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Hey guys, here’s a Crockett-inspired look I am proud of. It’s a vintage linen Valentino blazer from the 80s, matched with a pink t-shirt, wide linen pants, and canvas Toms.

The original VHS cover art of the Pilot has an odd, almost 70ies feeling. For those who never saw the VHS release the best coverart image I could find is the German version. But the Ozzy version had the same artwork albeit in english: I must have rented out the store copy a dozen times

Every time I see flamingos I always think of MV. I have some flamingo sheets, and I recently got this. I realize this shirt isn’t something worn on the show, and is made in Hawaii…but it still “feels” like MV to me! It’s a little early to start wearing it where I’m at , but it’ll definitely be awesome this summer. I’ll probably wear it when watching a few episodes to celebrate the 40th anniversary. For those going to that event, hope it’s fun! But, with all the drama & conflict that has unfortunately “plagued” it…I was wondering if a certain person, that was supposedly part of the planning, was involved with causing the problems? Well, in the past few days it was confirmed on the FB page for the event. He was stated as one of the main instigators. For those who remember him (RB) on the original .org site…obviously some things/people don’t change! But, hope everyone enjoys this coming summer & the joy of having MV for the past 40 years—and looking forward to 40 more!

during "Like a hurricane" filming, DJ as chauffeur for some kids (AFAIK this was a "make a wish" foundation request).

I studied a particular jacket Crockett wears on several episodes and had it tailor-made, along with a new pair of large straight white pants

No exit

DJ directing Back in the world

It certainly did, in something like Magnum PI they would all be sipping tea on Higgins lawn saying what a great job they all did catching the bad guys. Spielberg endings.

view at the end of Mac Arthur Causeway in Miami Beach looking east onto 5th Street. The ramp turning north (to the left) to Alton Road became famous in the Brothers in Arms Ferrari night drive in Out where the buses don´t run.

My happy birthday song got no strikes on YouTube, and it’s LADEN with elements from Crockett’s Theme.

Sweet little outtake. Enjoy fellow MV fans!

To promote this summer's release of Beverly Hills Cop IV, they've been airing the first three movies on TV a lot. I was watching Beverly Hills Cop II and I noticed the bad guy's henchman is Paul Guilfoyle (Milton Glanz in Death and the Lady). Then I noticed the daughter of the murder victim is Deborah Adair (the hooker in Streetwise). It turns out AndrewRemington already documented in another thread a bunch of MV actors in that movie. Deborah/Alice Adair from “Streetwise” Brian O’Connor from “Baby Blues” Dean Stockwell from “Bushido” Tom Bower from “Bushido” Paul Guilfoyle from “Death and the Lady” Chris Rock from “Missing Hours” Frank Pesce from “Home Invaders” Robert Pastorelli from “Down from the Count Part II” There's a reason: the movie had the same casting director as MV - Bonnie Timmerman. I also noticed a shootout scene that looked familiar: We see a camera shot of this same location setting up a scene in Yankee Dollar:

while filming Freefall

https://deadline.com/2024/04/don-johnson-cast-dr-odyssey-ryan-murphy-abc-1235883620/

The historic Miami mansion used in the Season 5 episode “Miami Squeeze” is up for sale…for just under a mere $30 million. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/30-million-century-old-miami-174518466.html

I feel like Switek in Phil the Shill (our minute of fame for some smart ass answers to questions most people cannot even imagine like "There were in fact 8 bathrooms in Graceland and I used the one next to the kitchen .....")

Whatever works

I finally finished this one. I had to tear apart the Lamborghini for some parts though. I also didn’t have some parts in white, but it’s close, I think.

Evan

Freefall

Payback

Abel Ferrara (with hat) directing Home Invaders

DJ (not wearing a jacket like on TV) during rehearsal of "Theresa"

Redemption in blood. Angle not seen on TV

Goddam those were THE best days of this once wonderful nation teetering on the brink of collapse.

1987, Muhammad Ali visit on set

Mid 1980s Miami Grand Prix in Downtown (also seen in Florence Italy episode)

Dutch Oven, angle not seen in episode

Miami Downtown and Bayside 1983 (the area of the last Freefall farewell scene was not landfilled at that time)

Braman dealership at 20th and Biscayne in 1984. Braman was visible in some Ferrari scenes filmed in several episodes on Biscayne in the background.

So, how long does Sonny hold on to that...? It's four years later, he's been married again, he's been horrifically widowed and is about to go murder the guy responsible... I saw this on my rewatch of "Deliver Us From Evil", and my jaw dropped. Well, on the one hand, thank you for sharing your feelings with the class, James... ...on the other... oh, Sonny, you are so screwed up!! It's not ok to have barely-dressed pictures of your exes somewhere your spouse will never see them. Less okay still if the reason she's barely dressed is entirely because of you. (And in the modern day, he'd be in triple trouble for having a picture of a coworker like that at work, no less.) As others have noted, except for a wedding picture when he's initially sitting in the boat and grieving, he has no pictures of Caitlin at all. And I don't believe for one second he views Gina's picture in some kind of innocent sentimental context (it's more like Caitlin's picture of Will), or that he just stuck it in there and forgot about it for three years. Not only is a psych Ph.D not required to decipher his feelings, she's between Rico and Billy, whom the show makes very clear are the other two most important people in his life. So for anyone who views the relationship as "Gina's hopelessly in love with him; Sonny wasn't interested/moved on long ago"... I would say the end of Season 4 puts some fairly graphic evidence to the contrary.

Today I took a walk in the Harbour at Alvor in the Algarve Portugal. Lovely day with the odd gust of wind.

This is the pistol used in the series. Michael Mann was a gun guy who had graduated from Gunsite and knew his handguns well.

Just watched this movie which was great except for maybe just one too many twists at the end. Was skimming through locations and searched on our forum and it seems there is no designated thread. Without trying to do a full guide yet, here is a couple of things to start. A location I loved was the Van Ryan mansion, it's just a really grand home: In a scene where upset Kelly is walking from the dock back into the home with her mother, you can catch a glimpse of tall port cranes, which makes the bridge and road behind the ladies the MacArthur causeway, and along with the curving of the house lot's edge and relative distance puts it into the only two options possible: southeast ends of either Palm or Star islands. There is only one home there matching the overall layout and architecture, but earlier we can also catch the house number on the gate - 40: Which seals the deal for 40 E Star Island Dr. A beautiful home built in 1925 and overlooking Miami Beach, it is currently owned by a Turkey-born tycoon. Here is a location which is a mystery. @airtommy brought up that scene by the end of the movie in a different thread. Could it be Virginia Key or Crandon beach? One of these was certainly used in the movie (Suzie murder and investigation), easily identifiable by this structure: Though there was trellis added into the columns since then, which was a good beautification for this pavilion, it looked abandoned in the movie. Both Virginia and Crandon have these: So you'd think it would make perfect sense to shoot the other beach scenes there, but indeed the hotel (or "hotel") in the movie is not a structure existing on these beaches today, and I couldn't find anything different on late 90s aerials either. I am also suspicious because while Crandon generally matches the beach look, the beach doesn't have these short palm trees (I'm sure @Tom knows what they're called) we see in the scene planted everywhere: Unless they are exactly in fact the palms currently existing on Crandon beach, and that's how they grew over the last 25 years. Like these: Now, if it was a real hotel, maybe we could get a hint from a possibly real hotel towels, but I can't get a resolution good enough to read what's on them: @miamijimf @Matt5 Looking forward to any more thoughts.

it's been a while i didn't watch The running man. and for me it's simply one of the best 80s films, and one of the best featuring Schwarzenegger, if not his best. from acting, to plot, to actors, everything is solid into that movie. i also discovered it was inspired from a Stephen King book, and was directed by P.M. Glaser

Amen ... send money

Just got these brand new for only $17. Similar to another pair I have but the back half is dark blue/navy. Something a little different but still retains the essence of Vice, IMO. I'm going to an 80's themed costume party in a few weeks, so it'll be fun to test these out with the white suit (as per usual, lol).

The one with Kurt Russel looks like "Big Trouble in Little China"

I was digging through papers and came across a Jan Hammer interview I had printed out years ago. It hasn't been posted on our forum and I could not find any trace of it on the Internet. I searched for the interviewer and was fortunate to find him on a guitar forum. He kindly re-posted the interview with updated links: Hammer Time: Talking ‘Miami Vice’ with Legendary Keyboardist Jan Hammer Ed Driscoll https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2024/04/02/hammer-time-talking-miami-vice-with-the-legendary-composer-jan-hammer-n4927822 He confirms that he left MV partly because the Dick Wolf regime de-emphasized him.

A nice shot from 1959 of The Biscaya Hotel ( “ Trust Fund Pirates “, “ Nobody Lives Forever “ ) and MacArthur Causeway looking West from Alton Road.

To quote Phil Collins "I don't care anymore"

As a veteran I can totally relate to this.

rehearsal for Amen...send money

It's great to see Castillo laughing.

Cuba Libre

Yes! One Way Ticket after receiving one of the “anonymous” tips.