Beverly Hills Cop

UPC: 097360113440

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity]

Summary: What's that wisecracking young black guy (Eddie Murphy) in that beat-up Chevy Nova doing in lily-white Beverly Hills? He's Axel Foley, a Detroit detective who's been sent on involuntary vacation because he refuses to drop his intention of avenging his friend's murder. Warned by Beverly Hills police chief Ronny Cox to stay out of trouble, Foley nonetheless dogs the trail of above-the-law Steven Berkoff, the British crime czar who was responsible for the murder of Foley's friend. With the help of sympathetic local cops Judge Reinhold and John Ashton and lady friend Lisa Eilbacher, Foley attempts to corner Berkoff in his mansion, which leads to a wild slapsticky shootout. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – People's Choice Awards

Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs
Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French stereo
English subtitles
Interactive menus
Scene selections
Commentary by director Martin Brest
Exclusive cast and crew interviews
Casting "Beverly Hills Cop"
Music of "Beverly Hills Cop"
Location map
Photo gallery
Theatrical trailer

Beverly Hills Cop

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/29/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 105 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. The Heat Is On [:41]
2. Mikey [1:55]
3. Beverly Hills Cops [2:09]
4. Bananas [1:16]
5. Inspector Foley [2:08]
6. Super Cops [2:46]
7. Picnic [1:05]
8. Surprises [1:16]
9. Serious Trouble [1:04]
10. The Perfect Place [4:38]
11. End Credits [:28]

Matthew Doberman

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. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Chuck Adamson  Actor 
Carl Weintraub  Actor 
William Wallace  Actor 
Tom Everett  Actor 
Karen Mayo-Chandler  Actor 
Rex Ryon  Actor 
Alice Cadogan  Actor 
Scott Murphy  Actor 
Darwyn Carson  Actor 
Thomas J. Hageboeck  Actor 
Rick Overton  Actor 
Douglas Warhit  Actor 
Margery Simkin  Actor 
John Achorn  Actor 
Michael Champion  Actor 
Chip Heller  Actor 
Frank Pesce  Actor 
Damon Wayans  Actor 
John Pettis  Actor 
Gene Borkan  Actor 
Michael Gregory  Actor 
Nick Shields  Actor 
Randy Gallion  Actor 
Paul Drake  Actor 
Israel Juarbe  Actor 
Michael Pniewski  Actor 
David Wells  Actor 
Dennis Madden  Actor 
Philip Levien  Actor 
James Russo  Actor 
Gerald Berns  Actor 
Jack Heller  Actor 
Martin Brest  Director 
Jerry Bruckheimer  Producer 
Harold Faltermeyer  Composer (Music Score) 
Vincent Patrick  Screenwriter 
Sam Simon  Screenwriter 
Don Simpson  Producer 
William D. Wittliff  Screenwriter 
Daniel Petrie, Jr.  Screenwriter 
Mike Moder  Executive Producer 
Eddie Murphy  Actor 
Judge Reinhold  Actor 
Lisa Eilbacher  Actor 
John Ashton  Actor 
Ronny Cox  Actor 
Steven Berkoff  Actor 
Jonathan Banks  Actor 
Stephen Elliott  Actor 
Gil Hill  Actor 
Art Kimbro  Actor 
Joel Bailey  Actor 
Bronson Pinchot  Actor 
Paul Reiser  Actor 

Country: USA