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      • Beverly Hills Cop had a variety of factors that played into it being one of the biggest movies of not only the 1980s but of all time. With a hilarious story, made funnier thanks to star Eddie Murphy, a great release date, and a soundtrack people could not stop listening to, Beverly Hills Cop was, and remains to this day, an iconic movie.
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    Commentators: Martin Brest (director) and Harold Faltermeyer’s awesomely ’80s score. 1. Brest starts over the Paramount logo saying it’s an early Saturday morning in Santa Monica. Oh, yeah, Martin? Well, it’s a cold, Thursday night here in Austin, so get to the movie talky, you braggart. I kid. I’m not even gonna count this as one of the “things le...

    “What is it about villains and warehouse locations?” “Once Eddie got on board to do the movie, and we kind of changed everything, this area was the sort of thing I was really aiming towards in the restructuring of the movie, this whole notion that the unorthodox policing techniques that Eddie’s character used wound up wearing off on the most orthod...

    All in all, not a bad commentary, especially one involving the director alone. There are long stretches of silence and several moments where Brest points something out without much insight. You can’t help but think what some of the cast might offer, especially Murphy or Reinhold and Ashton. Yeah, I’m always going to refer to them that way now. Just...

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    • Originally Written For Sylvester Stallone (Beverly Hills Cop) Before Eddie Murphy was cast as Axel Foley, Beverly Hills Cop was originally written for Sylvester Stallone.
    • Actors Considered For Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop) Although the part was conceived for Stallone, according to super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Mickey Rourke was the first actor offered the chance to play Axel Foley.
    • Most Memorable Lines Were Improvised (Beverly Hills Cop) The most memorable comedic lines in Beverly Hills Cop were not scripted. They came as a result of rampant improvisation between main characters Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, and John Ashton.
    • Tony Scott Had Affair With Brigitte Nielsen (Beverly Hills Cop II) Following the smashing success of the first film, Paramount decided to hire the late Tony Scott to helm the sequel based on the good job he did on Top Gun the year before.
  2. Jun 2, 2024 · This page is about the cultural impact and making of Beverly Hills Cop. For the story breakdown, see why the film is really a rags-to-riches caper. From red light to green light. Beverly Hills Cop was born in 1975, when Michael Eisner, then president of Paramount, was pulled over for speeding in the city of dreams.

  3. Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., and story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend.

  4. Dec 5, 2014 · Beverly Hills Cop was originally conceived as an action-drama for Sylvester Stallone, but when he backed out, Paramount and director Martin Brest took a risk and cast the wise-cracking Murphy...

  5. Oct 12, 2015 · In Beverly Drive, a Pittsburgh cop named Elly Axel shows up in Beverly Hills to investigate his friend's death. That loose plot remained throughout the remainder of the creative process.