284 Beverly Hills Cop Part 1
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
One could argue that Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy is the archetypal action comedy with a fantastic cast, solid action sequences and a lead Actor at the peak of his game.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Steve. |
| 0:02.2 | When Saturday Night Live premiered in 1975, it was, without question, the hottest, hippest |
| 0:07.2 | thing on television. |
| 0:08.8 | But by 1980, many thought its glory days were all in the past. |
| 0:12.7 | Now, one of their hires that year was a little-known 19-year-old stand-up comic named Eddie |
| 0:18.3 | Murphy. |
| 0:19.3 | I came on mid-season as a supporting player and wasn't even officially added to the |
| 0:23.5 | reputory until January of 1981, but by the end of that year, everyone who watched realized |
| 0:31.5 | that this was someone very, very special. |
| 0:35.4 | A few years later, 21-year-old Eddie Murphy began production on his third film. |
| 0:41.1 | By the time it came out in theaters, Eddie Murphy was 22, and the biggest star in the world. |
| 0:47.0 | Now Eddie's first film, 48 hours, was a surprise hit and trading places was exactly the kind |
| 0:52.7 | of successful comedy you'd expect from an SNL alum. |
| 0:56.6 | But Beverly Hills Cop was a star vehicle, and it is just as funny and entertaining today |
| 1:01.5 | as it was almost 40 years ago. |
| 1:03.8 | So if you haven't seen this film, don't take your Chevy Malibu to Rodeo Drive, direct your |
| 1:08.7 | web browser to cinephiles.net where you can buy or stream Beverly Hills Cop along with |
| 1:14.0 | every other movie we've ever reviewed. |
| 1:16.1 | Then, come back on Friday to listen to John and I discuss what might very well be the |
| 1:20.9 | archetypal action comedy, Beverly Hills Cop. |
| 1:25.3 | I did not know what was going on, and I was watching the show having fun. |
| 1:28.4 | I'm still freaked out by it. |
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