Starsky & Hutch (film) The film also switches the personalities of the title characters. While in the TV show, Starsky was curious and streetwise, and Hutch was by-the-book, in the film, Starsky is the serious cop, and Hutch is laid-back. There are four Frat Pack members in this film, although not all are in major roles. In the 1970s, detectives David Starsky and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson work for the Bay City Police Department. Starsky (Ben Stiller) is a loud, macho acting cop who loves his Ford Gran Torino, and recklessly pursues people for minor offenses, while Hutchinson (Owen Wilson), is a cool easy-going cop,
I'm So Bored with the USA to the song is a variant on the intro to Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols. Originally demoed with slightly different lyrics during The Clash's second demo session with their soundman Mickey Foote as producer, "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A."'s lyrics do exactly what its title suggests, condemning several aspects of the American society, such as drug problems in the US Army (particularly heroin), the support of the American government to dictatorships in the Third World (later denounced on the "Sandinista!" track "Washington Bullets"), and popular police drama series "Starsky and Hutch" and "Kojak". It also criticizes Richard Nixon,