Beverly Hills Cop

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Beverly Hills Cop
Directed by	Martin Brest
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer Don Simpson
Written by	Danilo Bach Daniel Petrie, Jr. Vincent Patrick
Starring	Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold John Ashton
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	December 5, 1984
Running time	105 min
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
Followed by	Beverly Hills Cop II
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. The film shot Murphy to international stardom as he started to become a mainstream actor. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture (1985) and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (1985). It earned an estimated USD$234 million at the box office, making it, by a small margin, the second biggest hit of 1984 (next to Ghostbusters). This film is number 22 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".

Tagline: "The Heat Is On!"

[edit] Cast

• Eddie Murphy - Det. Axel Foley
• Judge Reinhold - Det. William 'Billy' Rosewood
• John Ashton - Det. Sgt. John Taggart
• Lisa Eilbacher - Jeannette 'Jenny' Summers
• Ronny Cox - Lt. Andrew Bogomil
• Paul Reiser - Jeffrey
• Steven Berkoff - Victor Maitland
• Jonathan Banks - Zack
• Bronson Pinchot - Serge

[edit] Soundtrack

The instrumental-only title tune "Axel F" is very recognizable and has since been covered by numerous artists. The soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (1986).

Selected items from the soundtrack:

• Rockie Robbins - "Emergency"
• Shalamar - "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills"
• The System - "Rock and Roll me Again" goof
• Junior - "Do you really want my love"
• Harold Faltermeyer - "Axel F"
• Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
• Danny Elfman - "Gratitude"
• Patti LaBelle - "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up"
• Pointer Sisters - "Neutron Dance"
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti

Though not officially in the soundtrack, "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 is heard in the strip club. Since its release in 1984, there has never been an official release of the soundtrack score which was composed by Harold Faltermeyer. Other than the "Axel F" as featured on the soundtrack songs release, it has yet to be released.

However, 2 tracks of score were released on B sides to the vinyl singles of Axel F:

• "Discovery" - This piece of score is heard in the scene where the drugs are discovered by Axel Foley in the warehouse.
• "Shootout" - This piece of score is heard in the scene where Billy Rosewood waits outside the warehouse and then decides to go in.

There are also 12" extended versions of the Axel F theme which were released on the vinyl singles in the 1980s.

[edit] Trivia

• Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to play Axel Foley. After his departure due to differences in scope (he wanted more action than the producers would budget for) the role was re-written for Murphy. Stallone went on to use his version of the film as the basis for his movie Cobra. An interesting plot re-write was that the character of Jenny Summers was originally a Stallone love interest, but was rendered only an "old friend" to Murphy's Foley.
• Axel Foley's boss (Gilbert R. Hill) was a real-life detective in the Detroit Police Department, who later became a Detroit City Council member and mayoral candidate, losing to Kwame Kilpatrick in 2001.
• The scene in which Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart give an explanation to Bogomil about the strip club arrest was improvised according to a making-of featurette. When filming the "Beverly Hills Police Station" sequences, Eddie Murphy was feeling groggy from the stuffy environment and was described "to be so pure, that he didn't drink coffee." Eventually, Murphy relented by taking small sips of coffee just to stay awake for filming inside the building. As a result of the first sips of coffee, Eddie's performance in the scene sky-rocketed and ad-libbed about Rosewood and Taggart being super-cops without having the capes.
• In this movie, as well as in both sequels, a friend of Axel is being gunned down in the opening minutes (In order: Mikey, Bogomil, and Cpt. Todd). In all three movies, Axel will avenge his friend in the movie's crescendo, but only after being shot in the shoulder (in the first and third movie), or being in near-death danger (in the second movie).
• Blast Entertainment have just released Beverly Hills Cop for PlayStation 2
• For 19 years, this film has stood atop as producer Jerry Bruckheimer's highest-grossing film. As of August 12, 2003, the film has been pushed to his no. 2 spot. The highest-grossing film of producer Bruckheimer, Jerry is now Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The record was again shattered on July 22, 2006 with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Sequels

• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Beverly Hills Cop IV (2009, in development)

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Academy Award
  • nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
• BAFTA Awards
  • nominated for Best Score - Harold Faltermeyer
• Edgar Allan Poe Award
  • nominated for Best Motion Picture - Daniel Petrie Jr.
• Golden Globe
  • nominated for Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy
  • nominated for Best Actor Musical/Comedy - Eddie Murphy
• Grammy Award
  • won for Best Score Soundtrack - Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen, Allee Willis
• People's Choice Award
  • won for Favorite Motion Picture
• Stuntman Award
  • won for Best Vehicular Stunt (Motion Picture) - Eddy Donno

[edit] Audio sample

[edit] External links

• Beverly Hills Cop at the Internet Movie Database
• Beverly Hills Cop at Rotten Tomatoes