Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Jodie Foster, Hopper, Fred Ward, John Turturro and Vincent Price, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener and Bob Dylan.

[2] Conceptual artist Anne Benton creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention.

FBI agent Pauling, who has been after Carelli for some time, offers Anne a place in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program.

However, when she sees another mobster, Carelli's lawyer John Luponi, at the police station, she disguises herself with another woman's wig and raincoat and flees.

Nevertheless, Avoca escapes in a helicopter, and Pauling goes after Anne and Milo in his car but misses them as they move in the sewer system nearby.

She [Foster] thought that I had this AA mentality where I was really just doing this sober drunk or something, and I just couldn't possibly understand women.

[5] The original screenplay was written by Rachel Kronstadt Mann, then re-written by Ann Louise Bardach, who was hired by Hopper and producer Steven Reuther.

During the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, Hopper hired Alex Cox to do another polish on the script while the film was shooting.

Hopper released a director's cut of the film in the United States on cable television titled Backtrack, which runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version.

Variety wrote: "Somewhere in here is a dark, sassy picture, but the final product is more like a jigsaw with half the pieces.

Pesci rants and raves, Stockwell shows a nice line in a low-key comedy, Ward looks like he hasn't been shown the whole script, and Hopper has a go at Humphrey Bogart in shades".

[6] Greg Wroblewski wrote: "It's a mediocre film, with often illogical, even incomprehensible plot twists and poor character development.