"Kuffs" Christian Slater
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"Kuffs" Christian Slater
This film from '92 featured a dead on Indy jacket. DeWayne posted about it in '99, http://indyfan.dnsalias.com/vault/forum ... 27790.html before I knew about Indyfan.com, and I posted about it a year or two later. Only one thing different about this jacket....the CUFFS! The cuffs are stitched a quarter inch back from the end of the cuffs- maybe it's one of Ford's Indy jackets with the sleeves shortened this way for Christian? Scroll down to "KUFFS" http://membres.lycos.fr/issla/index_2.html No really convincing pics here..I guess you have to rent the movie!
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The fact that Slater wears an Indy Jacket has just knocked down the whole "personality"and "character" if you will of the jacket for me. I´m sort of half joking here. But, does anyone have any pills to make me feel better about this?? I can´t stand Slater. How he ever got to Hollywood is beyond my comprehension.
wow...talk about bumb...much time on your hands lately
lets keep this about the jacket guys..
here are some pictures of it.
reminds me very much of a LC jacket.
bigger collar.lower yolk.pockets kinda are LC.wider sleeves.no snaps and weird straps though..
but I love the look of it..very cool to see a jacket like that worn in a casual way..street wear I mean...
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lets keep this about the jacket guys..
here are some pictures of it.
reminds me very much of a LC jacket.
bigger collar.lower yolk.pockets kinda are LC.wider sleeves.no snaps and weird straps though..
but I love the look of it..very cool to see a jacket like that worn in a casual way..street wear I mean...
bests
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You guys missed the striped lining. I can't believe I remember that since I haven't seen it in fifteen years or so. I'm pretty sure it's the same jacket in Kuffs and Pump Up the Volume.
Slater made some pretty good movies back in the day, not Kuffs though(except for Milla Jovovich ). I actually liked Pump Up The Volume but haven't seen it since it came out.
Slater made some pretty good movies back in the day, not Kuffs though(except for Milla Jovovich ). I actually liked Pump Up The Volume but haven't seen it since it came out.
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Definitely, that bothered me when I got it, way back when, because his version is the one on screen, but CB still did a good job ...and to be quite fair Henry Rollins does a great job covering Blue Oyster Cults "Kick out the Jams."Kittlemeier wrote:I gotta go with Leonard Cohen for EK, which I guess is screen accurate, huh?
...yeah as I said, a great CD.
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Slater 'got into Hollywood' because his mother is Mary Jo Slater, Hollywood casting agent. He's been in the Hollywood system from birth. He got all of his early jobs based on his mothers connections. Talk about a foot in the door.
When Michael Lehmann, the director of "Heathers" was getting ready to cast the movie he wanted a young Jack Nicholson so he was guided to Slater who had been imitating Nicholson since he was a kid.
That jacket is definitely Last Crusade. The collar is identical.
When Michael Lehmann, the director of "Heathers" was getting ready to cast the movie he wanted a young Jack Nicholson so he was guided to Slater who had been imitating Nicholson since he was a kid.
That jacket is definitely Last Crusade. The collar is identical.
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DUDES!!!
WHERE has THIS posting been all my life!!!
I saw that movie and I was like HEEYY!!!!! WHERE'D HE GET THAT!!! LOL!
OK, *reading up*
THIS is gonna be a JOY!
I saw that movie and I was like HEEYY!!!!! WHERE'D HE GET THAT!!! LOL!
OK, *reading up*
THIS is gonna be a JOY!
Re: DUDES!!!
are you doing peanut-jeff dunham impressions my friendRavenswood wrote:WHERE has THIS posting been all my life!!!
I saw that movie and I was like HEEYY!!!!! WHERE'D HE GET THAT!!! LOL!
OK, *reading up*
THIS is gonna be a JOY!
That jacket looks cool. Great to see it worn with "normal" gear. Thanks Holt.
No one would argue that Slater is Marlon Brando - but it is very easy to be critical of actors. There are heaps worse that Slater. Remember they come in and out of fashion. In X years Slater may be considered al la mode again. Look what happened to Travolta. For ages he coudln't get arrested... then came Pulp Fiction. And no, before anyone says it... I'm not comparing Slater to Travolta - it's just an example.
No one would argue that Slater is Marlon Brando - but it is very easy to be critical of actors. There are heaps worse that Slater. Remember they come in and out of fashion. In X years Slater may be considered al la mode again. Look what happened to Travolta. For ages he coudln't get arrested... then came Pulp Fiction. And no, before anyone says it... I'm not comparing Slater to Travolta - it's just an example.
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If we are looking at a Wested in Kuffs (and I believe we are), I believe it pre-dates Last Crusade from a construction standpoint. I really like the look of this jacket. To save you some time, start the movie about 27 minutes in. Pump Up The Volume was made two years earlier but I think it is a different jacket. You do not get a good look at it for long in that movie though. You will definitely want to start Pump Up The Volume at 1:26:45 to prevent permanent eye damage. That is when the jacket makes the first appearance.
Indiana Holt - the "weird" side straps you mention are because they are D-rings, but the main strap is attached on the back panel of the jacket rather than the side and for most of the movie the straps are hanging loose. Definitely no X-box stitching.
Striped lining and inside leather pocket facing is clearly visible.
I still think that the jacket looks brown, but that is just me, I guess. I have many outdoor shots of this jacket and it looks a lot like my Wested cowhide. The indoor shots under fluorescent lights make the jacket look black/dark gray.
Oh, and there is no sleeve stitching. It is an illusion.
Indiana Holt - the "weird" side straps you mention are because they are D-rings, but the main strap is attached on the back panel of the jacket rather than the side and for most of the movie the straps are hanging loose. Definitely no X-box stitching.
Striped lining and inside leather pocket facing is clearly visible.
I still think that the jacket looks brown, but that is just me, I guess. I have many outdoor shots of this jacket and it looks a lot like my Wested cowhide. The indoor shots under fluorescent lights make the jacket look black/dark gray.
Oh, and there is no sleeve stitching. It is an illusion.
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Yeah, i was thinking it looked kind of brown also, but wasn't going to say anything. We know how that goes. It looks like it's got a "reinforced" inner pocket, but I'm not certain about that. It doesn't look like the scalped reinforcing though. Just kind of straight. About an extra half inch of leather. below the pocket.
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I sincerely apologize for posting in this thread three years after it started...but I was excited to see the thread.
When I saw Pump Up the Volume back in 1990, I thought I was the only person in the world who recognized the jacket Slater was wearing. Not surprising, I felt the same way in Kuffs in 1992.
I should have guessed that I was not alone.
When I saw Pump Up the Volume back in 1990, I thought I was the only person in the world who recognized the jacket Slater was wearing. Not surprising, I felt the same way in Kuffs in 1992.
I should have guessed that I was not alone.
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Zach R...are you ...NPH...!?!?!?!?Zach R. wrote:You guys are going to feel bad about making fun of Christian Slater when one of the members here finally comes out and reveals their identity as being none other than Slater himself...come to think of it, maybe HE is the celebrity Steve made an AB for too.
8-[Tennessee Smith wrote:Zach R...are you ...NPH...!?!?!?!?Zach R. wrote:You guys are going to feel bad about making fun of Christian Slater when one of the members here finally comes out and reveals their identity as being none other than Slater himself...come to think of it, maybe HE is the celebrity Steve made an AB for too.
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