Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-ray]

Director: Martin Brest, Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson

Overview

A young wisecracking black cop from Detroit has been sent on vacation to keep him from avenging his friend's murder. He ends up trailing the murderer to Beverly Hills where, with the help of sympathetic local cops, he attempts to corner the guy in his mansion.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2011
UPC:	0097361297248
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	5,374

Special Features

Commentary by Director Martin Berst; Beverly Hills Cop - The Phenomenon Begins; A Glimpse Inside the Casting Process; The Music of Beverly Hills Cop; Location Map; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eddie Murphy	Axel Foley,Detective Owenby
Judge Reinhold	Det. Billy Rosewood
John Ashton	Sgt. Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher	Jenny Summers
Ronny Cox	Lt. Bogomil
Steven Berkoff	Victor Maitland
Bronson Pinchot	Serge
James Russo	Mikey Tandino
Jonathan Banks	Zack
Stephen Elliott	Chief Hubbard
Gil Hill	Inspector Todd,Insp. Douglas Todd
Art Kimbro	Detective Foster
Joel Bailey	Detective McCabe
Paul Reiser	Jeffrey
Michael Champion	Casey
Frank Pesce	Cigarette Buyer
Gene Borkan	Truck Driver
Michael Gregory	Hotel Manager
Alice Cadogan	Hotel Clerk
Philip Levien	Donny
Karen Mayo-Chandler	Maitland Receptionist
Gerald Berns	Beverly Hills Cop
William Wallace	2nd Beverly Hills Cop
Israel Juarbe	Room Service Waiter
Randy Gallion	Bell Hop
Damon Wayans	Banana Man
Chuck Adamson	Crate Opener
Chip Heller	Crate Opener,Maitre d'
Rick Overton	Bonded Warehouse Night Superintendant
Rex Ryon	Bonded Warehouse Security Guard
Michael Pniewski	Bonded Warehouse Clerk,Bonded Warehouse Clerk #1
Douglas Warhit	Bonded Warehouse Clerk
Paul Drake	Holdup Man
Tom Everett	Holdup Man
Sally Kishbaugh	Waitress
Barry Shade	Valet
Michael Harrington	Arresting Officer
David Wells	Dispatcher
Dennis Madden	Detroit Cop
John Achorn	Detroit Cop
John Pettis	Detroit Cop
Nick Shields	Detroit Cop
Carl Weintraub	Detroit Cop
Anthony De Fonte	Detroit Cop
Darwyn Carson	Barmaid
Mark E. Corry	Pool Player
Thomas J. Hageboeck	Maitland Body Guard
Lisa Eichhorn	Actor
Harold Faltermeyer	Composer
Randy Vasquez	Bell Hop
Gilbert R Hill	Actor
Margery Simkin	Actor

Technical Credits

Daniel Petrie Jr.

William D. Wittliff

Sam Simon

Patrick Vincent

Danilo Bach

Daniel Petrie Jr

Daniel Petrie

Vincent Patrick

Daniel Petrie Jr.	Screenwriter
William D. Wittliff	Screenwriter
Sam Simon	Screenwriter
Patrick Vincent	Screenwriter
Jerry Bruckheimer	Producer
Don Simpson	Producer
Mike Moder	Executive Producer,Producer
Ken Pepiot	Special Effects
Margery Simkin	Casting
Danilo Bach	Screenwriter
Richard Epper	Stunts
Christopher Adams	Stunts
Pamela Bentkowski	Sound Effects
Daniel Petrie Jr	Screenwriter
Daniel Petrie	Screenwriter
Vincent Patrick	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Following up on the successes of 1982's 48 Hrs. and 1983's Trading Places, Eddie Murphy returned to the screen a year later with Beverly Hills Cop, a rollicking action-comedy that firmly established him as one of the premier stars of the day. Mixing laughs, violence and strip clubs -- a recipe if ever there was one for a guy-movie -- Beverly Hills Cop succeeded to the tune of $316 million worldwide. Though future films would prove him all too fallible, Murphy is unstoppable here as the wise-cracking, fish-out-of-water Detroit cop Axel Foley. Other players add a lot here too, notably Judge Reinhold's dopey tagalong and Bronson Pinchot's cameo as an art gallery host. And talk about hindsight being 20/20: Axel was almost played by Mickey Rourke, then Sylvester Stallone -- both of them only after Clint Eastwood turned down an earlier, more serious conception of the role. It's worth paying attention to Beverly Hills Cop's admirable and strong-selling soundtrack as well -- if "The Heat Is On," "The Neutron Dance" and "Axel F."," the film's synthesizer-heavy theme song, don't bring you back to the mid-eighties, nothing will. The plot is not exactly ground-breaking cinema, and sometimes its violence is a little excessive and conventional. Nevertheless, Beverly Hills Cop is a highly entertaining film that proves there was a darn good reason why Eddie Murphy was once king of the box office.