to his bookie and uses his surplus earnings to place a new bet. During a celebration of the successful partnership between McDonagh and Big Fate, the gangster shows up, demanding his money. McDonagh offers him a cut worth more than $50,000 from a bag filled with pure heroin, but the gangster wants to take it all. Big Fate and his crew end up killing the gangsters.
To further celebrate their partnership, McDonagh implores Big Fate to smoke crack cocaine with his "lucky crack pipe." He does, and McDonagh later plants the pipe at the murder scene of the Senegalese family. The department uses this new evidence to arrest Big Fate and his cronies, but when he and McDonagh are alone with Big Fate, McDonagh's partner Stevie threatens to kill Big Fate, as Pruit does not want him to have the chance to escape conviction. McDonagh is outraged at this idea and arrests Big Fate, showing that despite his addictions he can still perform his duties as an officer. McDonagh is later promoted to [[police captain]].
One year later, McDonagh appears to be sober, as does Frankie (who is pregnant with McDonagh's child) and McDonagh's parents, but it turns out that McDonagh is still taking heroin. He encounters the prisoner whom he saved at the beginning of the film, and the man, recognizing McDonagh, exclaims that McDonagh saved his life. The man has been sober for almost a year and offers to help McDonagh finally escape his own addiction. McDonagh simply asks, "Do fish have dreams?" The two men in the [[Aquarium of the Americas]] then sit on the floor with their backs against a wall-sized fish tank.
==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Nicolas Cage]] as Lieutenant Terence McDonagh, the titular bad lieutenant<ref name=kilmer>{{Cite journal| first=Michael | last=Fleming | url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/kilmer-xzibit-join-bad-lieutenant-1117988431/ | title=Kilmer, Xzibit join 'Bad Lieutenant' | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] | date=July 2, 2008 | access-date=July 28, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Eva Mendes]] as Frankie Donnenfeld, A sex worker and Terence's love interest
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]] as Genevieve McDonagh
* [[Val Kilmer]] as Detective Stevie Pruit, Terence's Partner
* [[Brad Dourif]] as Ned Schoenholtz, Terence's Bookie
* [[Xzibit|Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner]] as Donald "Big Fate" Godshaw
* [[Fairuza Balk]] as Officer Heidi
* [[Irma P. Hall]] as Binnie Rogers
* [[Tom Bower (actor)|Tom Bower]] as Pat McDonagh, Terence's Father
* [[Michael Shannon]] as Officer Mundt
* [[Vondie Curtis-Hall]] as Captain James Brasser
* [[Shawn Hatosy]] as Detective Armand Benoit
* [[Denzel Whitaker]] as Daryl
* [[Shea Whigham]] as Justin
* [[Katie Chonacas]] as Tina
* [[Lucius Baston]] as Deshawn "Midget" Hackett
* Tim Bellow as Gary "G" Jenkins
* Sam Velasquez as Jerry "Gremlin" Tennison, Tina's Love Interest
* [[William M. Finkelstein]] as Dave Jacobs, a gangster connected to Justin (credited as William Finklestein)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0277925/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl21 | title=William M. Finkelstein &#124; Producer, Writer, Additional Crew | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
}}
==Production==
===Development===
The film was first announced in May 2008 with [[Werner Herzog]] to direct and [[Nicolas Cage]] to star. The script was penned by TV writer [[William Finkelstein]].<ref name=nic>{{Cite journal| first=Dave | last=McNary | url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/nic-cage-to-star-in-bad-lieutenant-1117985593/ | title=Nic Cage to star in 'Bad Lieutenant' | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] | date=May 13, 2008 | access-date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref>
Actress [[Eva Mendes]], who starred with Cage in the 2007 film ''[[Ghost Rider (2007 film)|Ghost Rider]]'', joined the cast the following June.<ref name=eva>{{Cite journal| first=Tatiana | last=Siegel | url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/eva-mendes-eyes-bad-lieutenant-1117987505/ | title=Eva Mendes eyes 'Bad Lieutenant' | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] | date=June 15, 2008 | access-date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref>
===Connection to the 1992 film===
Screenwriter William Finkelstein submitted the original draft of the screenplay to Herzog with the title "Bad Lieutenant."  Finkelstein was aware of the 1992 Abel Ferrara film of that name, but swore to Herzog that this would not be a remake, and the director insisted on renaming the film.  The two negotiated over the title and settled on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://behindthelensonline.net/html/bad_lieutenant__port_of_call_n.html|title = Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans}}</ref>
One major change from the original film was moving the setting from [[New York City]] to New Orleans.<ref name=homecoming>{{Cite news| first=Mike | last=Scott | title=One hot homecoming | work=[[The Times-Picayune]] | publisher=[[Advance Publications]] | date=May 24, 2008 }}</ref> Herzog insists that the film is not a remake, saying, "It only has a corrupt policeman as the central character and that's about it."<ref name=csn>{{Cite news| first=Edward | last=Douglas | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=45673 | title=Exclusive: ''The Bad Lieutenant'' is NOT a Remake! | work=ComingSoon.net | publisher=Coming Soon Media, L.P | date=July 5, 2008 | access-date=August 11, 2008}}</ref>
At the [[81st Academy Awards]], Herzog stated that he has never seen Ferrara's film, saying "I haven't seen it, so I can't compare it. It has nothing to do with it."<ref name=mtvblog>{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/10/werner-herzog-hasnt-seen-original-bad-lieutenant/#more-10620|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312013446/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/10/werner-herzog-hasnt-seen-original-bad-lieutenant/#more-10620|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2009|title=Werner Herzog Hasn't Seen Original 'Bad Lieutenant'|work=Movies Blog}}</ref> Herzog did not like the idea of a remake and desired to change the title of the film, but was unsuccessful. Herzog stated, "I battled against the title from the first moment on", but added, "I can live with it, I have no problem with it at all. The title is probably a mistake, but so be it."<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/09/15/tiff-press-conference-diaries-nicolas-cage-and-werner-herzog-on-bad-lieutenant-s-unfortunate-title-and-imaginary-iguanas.aspx Press conference] nationalpost.com September 15, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924171805/http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/09/15/tiff-press-conference-diaries-nicolas-cage-and-werner-herzog-on-bad-lieutenant-s-unfortunate-title-and-imaginary-iguanas.aspx |date=September 24, 2009 }}</ref>
===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began on July 7, 2008 in [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{Cite journal| first=Nick | last=Vivarelli | url=https://variety.com/2008/more/news/ferrara-has-few-bad-things-to-say-1117987857/ | title=Ferrara has few 'Bad' things to say | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] | date=June 20, 2008 | access-date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref> and also around South Mississippi, shooting some scenes at the Hollywood Casino in [[Bay St. Louis]].
==Abel Ferrara's reaction==
[[Abel Ferrara]], director of the 1992 film, has been quoted by various media outlets as being very angry about the film. After it was first announced, Ferrara was quoted as saying "As far as remakes go, ... I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up."<ref name=nymag/> When asked later for his response to Ferrara's statements, Herzog stated that he does not know who Ferrara is, saying "I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is."<ref name="nymag">{{cite web |work=Vulture.com |title=Werner Herzog on Abel Ferrara: 'Who Is He?' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2008/06/werner_herzog_on_abel_ferrara.html |date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> At a press conference at the [[Venice Film Festival]] after the film's premiere, Herzog said of Ferrara, "I would like to meet the man," and "I have a feeling that if we met and talked -- over a bottle of whisky, I should add -- I think we could straighten everything out."<ref>{{cite news|work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3iebcb76ce49180e2de218f144e1e81627 |title='Bad Lieutenant' and bad blood in Venice |date=September 4, 2009 |last=Lyman |first=Eric J. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906225353/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3iebcb76ce49180e2de218f144e1e81627 |archive-date=September 6, 2009 }}</ref> In 2018 at [[Newcastle International Film Festival]] Ferrara said that he had eventually met Herzog and had made peace with him.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/rf6K7Mg60lw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200112035655/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6K7Mg60lw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6K7Mg60lw| title = Abel Ferrara at the Newcastle International Film Festival 2018 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Release==
[[File:Cage Mendes Herzog Venice Film Festival 2009.jpg|220px|thumb|Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Werner Herzog at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of the film.]]
Although production on the film was completed in 2008, the film did not quickly find a distributor for a wide release. The film had its world premiere at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival|2009 Venice Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/30/venice-film-festival-ferrara-herzog | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Herzog's Bad Lieutenant joins Venice film festival contenders | first=Mark | last=Brown | date=July 30, 2009 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> and was also screened at the [[2009 Toronto International Film Festival|2009 Toronto Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/28/werner-herzogs-bad-lieutenant-added-to-toronto-fest-lineup/|title=Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant Added To Toronto Fest Lineup - /Film|work=Slashfilm|date=July 28, 2009}}</ref> and the 2009 [[Telluride Film Festival]].
===Box office===
''Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' opened theatrically on November 20, 2009 by [[First Look Studios]]<ref name=24fps/> in 27 venues, earning $245,398 in its opening weekend, ranking number 22 at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=47&p=.htm | title=Weekend Box Office Results for November 20-22, 2009 | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | date=November 23, 2009 | access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> The film ended its run on March 4, 2010 with 96 venues being its widest release, having grossed $1,702,112 in the domestic box office and $8,886,990 overseas for a worldwide total of $10,589,102.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badlieutenant09.htm | title=Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | date=March 5, 2010 | access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>
===Critical response===
The film received largely positive reviews from critics. [[Review aggregator|Review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports an 86% rating based on 154 reviews, with a rating average of 7.24/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Befitting its unorthodox origins, this ''Bad Lieutenant'' benefits from Werner Herzog's typically fearless direction and a delightfully unhinged Nicolas Cage in the title role."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_lieutenant_port_of_call_new_orleans/ |title=Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date= November 27, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a 69 out of 100 rating based on 32 critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-bad-lieutenant-port-of-call---new-orleans | title= The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>
''[[The Guardian]]'' critic Xan Brooks called Cage's work in the film "surely his best performance in years".<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/07/wernerherzog-nicolascage | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Bad Lieutenant | first=Xan | last=Brooks | date=September 7, 2009 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> Blogging about the film from the [[2009 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref name=Lambert2009>{{Cite journal | title = The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans premiere at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival | url = http://www.digitalhit.com/galleries/34/523/ | year = 2009 | author = Lambert, Christine | website = DigitalHit.com | access-date = December 12, 2009}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] declared: "Nicolas Cage is as good as anyone since [[Klaus Kinski]] at portraying a man whose head is exploding. It's a hypnotic performance."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/09/tiff_7_it_was_a_very_good_day.html |work=Chicago Sun-Times |title=TIFF #7: It was a very good day |first=Roger |last=Ebert |date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922184151/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/09/tiff_7_it_was_a_very_good_day.html |archive-date=September 22, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> He also wrote that the film is very different from Abel Ferrara's 1992 film and that "comparisons are pointless". Ebert named the film as among the top 10 best mainstream films of 2009,<ref name="The best films of 2009">{{Cite news | url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_2009.html | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=The best films of 2009 | access-date=December 20, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810232736/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_2009.html | archive-date=August 10, 2010 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and then included it in his list of the best films of the decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html |work=Chicago Sun-Times |title=The best films of the decade |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528130622/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html |archive-date=May 28, 2010 }}</ref>
===As an example of post-irony===
Matthew Collins, in ''The Georgetown Voice'', has cited the film as an example of [[post-irony]]:<ref name="GV">{{cite web|url=http://georgetownvoice.com/2010/03/04/post-irony-is-real-and-so-what/|title=Post-irony is real, and so what?|work=The Georgetown Voice|author=Collins, Matthew|date=March 4, 2010}}</ref>
{{blockquote|The film contains what a ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]''-style irony-fest should: hokey plot, bad acting, and deliciously over-the-top glorification of sex and drug use. But the film does much more than revel in its genre’s [[Camp (style)|campy]] history—''The Bad Lieutenant'' is gorgeously shot and contains pervasive, incisive commentary on everything from race relations to police corruption and the definition of finding success in America.}}
==Accolades==
===Top lists===
The film appeared on several critics' lists of "best films of 2009", including:
* [[Roger Ebert]]: top 10 "mainstream films" of 2009<ref name="The best films of 2009"/>
* Aidil Rusli of [[The Malaysian Insider]]: favorite movies from 2009<ref>[http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/aidil-rusli/47632-my-favourite-movies-from-2009- My favourite movies from 2009] The Malaysian Insider {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229115652/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/aidil-rusli/47632-my-favourite-movies-from-2009- |date=December 29, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[The Canadian Press]]: top 10 films of 2009<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqAtjcrZ0u0wPj32shy9ZBuM21wA |title=The Canadian Press: 'The Trotsky,' 'Avatar' among Canadian Press's Top 10 films of year |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-date=December 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228030759/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqAtjcrZ0u0wPj32shy9ZBuM21wA |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Kim Morgan of ''[[The Huffington Post]]'': #2 among top 10 films of 2009<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-morgan/top-ten-movies-of-2009_b_406175.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Kim | last=Morgan | title=Top Ten Movies of 2009 | date=March 18, 2010}}</ref>
* Stan Hall of ''[[The Oregonian]]'': #1 among "foreign language and indie films of 2009"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/12/beyond_the_multiplexs_top_10_f.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Beyond the Multiplex's Top 10 foreign language and indie films of 2009 | date=December 30, 2009}}</ref>
* Jay Stone of ''[[Canwest News Service]]'': #1 best film of 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2359475|title = Home &#124; Windsor Star}}</ref>
* Les ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'' listed it second on their annual Top Ten of 2010,<ref>{{cite web|work=Cahiers du cinéma|url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/top-10-2010|title=Top Ten 2010, Décembre 2010 – n°662}}</ref> and also featured the film on the cover of their March 2010 issue.<ref>{{cite web|work=Cahiers du cinéma|url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/mars-2010-n654|title=Flic ou voyou ? Bad Lieutenant de Werner Herzog, Mars 2010 n°654}}</ref>
In some regions, the film was not released until 2010:
* James McMahon of [[NME]]: #5 among top 10 films of 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=131&title=title_440&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|title=What Were The Best Films Of 2010?|work=NME.COM}}</ref>
* Neil Young of [[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]: #6 among top 10 films of 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2010/12/ten-top-movie-hits-and-six-near-misses/|title=Ten top movie hits and six near-misses|work=tribunemagazine.co.uk|date=May 14, 2021 }}</ref>
===Awards===
* [[Venice Film Festival]] 2009 [[Golden Lion]] nomination for [[Werner Herzog]] (lost to [[Samuel Maoz]] for ''[[Lebanon (2009 film)|Lebanon]]'')
* Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award for [[Werner Herzog]]
* [[Independent Spirit Awards]] 2010 [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] nomination for [[Peter Zeitlinger]] (lost to [[Roger Deakins]] for ''[[A Serious Man]]'')
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association]] 2010 [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] award for [[Nicolas Cage]]
* Jameson [[Dublin International Film Festival]] 2010 [[Jameson Dublin International Film Festival#2010|Special Jury Prize]] award
==See also==
{{Portal|Film}}
* [[2009 in film]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1095217|Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans}}
* {{Box Office Mojo|badlieutenant09|Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|bad_lieutenant_port_of_call_new_orleans|Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans}}
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[[Category:Saturn Films films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Mark Isham]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mississippi]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:English-language crime drama films]]