Which Clint Eastwood film features an early performance by Jim Carrey as a rock star?

The Clint Eastwood film which features an early performance by Jim Carrey as a rock star is titled "The Dead Pool". This is a 1988 film where San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) and his partner Al Quan (Evan C. Kim) are assigned a criminal case to investigate. It concerns the heroin overdose death of rock singer Johnny Squares (Carrey). He was found in his trailer during the filming of a slasher which was being directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson) at the Port of San Francisco. Squares' death was not a typical overdose situation; it was actually murder.

To sum it up in the last instalment of the Dirty Harry film series, gritty cop Harry Callahan is fresh off the conviction of a major mob boss. When horror film director Swan develops a "dead pool" betting on celebrity deaths, he is shocked when a serial killer begins targeting the names in the prospect pool. TV reporter Samantha Walker (Patricia Clarkson) and Callahan are included in the pool. Action and violence abound as Callahan tracks the killer in an attempt to stop people from getting killed —i.e., murdered.

"The Dead Pool" is an action film directed by Buddy Van Horn and written by Steve Sharon. The film's macabre story comes from ideas provided by Sharon, Durk Pearson, and Sandy Shaw. When the film was released in July 1988, it received mixed reviews from critics.