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Film: Bird On A Wire

"You come to Detroit and you rent a Beamer? That's like going to Germany and eating Jimmy Dean sausages!"

— Rick Jarmin

Bird on a Wire is a 1990 feature film starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn, directed by John Badham, and shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire". The alley motorcycle chase scene was filmed in Victoria BC's Chinatown, in Fan Tan Alley.

This film contains examples of the following tropes:

Convenient Escape Boat
Distressed Damsel: Marianne Graves
Earn Your Happy Ending
Room Disservice: Attempted, but failed thanks to Rick being Genre Savvy enough to be suspicious.
Hey, It's That Place!: The ferry is obviously a BC Ferry, markings aside, to anyone familiar with the BC Ferry system. The scenery during the ferry ride will also be very familiar to habitual BC Ferry riders.
- The scenes in Victoria, especially Fan Tan Alley.
- The chasing motorcycle cop radios he's in pursuit through Fan Tan Alley.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Rick Jarmin
Scenery Porn: The ferry ride.
Shot in the Ass
Shout Out: Fan Tan Alley, where the motorcycle chase takes place, is actually referred to by the pursuers as Fan Tan Alley.
Skirts and Ladders
Vancouver Doubling (and Victoria doubling).