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Beverly Hills Cop series
Beverly Hills Cop trilogy.jpg
Directed by
Martin Brest (I)
Tony Scott (II)
John Landis (III)
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer (I-II)
Don Simpson (I-II)
Mace Neufeld (III)
Robert Rehme (III)
Screenplay by
Daniel Petrie, Jr. (I)
 Larry Ferguson (II)
Warren Skaaren (II)
Steven E. de Souza (III)
Story by
Danilo Bach (I)
 Daniel Petrie, Jr. (I)
Eddie Murphy (II)
 Robert D. Wachs (II)
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Judge Reinhold
John Ashton
Ronny Cox
Music by
Harold Faltermeyer (I-II)
Nile Rodgers (III)
Cinematography
Bruce Surtees (I)
 Jeffrey L. Kimball (II)
Mac Ahlberg (III)
Editing by
Billy Weber (I-II)
 Arthur Coburn (I)
Chris Lebenzon (II)
Michael Tronick (II)
 Dale Beldin (III)
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
December 5, 1984 (I)
 May 20, 1987 (II)
 May 25, 1994 (III)
Running time
105 minutes (I)
 102 minutes (II)
 104 minutes (III)
 310 minutes (approx)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$85.5 million
Box office
$735,534,503
Beverly Hills Cop is a series of action-comedy films, with characters written by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Danilo Bach. The films star Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes, even though it is out of his jurisdiction. There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (John Ashton) and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in Beverly Hills Cop III. Murphy, Reinhold and Gil Hill, who plays Axel's boss, Inspector Todd, are the only ones who appear in all three films. Harold Faltermeyer produced the now famous "Axel F" theme song heard throughout the films. All the films in the series have been distributed by Paramount Pictures. The films have made a total of $735,534,503[citation needed] worldwide. Following a failed attempt at making a TV series based on the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, Paramount has decided to produce another movie, which is now in development.[1]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Films 1.1 Overview
1.2 Cast and characters
1.3 Development
1.4 Music
1.5 Future 1.5.1 Fourth film
1.5.2 Failed TV Pilot

2 Reception 2.1 Box office performance
2.2 Critical reaction
2.3 Awards
3 References
4 External links
Films[edit]
Overview[edit]
In Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is introduced as a Detroit cop who, after the murder of his friend, travels to California to investigate and track down the killer(s), who he believes operate an arts dealership as a cover in Beverly Hills. He teams up with two reluctant detectives, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton), from the Beverly Hills police department who were supposed to keep a watch on him, especially after seeing Foley's different approach to tackling the situations which were considered unacceptable by the chief of police. In Beverly Hills Cop II, Axel returns to Beverly Hills, after finding out that Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) was shot. He once again teams up with Detective Billy Rosewood and Sgt. John Taggart, who, reluctantly and against the police chief Harold Lutz's orders, help Foley to find out the person responsible for Bogomil's shooting. Axel, Billy, and John soon discover that the alphabet crimes, a series of felonies (robberies and Bogomil's shooting) that have been going on in the area, are masterminded by weapons kingpin Maxwell Dent. With this information, Axel, Billy, and Taggart try to find Dent and his lover, Karla Fry (Brigitte Nielsen), (who had shot Bogomil). In the 1994 sequel, Beverly Hills Cop III, Axel returns to Beverly Hills once again. During an assignment, his boss, Inspector Todd is killed, and certain evidence points towards an amusement park called "Wonderworld." Upon arriving in Beverly Hills, Axel looks up his old friend Billy Rosewood who has attained the title of DDOJSIOC (Deputy Director of Joint Special Inter Operational Command). Taggart and Bogomil have retired and a new detective called Jon Flint (Hector Elizondo) is Rosewood's new partner.
Cast and characters[edit]

Character
Film/Series

Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Beverly Hills Cop (TV series)
Axel Foley Eddie Murphy
Billy Rosewood Judge Reinhold
John Taggart John Ashton 
Andrew Bogomil Ronny Cox 
Douglas Todd Gil Hill 
Serge Bronson Pinchot  Bronson Pinchot 
Jeffrey Friedman Paul Reiser 
Jon Flint  Héctor Elizondo 
Aaron Foley  Brandon T. Jackson
Rodney Daloof  Kevin Pollak
Brad  David Denman
Development[edit]
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Music[edit]
There is a recurring instrumental theme throughout the film series called "Axel F", which was composed by Harold Faltermeyer.[2] The theme became popular with audiences, and has been remixed by Crazy Frog.[3] A new version of the theme was created for Beverly Hills Cop III, with Faltermeyer not returning for the film.[4]
Future[edit]
Fourth film[edit]
A fourth entry in the series was initially announced for release in the mid-1990s, under the production of Eddie Murphy's own production company "Eddie Murphy Productions", though production later fizzled out.[5] It was re-announced in 2006, when producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced his intention to resurrect the franchise, though he eventually gave up his option to produce the film, instead passing production duties to Lorenzo di Bonaventura.[6][7]
In September 2006 a script, an amalgamation of several earlier drafts, was presented to Murphy who was reported to be "very happy" with the outline which was described as an attempt to recapture the "feel of the original".[8][9] Murphy admitted one of his motivations for making a fourth Beverly Hills Cop film was to make up for the fact that the third film was "horrible" and that "he didn't want to leave (the series) like that".[10][11]
In May 2008, Rush Hour director Brett Ratner was officially named director, who promised the film would return under the series' standard "R" rating, rather than as a rumored watered down PG-13.[12][13] Michael Brandt and Derek Haas were hired as screenwriters to improve on the existing script in July 2008[14] and completed a new script, under the working title "Beverly Hills Cop 2009", which would see Foley return to Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of his friend Billy Rosewood.[5] The script was eventually rejected, leaving Ratner to work on a new idea. In an interview with Empire magazine, Ratner stated "I'm working very hard on the fourth. It's very difficult, especially since there were three before. We're trying to figure out some important things, like where do we start? Is Axel retired? Is he in Beverly Hills? Is he on vacation? Does Judge Reinhold return as the loveable Billy Rosewood? Many questions to figure out, but I'm hoping to have a script before film disappears from our existence."[5] Although Murphy himself committed to the project, it was unconfirmed whether the series' other principal actors, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox or Bronson Pinchot would also return,[15] though Ratner stated in late 2009 that he was trying to convince Reinhold and Ashton to reprise their roles.[16] Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F", however, would definitely be returning for the proposed fourth installment, with Ratner quoted as saying "It'll be back but it'll be a whole new interpretation."[17] On November 15, 2010, Ratner stated in an interview with MTV that there was still a possibility that they will make the fourth film, but guarantees that it won't be "anytime soon".[18] During late Summer 2013, after CBS decided to pass on the TV series, Paramount decided to move forward with the fourth film. On September 13, 2013, Jerry Bruckheimer, stated he is in talks to produce the 4th entry in the Beverly Hills Cop Series.
Failed TV Pilot[edit]
In October 2011, Murphy stated "They're not doing it. What I'm trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Foley's son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit. I'd do the pilot, show up here and there. None of the movie scripts were right; it was trying to force the premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong."[19]
CBS ordered a pilot with Brandon T. Jackson starring as Axel Foley's son, Aaron.[20] The hour long crime drama was produced by the critically acclaimed writer Shawn Ryan who created The Shield and The Chicago Code.[21]
In January 2013, Ryan stated, "It's going to be a CBS procedural. We're going to solve a case every week, but we're going to do it with a lot of humor and a lot of fun. And I would say the stealth thing I would like to get in is, in a day and age when income inequality and class inequities dominate a lot of the country, this is going to be an opportunity to put a young working-class kid in Detroit in the middle of Beverly Hills, you can do a lot of stealth social commentary. My approach is to update it and make it feel modern and 2013. The pilot opens with a 4-5 minute sequence which I think is really harrowing and really dangerous, that would be something that you might have seen on 'Chicago Code' or 'The Shield.' I want it to feel grounded in that way. There'll be some opportunities for laughs after that. It's not a laughs come first show."[22]
In February 2013, Kevin Pollak has been cast as Rodney Daloof, an irritating and incredibly risk-adverse in-house attorney for the Beverly Hills Police Department.[23] David Denman is set to co-star as Brad, a stand-up, extremely likable and socially awkward Beverly Hills detective, formerly a baseball player and a musician.[24]
Men In Black and Get Shorty's director Barry Sonnenfeld agreed to both direct the Beverly Hills Cop pilot and serve as an executive producer.[25]
In May 2013, CBS decided to pass on the Beverly Hills Cop TV series.[26] In August 2013, Brandon T. Jackson give his reason about the pass:

I think we were very edgy for CBS. I think we were the edgiest as you could've went for CBS. It would have been like a 'Fresh Prince' thing on CBS, like the edgiest you can go on network TV. But it doesn't agree to our franchise man."[27]
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]

Film
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
Reference

United States
Foreign
Worldwide
All time domestic
All time worldwide
Beverly Hills Cop December 5, 1984 $234,760,478 $81,600,000 $316,360,478 #61
 #39(A) #193 $15,000,000 [28][29]
Beverly Hills Cop II May 20, 1987 $153,665,036 $146,300,000 $299,965,036 #178
 #157(A) #216 $20,000,000 [30][31]
Beverly Hills Cop III May 25, 1994 $42,614,912 $76,594,077 $119,208,989 #1,305  $50,000,000 [32]
Total $431,040,426 $304,494,077 $735,534,503   $85,500,000
List indicator(s) (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (by Box Office Mojo).

Critical reaction[edit]

Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Beverly Hills Cop 83% (36 reviews)[33]
Beverly Hills Cop II 46% (24 reviews)[34]
Beverly Hills Cop III 10% (29 reviews)[35]
Awards[edit]
Beverly Hills Cop[36]
Academy Awards nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
British Academy Film Awards Nominated for Best Score - Harold Faltermeyer
Golden Globe Awards Nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Eddie Murphy

Beverly Hills Cop II[37]
Academy Awards Nominated for Best Music, Original Song - Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
Golden Globe Awards Nominated for Best Music, Original Song - Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
Golden Raspberry Awards Winner for Worst Original Song - George Michael

Beverly Hills Cop III
Golden Raspberry Awards Nominated for Worst Director - John Landis
Nominated for Worst Remake or Sequel

References[edit]
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External links[edit]
Beverly Hills Cop at the Internet Movie Database
Beverly Hills Cop II at the Internet Movie Database
Beverly Hills Cop III at the Internet Movie Database

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Beverly Hills Cop

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For the video games based on the film, see Beverly Hills Cop (video game).

Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Martin Brest
Produced by
Don Simpson
Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenplay by
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Story by
Danilo Bach
 Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Judge Reinhold
John Ashton
Music by
Harold Faltermeyer
Cinematography
Bruce Surtees
Editing by
Arthur Coburn
Billy Weber
Studio
Paramount Pictures
 Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
December 5, 1984

Running time
106 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$15 million[1]
Box office
$316,360,478
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who heads to Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles.
This first film in the Beverly Hills Cop series shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Motion Picture", was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, and even received an Academy Award nomination in 1985.[2] It earned an estimated $234 million at the domestic box office, making it the biggest hit of 1984.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Box office
5 Soundtrack album 5.1 Chart positions
6 Sequels 6.1 Series
7 Awards and nominations
8 Video games
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
Axel Foley (Murphy) is a young, reckless, but charismatic Detroit police detective. His unauthorized cigarette smuggling sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a high-speed chase of a semi-truck carrying the cigarettes through the city, causing widespread damage, which earns him the wrath of his boss, Inspector Douglas Todd (Hill). Todd warns Foley that if he disregards proper procedure again he will be fired.
Mikey Tandino (Russo), Foley's childhood friend, arrives and tells Foley he has been working as a security guard in Beverly Hills, thanks to a mutual friend, Jenny Summers (Eilbacher). After going out to a bar, they return to Foley's apartment, where Foley is knocked unconscious and Mikey is confronted by two men who question him about some bearer bonds he is holding, then kill him.
After being refused the investigation because of his close ties to Mikey, Foley uses the guise of taking vacation time to head to Beverly Hills to solve the crime. He finds Jenny working in an art gallery and learns her and Mikey's boss is local art dealer Victor Maitland (Berkoff). Foley tries to question Maitland, but is thrown through a window by Maitland's bodyguards, and then arrested for disturbing the peace at Maitland's direction. At the police station he meets Beverly Hills police officers Sergeant John Taggart (Ashton), Detective Billy Rosewood (Reinhold), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Cox). Bogomil warns Foley he has been in touch with Inspector Todd and will have Foley fired if he is found to be conducting any kind of investigation. Foley assures Bogomil he is simply on vacation and is released. Bogomil assigns Rosewood and Taggart to follow Foley, who uses various methods to evade them. Eventually, he invites them to a strip club for a drink, where they manage to foil a robbery together, leading to a sense of mutual respect.
On the trail of Mikey's killers, Foley sneaks into one of Maitland's warehouses, where, after some undercover work, realizes that many of Maitland's crates had not gone through customs. After Foley confronts Maitland at his country club and is arrested again, Bogomil demands to know why Foley is bothering Maitland. Foley finally admits that he suspects Maitland to be a smuggler, certainly of bearer bonds but also possibly drugs. Bogomil seems to believe Foley's story, but Police Chief Hubbard orders that Foley is to be escorted out of town immediately. However, Foley convinces Rosewood to pick up Jenny and take her with them to Maitland's warehouse, where a shipment is due to arrive that day. Foley orders Rosewood to stay outside while they find 'probable cause' for him, as a local police officer, to enter.
Foley and Jenny break into the warehouse and discover several bags of cocaine inside a crate. Foley tells Jenny to get Rosewood, but Maitland and his associates arrive. Maitland takes Jenny and leaves Foley to be killed. After some hesitation, Rosewood enters the warehouse and rescues Foley. Taggart tracks Foley and Rosewood to Maitland's estate, where he joins Foley and Rosewood in their efforts to rescue Jenny and bring Maitland to justice. When Bogomil hears reports of shots fired at Maitland's residence, he calls for backup at the location and heads out to join the others. After a firefight that kills most of Maitland's men, Foley kills Maitland's right-hand man Zack, who had killed Mikey. Maitland shoots and injures Foley, then uses Jenny as a shield. Bogomil's arrival distracts Maitland long enough to allow Jenny to break free; Bogomil and Foley then shoot and kill Maitland.
Chief Hubbard arrives and Bogomil fabricates a story that covers for Foley, Taggart, and Rosewood. When Hubbard asks Taggart to confirm the story, Taggart backs up Bogomil. Realizing that he will probably be out of a job in Detroit, Foley asks Bogomil to speak to Inspector Todd and smooth things over for him. Bogomil is reluctant, but relents after Foley talks about staying in Beverly Hills.
Taggart and Rosewood meet Foley as he checks out of his hotel, where the bill is paid by the police department. Foley invites them to join him for a farewell drink, and they accept.
Cast[edit]
Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold as Detective Billy Rosewood
John Ashton as Sergeant John Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers
Ronny Cox as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil
Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland
James Russo as Mikey Tandino
Jonathan Banks as Zack
Stephen Elliott as Chief Hubbard
Gil Hill as Inspector Douglas Todd
Art Kimbro as Detective Foster
Joel Bailey as Detective McCabe
Bronson Pinchot as Serge
Paul Reiser as Jeffrey
Michael Champion as Casey
Frank Pesce as Cigarette Buyer
Gene Borkan as Truck Driver
Damon Wayans as Banana Man
Chuck Adamson as Warehouse Crate Opener #1
Chip Heller as Warehouse Crate Opener #2
David Wells as Police Dispatcher
Michael Gregory as Beverly Palm Hotel director
Production[edit]
Danilo Bach completed a draft for the film in 1977, seven years prior to production. The script's earliest version involved a cop in East L.A. who was transferred to Beverly Hills, before evolving into the story of a cop from the East Coast who came to Beverly Hills to avenge his friend's death. Drafts before the script was locked in (and became more of the comedy it ended up being) gave the cop's name as Axel Elly and set the out-of-Beverly Hills action in Pittsburgh.
When asked by the producers, director Martin Brest flipped a quarter to decide whether to undertake the direction of the film or not. As the film proved to be an enormous hit, he framed the quarter and hung it on his wall.
On the DVD featurette, producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed that the role of Axel Foley was first offered to Mickey Rourke, who signed a $400,000 holding contract to do the film. When revisions and other preparations took longer than expected, Rourke left the project after his contract expired to do another film. It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start, Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy was in, prompting massive rewrites. According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actors Studio, Stallone also envisioned a "harder edged" screenplay. After his departure due to differences in scope, the role was re-written for Murphy. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Richard Pryor, Al Pacino, and James Caan. In one of the previous drafts written for Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce.[3]
In the process of casting the characters of Rosewood and Taggart, the director paired up various finalists and asked them to do some improvisation to get a feel for the chemistry between the actors. He paired up Judge Reinhold and John Ashton and gave them the following direction: "You are a middle aged couple, married for years. You are having a conversation on an average evening." Judge Reinhold immediately picked up a nearby magazine and the two improvised the "5 pounds of red meat in his bowels" bit almost verbatim as it eventually appeared in the film. This got them the parts. Only after Martin Brest cast Judge Reinhold and John Ashton was the decision made to keep Rosewood alive due to his chemistry with Taggart. The original finale for the Stallone draft of the script took place at night and ended with a car chase between Victor in a Lamborghini and Foley in a turbo-boosted Pontiac GTO. Victor is ultimately killed when his car smashes into an oncoming train.



 The Beverly Hills City Hall featured prominently in the Beverly Hills Cop films as the police headquarters.
Some scenes were filmed in Detroit, including scenes filmed in Brush Park. The T-shirt that Murphy wears in the film is from Mumford High, a real high school in Detroit. The Renaissance Center is visible in the opening scene.
Gil Hill, the actor who portrayed Inspector Douglas Todd, 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.
In the art gallery, there is a large art piece containing several figures. One of the figures, a maitre'd with a chain around its neck, is modelled after director Martin Brest.
During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Foley pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy magazine ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."
The scene in which Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart give an explanation to Bogomil about the strip club arrest was improvised according to a production featurette. The song which plays during the strip club scene, Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl", was recommended by the real-life stripper who was hired for the scene.
When trying to find Foley and Rosewood, the Beverly Hills Police control room use a GPS. Such a system did not exist at the time and was made up to advance the plot. The pistol Murphy uses in the film is a Browning High Power 9mm pistol, which he also uses in both sequels.
Reception[edit]
Beverly Hills Cop was well received by critics and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1984.[4][5][6][7] Eddie Murphy, in particular, received much acclaim for his performance. Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "Beverly Hills Cop finds Eddie Murphy doing what he does best: playing the shrewdest, hippest, fastest-talking underdog in a rich man's world. Eddie Murphy knows exactly what he's doing, and he wins at every turn".[8] Richard Schickel of Time magazine felt that "Eddie Murphy exuded the kind of cheeky, cocky charm that has been missing from the screen since Cagney was a pup, snarling his way out of the ghetto".[9] Axel Foley became Murphy's signature role and was ranked No. 78 on Empire magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.[10] Also, Entertainment Weekly magazine ranked Beverly Hills Cop as the third best comedy film of the last 25 years. According to Christopher Hitchens, the British novelist and poet Kingsley Amis considered the film "a flawless masterpiece." [11]
Today, Beverly Hills Cop is regarded as a classic in the comedy genre and holds an 83% approval rating on the aggregate film website Rotten Tomatoes.[12] The film was also picked as one of the 1000 Best Movies Ever Made by The New York Times.[13]
Box office[edit]
The film was released on December 5 and screened in 2,006 theaters.[14] It debuted as #1 at box office making $15,214,805 in its first week of release. Thanks to word of mouth, the film generated higher revenue in the weeks following the first week, with the highest one being $20,064,790 in its fourth week of release. It stayed #1 for 14 non-consecutive weeks and tied Tootsie for the films with the second most weeks on the top (the first is Titanic).[citation needed] The film earned approximately $234,760,478 domestically and became the highest-grossing film of the year 1984.[15] It also became the highest-grossing R rated film of all-time, a title it would hold until The Matrix Reloaded in 2003 (adjusted for inflation, Beverly Hills Cop is the third highest-grossing R rated film of all-time behind The Exorcist and The Godfather).[16] The film was also the second highest-grossing film worldwide in 1984, behind Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.[citation needed]
Soundtrack album[edit]
The soundtrack "Beverly Hills Cop" won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (1986). The instrumental-only title tune "Axel F" is a cultural touchstone and has since been covered by numerous artists. The soundtrack was mastered by Greg Fulginiti, and would feature different artists plus electronic style music.
The soundtrack was released on MCA Records, successor-in-interest to Paramount's old record division, the Famous Music Group (specifically Paramount Records).
The track listing is as follows:
1."New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle
2."Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" by Shalamar
3."Do You Really (Want My Love?)" by Junior
4."Emergency" by Rockie Robbins
5."Neutron Dance" by Pointer Sisters
6."Dynamite" by Jermaine Jackson
7."The Heat is On" by Glenn Frey
8."Gratitude" by Danny Elfman
9."Stir It Up" by Patti LaBelle
10."Rock 'N Roll Me Again" by The System
11."Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer
Chart positions[edit]

Year
Chart
Position
1985 Billboard 200 1
Preceded by
Around the World in a Day by Prince and the Revolution Billboard 200 number-one album
 June 22 - July 5, 1985 Succeeded by
No Jacket Required by Phil Collins
Sequels[edit]
Main articles: Beverly Hills Cop II and Beverly Hills Cop III
The film spawned two sequels, both starring Eddie Murphy, in 1987 and 1994. Judge Reinhold also reprised his role of Billy Rosewood for the sequels. The second film was a box office success while the third film was less successful. Faltermeyer's "Axel F" was used in both sequels.
Paramount might make a fourth movie.[17]
Series[edit]
A television series is in the works for CBS.[18] The pilot will star Brandon T. Jackson as Axel Foley's son,[18] Sheila Vand, David Denman, Kevin Pollak, and Christine Lahti. Eddie Murphy will return as Axel Foley, but will only have a supporting role. Judge Reinhold is also rumoured to reprise his role as Billy Rosewood. If the pilot is successful, a full series will be commissioned. The new series will center on Foley's son,[19] detective Aaron Foley.[20] In May 2013 CBS announced they would not be ordering a series of Beverly Hills Cop, however, the pilots producer and distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment were confident either a broadcast or cable network would pick up the series.[21]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Academy Award nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
British Academy Film Awards nominated for Best Score - Harold Faltermeyer
Edgar Allan Poe Award nominated for Best Motion Picture - Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Golden Globe Award nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical - Eddie Murphy
Grammy Award won for Best Score Soundtrack Album - Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, Jon Gilutin, 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
This film is No. 22 on Bravo's list of the 100 funniest films.[22][23]
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies - Nominated[24]
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - #63
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains: Detective Axel Foley - Nominated Hero[25]

Video games[edit]
Main article: Beverly Hills Cop (video game)
Tynesoft released a game based on the films for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, PC, Amiga and Atari ST in 1990.
Blast Entertainment released a Beverly Hills Cop game[26] for the PlayStation 2 in 2006.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop Production Budget". The-Numbers.com. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
3.Jump up ^ "Re-Cast: Five Blockbusters Completely Changed For Their Star". Empire Magazine. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
4.Jump up ^ "The Greatest Films of 1984". AMC Filmsite.org. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ "The Best Movies of 1984 by Rank". Films101.com. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ "Best Films of 1984". listal.com. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ "Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1984". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop, Film Review". The New York Times. April 29, 2003. Retrieved May 21, 2010.[dead link]
9.Jump up ^ "Cinema: Eddie Goes to Lotusland". Time. December 10, 1984. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "Empire's The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Empire. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ "The Amis Inheritance". New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
13.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. April 29, 2003. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
14.Jump up ^ Box Office Mojo's "Beverly Hills Cop" Page
15.Jump up ^ Box Office Mojo 1984 DOMESTIC GROSSES
16.Jump up ^ Box Office Mojo All Time Grosses R-Rated tab
17.Jump up ^ Elavksy, Cindy (August 14, 2013). "Celebrity Extra". Retrieved October 29, 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Hibberd, James (February 22, 2013). "Hollywood Insider: What's Going on Behind the Scenes: TV's Pilot Season Goes (Very) High-Concept". Entertainment Weekly (New York: Time Inc.): 26.
19.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Paramount To Co-Produce CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop.’" Deadline.com (March 4, 2013).
20.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop (TV 2013)". International Movie Database. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ Jeffery, Morgan (May 18, 2013). "'Beverly Hills Cop' TV pilot 'not dead, being shopped to networks' - US TV News - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
22.Jump up ^ "Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies of All Time". Boston.com. July 25, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
23.Jump up ^ "Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies"". listsofbests.com. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
24.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees
25.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains Nominees
26.Jump up ^ The Movie Game Database
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Beverly Hills Cop II

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Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Tony Scott
Produced by
Don Simpson
Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenplay by
Larry Ferguson
Warren Skaaren
Story by
Eddie Murphy
 Robert D. Wachs
Based on
Characters created by
Danilo Bach
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Music by
Harold Faltermeyer
Cinematography
Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editing by
Chris Lebenzon
Billy Weber
Michael Tronick
Studio
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
 Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
May 20, 1987
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000[1]
Box office
$299,965,036[citation needed]
Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. It is the first sequel in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to stop a robbery/gun-running gang after Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) is shot and seriously wounded.
Although it made less money than the original Beverly Hills Cop and received mixed reviews from critics, the film was still a box office success, making $153,665,036 domestically. Aside from box office success, the film was nominated for an Academy Award and for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for the Bob Seger song "Shakedown".

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception 5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical reception
5.3 Accolades
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Beverly Hills Police Captain Andrew Bogomil, Detective Billy Rosewood, and Sergeant John Taggart are trying to figure out who is behind the "Alphabet Crimes," a series of mostly high end store robberies distinguished by their monogrammed envelopes with an alphabetical sequence the assailants leave behind. Complicating matters is the new "political" state of the Beverly Hills Police Department, headed by incompetent and verbally abusive new police chief Harold Lutz, who is doing everything he can to stay on Mayor Ted Egan's good side. Unimpressed when Rosewood calls the FBI to help solve the case, Lutz holds Bogomil responsible as commanding officer and suspends him, despite Bogomil's efforts to convince him that Rosewood was only following a hunch, a traditional aspect of police work. Lutz also punishes Taggart and Rosewood by placing them on traffic duty. On the way home, Bogomil is shot and injured by Karla Fry, the chief hench-woman of Maxwell Dent. Finding out about the shooting by a news report, Axel Foley abandons his undercover duties and immediately flies out to Beverly Hills to help find out who shot Bogomil. Taggart and Rosewood agree to assist Foley because of Lutz's attempts to find an excuse to get them fired.
Posing as an undercover FBI agent to get past Lutz with the aid of Detective Jeff Friedman, Foley soon starts making the connection between the robberies and Dent. Foley has Bogomil's daughter Jan use her connections as an insurance agent to find out about Dent's financial dealings: Dent is robbing his own businesses on purpose in order to finance firearms deals and is discreetly using his henchman Charles Cain as the front man for his operations. Bogomil was shot because his investigation was on the correct track into the case.
Having foiled a robbery attempt at a bank depot, Foley is able to trick Dent's accountant Sidney Bernstei into using his computer and discovers that Dent and Karla are planning to leave the country. Foley also learns from Jan that all of Dent's businesses have had their insurance coverage canceled and are about to go bankrupt except his race track, which he is convinced is the next target. On the way to the race track, Foley solves the latest riddle sent to the police, and is convinced that this riddle was made easily solvable in order to implicate Cain as the Alphabet Bandit, although Foley, after meeting him earlier, knows Cain is a patsy designed to throw the authorities off of Dent's trail.
The three arrive too late to stop the robbery and find Cain's body among those killed. While Lutz announces publicly that the Alphabet Crimes have been solved, Foley notices some red mud at the stables, which leads him, Taggart and Rosewood to Dent's oil field, where Dent is making his final arms deal. The three get into a shootout with everyone involved in the deal. Dent confronts Foley in the warehouse, but Foley gets distracted by one of Dent's henchmen on the roof above him and Dent gets away. Dent then crashes through the wall in his car and Foley shoots Dent through the windshield, sending his car down a hill and erupting in flames, after running Foley over. Karla appears and is about to kill Foley, but is shot dead by Taggart.
Just as the last thugs are about to flee, the police arrive upon the scene, along with Lutz and Mayor Egan. Lutz tries to fire Rosewood and Taggart for their insubordination, and also tries to arrest Foley. However, both Taggart and Rosewood stand up to Lutz this time and prove that Dent was the real Alphabet Bandit. They are also able to convince Mayor Egan of Lutz's incompetence, and the Mayor personally fires Lutz because he is tired of his abusive attitude towards his own men.
Mayor Egan chooses Bogomil to replace Lutz as the new Police Chief. Foley returns to Detroit, but not before he gets chewed out by Inspector Todd over the phone, after Egan called Todd to congratulate him on allowing Foley to assist them on this case.
Cast[edit]
Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold as Detective Billy Rosewood
John Ashton as Detective Sergeant John Taggart
Jürgen Prochnow as Maxwell Dent
Ronny Cox as Andrew Bogomil
Brigitte Nielsen as Karla Fry
Allen Garfield as Harold Lutz
Dean Stockwell as Charles "Chip" Cain
Paul Reiser as Detective Jeffrey Friedman
Gilbert Hill as Inspector Douglas Todd
Tom Bower as Russell Fielding
Paul Guilfoyle as Nikos "Nik" Thomopolis
Robert Ridgely as Mayor Ted Egan
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as Orvis
Chris Rock as Playboy Mansion Valet
Hugh Hefner as Himself
Ola Ray as Playmate
Gilbert Gottfried as Sidney Bernstein
Robert Pastorelli as Vinnie
Glenn Withrow as Willie
Production[edit]
Paramount Pictures had planned a television series based on the first film. Eddie Murphy refused the series but was willing to do a sequel.[2] Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer hired Tony Scott to direct due to his success with the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun. The film was originally to be set and filmed in London and Paris; however, the script was re-written after Eddie Murphy expressed a reluctance to film outside the United States.
Soundtrack[edit]
The song "Hold On" as sung by Keta Bill plays during the scene wherein Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart confront Dent at the Playboy Mansion. However, the film's soundtrack CD released by MCA Records includes only a different song entitled "Hold On," sung by Corey Hart. This song has different music and slightly altered lyrics. The film introduced George Michael's controversial song "I Want Your Sex". It also includes "Cross My Broken Heart" by The Jets (a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100) and "Shakedown" by Bob Seger which became a No. 1 hit on that same chart, as well as "Better Way" performed by James Ingram. As with the first film, none of Harold Faltermeyer's soundtrack score has ever been released. However, Faltermeyer's 1988 album, Harold F, includes a song called "Bad Guys", which is used as part of the film's score—an instrumental section of the song plays during the opening jewelry store robbery scene, and also during several other scenes throughout the film.
The soundtrack debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard charts and spent 26 weeks on the charts, a far cry compared to the 49 weeks spent by the first film's soundtrack. Despite this, one song from the album, "Shakedown", was nominated for an Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. However, another song from the album, "I Want Your Sex", won the Razzie Award for Worst Song.
1."Shakedown" - Bob Seger
2."Be There" - Pointer Sisters
3."In Deep" - Charlie Sexton
4."Hold On" - Corey Hart
5."I Want Your Sex" - George Michael
6."Better Way" - James Ingram
7."Love/Hate" - Pebbles
8."Cross My Broken Heart" - The Jets
9."36 Lovers" - Ready for the World
10."I Can't Stand It" - Sue Ann
11."All Revved Up" - Jermaine Jackson
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Beverly Hills Cop II was one of the most anticipated films of 1987 and became a box office success upon release, despite not making as much as Beverly Hills Cop.[3][4] The film debuted at No. 1, earning $33 million on its opening weekend, a sales mark that would result in its being that year's highest-opening weekend debut. Beverly Hills Cop II made approximately $153,665,036, becoming the third biggest hit domestically at the box office that year, after Fatal Attraction and Three Men and a Baby, and the second highest-grossing film worldwide that year, behind Fatal Attraction.
Critical reception[edit]
The film received a mixed reception.[5][6][7] It currently holds 46% rating at Rotten Tomatoes with an average review of 4.8 out of 10. Film critic Ryan Cracknell noted that "Murphy still has energy and charisma to spare and raises the performances of the more subdued that surround him," while Roger Ebert (then of review duo Siskel & Ebert) gave the film only one star out of four, remarking "What is comedy? That's a pretty basic question, I know, but Beverly Hills Cop II never thought to ask it."
Accolades[edit]
Nominations
Academy Awards Best Original Song for the song "Shakedown"
Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song for the song "Shakedown"

Awards
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Most Performed Song From Motion Pictures for the song "Shakedown"
Razzie Awards Worst Original Song for George Michael for the song "I Want Your Sex"
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie
Favorite Movie Actor for Eddie Murphy

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop II Production Budget". The-Numbers.
2.Jump up ^ BBC - Films - review - Beverly Hills Cop II DVD
3.Jump up ^ "'Beverly Hills Cop II' Sets an Earnings Record". The New York Times. 1987-05-28. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
4.Jump up ^ "'Cop II' Retains Lead In Box Office Sales". The New York Times. 1987-06-03. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
5.Jump up ^ Benson, Sheila (1987-05-20). "Movie Review : 'Cop Ii' Turns Up The Volume". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
6.Jump up ^ Schickel, Richard (1987-06-01). "Cinema: Din Among the Sheltering Palms BEVERLY HILLS COP II". Time. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
7.Jump up ^ "'Beverly Hills Ii' A Comedy Cop-out". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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Beverly Hills Cop III

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Beverly Hills Cop III
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Theatrical release poster

Directed by
John Landis
Produced by
Mace Neufeld
Robert Rehme
Written by
Steven E. de Souza
Based on
Characters created by
Danilo Bach
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Judge Reinhold
Héctor Elizondo
Theresa Randle
Music by
Nile Rodgers
Cinematography
Mac Ahlberg
Editing by
Dale Beldin
Studio
Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
May 25, 1994
Running time
104 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$50,000,000[1]
Box office
$119,208,989 [1]
Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places and Coming to America. It is the third and so far final film in the Beverly Hills Cop series.
Murphy again plays Detroit cop Axel Foley, who once again returns to Beverly Hills, California to stop a gang of counterfeiters who are responsible for the death of his boss. Foley teams up with his friend, Beverly Hills detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), and his investigation leads him to an amusement park known as Wonder World. The film features a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities including Robert B. Sherman, Arthur Hiller, John Singleton, Joe Dante, special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, and George Lucas as a ride patron.
Beverly Hills Cop III was released on May 25, 1994 and grossed $42 million in the United States, and over $77 million in the foreign box office. The film was considered by critics and Murphy himself as the most disappointing film in the series.

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2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Wonder World
4 Soundtrack
5 Critical response
6 Sequel
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
One night in Detroit during a shoot-out at a chop shop, Detroit police officer Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) sees his boss Inspector Douglas Todd (Gil Hill) fatally shot by a well-dressed man.
Axel learns that the killer's vehicle was rented using a credit card reported stolen from a man on vacation at Wonder World, a theme park in Beverly Hills, California. In Beverly Hills, Axel is reunited with his friend Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) who tells Axel that John Taggart (John Ashton) is now retired from the Beverly Hills Police Department. Billy has been promoted to "Deputy Director of Operations for Joint Systems Interdepartmental Operational Command" (DDO-JSIOC) and has a new partner named Jon Flint (Héctor Elizondo).
Axel checks out Wonder World, which is owned by "Uncle" Dave Thornton (Alan Young). After being spotted by security, Axel is shot at and taken to see the park's head of security, Ellis DeWald (Timothy Carhart), whom Axel immediately recognizes as Inspector Todd's killer. Rosewood and Flint refuse to believe that DeWald is a killer because he works closely with the LAPD and is a close friend of Flint's. DeWald runs a counterfeiting ring that uses Wonder World as a front and was at the chop shop in Detroit to meet with associates to purchase blank printing paper used for American currency.
Uncle Dave is shot by DeWald and Axel is framed for his shooting. With the help of Rosewood and Flint, Axel sets out to prove his innocence by storming the park. The resulting shootout kills DeWald, Sanderson (John Saxon) and their henchmen. Uncle Dave makes a full recovery and he thanks Axel for his assistance by creating a new character for Wonder World in his honor, Axel Fox.
Cast[edit]
Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
Timothy Carhart as Ellis DeWald
Judge Reinhold as Det. Sgt. Billy Rosewood
Héctor Elizondo as Jon Flint
Theresa Randle as Janice Perkins
Bronson Pinchot as Serge
Alan Young as "Uncle" Dave Thornton
Gil Hill as Inspector Todd
Jon Tenney as Det. Levine
Joey Travolta as Giolito
Disney composers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, who wrote the Wonder World song for the film, both filmed cameos. Robert was among the old men discussing the murder at the bar, but Richard's cameo as the grand marshal of the Wonder World parade was cut out.
Production[edit]
During the script's early drafts, the film's plot concerned Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart (John Ashton) going to London to rescue Capt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) who was being held hostage by terrorists during an International Police Convention. However, numerous problems such as scripting issues and budgeting caused pre-production to drag out the point that both John Aston and Ronny Cox had to drop out due to obligations to other pending film projects. Ashton's part was re-written as John Flint (Héctor Elizondo) and dialogue was inserted to explain that Taggart had retired and moved to Phoenix. Cox's absence is never addressed in this film, nor is he mentioned at any point. Both Ashton and Cox have subtle cameos in this film in the form of a picture on Rosewood's desk of Foley, Taggart, Rosewood, and Bogomil on a fishing trip. This is the same picture which also appeared in Beverly Hills Cop II on Bogomil's and Foley's desks. In an interview in 2012, Ronny Cox said, "They wanted me to be in Beverly Hills Cop III, but...I read the script."[2]
Among the rejected ideas for Beverly Hills Cop III included a Robert Towne screenplay idea (one in which Axel Foley has to deal with his celebrity cop status), a scenario teaming Eddie Murphy with Sean Connery as a Scotland Yard detective, and another Axel-in-London idea where his Scotland Yard counterpart would have been played by John Cleese. The last story would have involved British gangsters loosely based on the real-life Kray brothers, who were captured in Detroit and transported to London by Paul Reiser's Jeffrey, and Axel would have gone overseas after the gangster's henchmen broke him out of custody and murdered Jeffrey. This concept was scrapped because producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer decided it was too close to the storyline of the Michael Douglas' 1989 film Black Rain.
When writer Steven E. de Souza was brought in, he originally wrote the story as more "Die Hard in a theme park". He was told that each of the rides he had designed would cost about $10 million to build and the whole film would cost about $70 million. When box office results for The Distinguished Gentleman came in, Paramount ordered the budget to be cut to $55 million. Paramount had earlier told Simpson and Bruckheimer that they would only outlay $25 million for a proposed version to be set in New York City, one of the main reasons that the producing team parted ways with the studio. Joel Silver was set to take over producing duties from Simpson and Bruckheimer; however, negotiations on a large budget resulted in production delays leading to Silver quitting production. It was at this time that producers Mace Neufeld and Robert Rehme took on the project. Consequently, the film became more about the investigation and less about the action.[3][4][5][6]
Production was temporarily shut down to allow the Paramount top brass the chance to get to grips with the film's spiraling budget. Originally estimated at $55 million, it was soon in excess of $70 million. Of that budget, $15 million was Eddie Murphy's paycheck.[7]
Wonder World[edit]
The theme park featured in the film is California's Great America. However, some modifications were made to the Columbia Carousel and Vortex roller coaster. The park is in Santa Clara, California and not Beverly Hills as portrayed in the film. Most of the Sky Whirl stunts were filmed in a studio. In this scene, George Lucas has a small part as the man Axel cuts in front of to get on the ride. The tunnels that supposedly ran under the park are a myth as well. Many of the rides seen in the film, including Triple Play and the Sky Whirl, have since been removed. Also, the carousel at the back of the park (a single story one, not the Columbia Carousel) was altered. The single story one was removed for Drop Tower. The ride featured in the rescue scene at the park was Triple Wheel (formerly known as Sky Whirl). Since the film was made, the ride has been demolished and scrapped.
The Alien Attack ride featured in the Wonder World theme park was in fact the Earthquake: The Big One portion of the famous back lot tram tour at Universal Studios Hollywood in California. The "aliens" featured in the ride are suited actors (and not animatronic as suggested in the film) which closely resembled the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica.
Director John Landis hired the Sherman Brothers to write the "Wonderworld Song" which appears throughout the film's second half. The song is a comedic take on their own signature song, "It's a Small World".
Barbet Schroeder made a short appearance as a Porsche driver. Robert B. Sherman also makes a cameo in the film. In the film, he sits next to Arthur Hiller and Ray Harryhausen in a bar when they hear that "Uncle Dave" has been shot, a character played by Alan Young and modeled loosely after Walt Disney, the Sherman Brothers' mentor. Richard Sherman was filmed in a cameo as a band leader, but it was cut from the film's final version.
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Beverly Hills Cop III (soundtrack)
A soundtrack containing mostly R&B music was released on May 10, 1994 by MCA Records. It peaked at 158 on the Billboard 200 and 66 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. While Harold Faltermeyer did not return to score this film, his co-producer from the previous franchise entries, Keith Forsey, did produce and co-write a new song entitled "Keep The Peace", performed by INXS. However, Rodgers covered Faltermeyer's Axel F in a Breakbeat Hardcore version.
This is the only film in the series not to feature a song performed by The Pointer Sisters. Beverly Hills Cop had their song "Neutron Dance", while Beverly Hills Cop II had their song "Be There."
Critical response[edit]
The film was criticized for numerous reasons. For one, fans of the series missed John Ashton (who portrayed John Taggart), Ronny Cox (Andrew Bogomil) and Paul Reiser (Jeffrey Friedman), who did not reprise their roles. Secondly, original producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer were not involved in the production as they were previously. Many critics felt the film was a generic, formulaic action-comedy film. Critics also felt Eddie Murphy gave a somewhat routine performance as Axel Foley. In an interview in 1994, Eddie Murphy said that Beverly Hills Cop III is "different from the trilogy's first installment because Axel is more mature and no longer the wisecracking rookie cop."[8]
In a 2005 interview, John Landis claimed that Eddie Murphy worked against the comedy of Beverly Hills Cop III. Landis said that the film "was a very strange experience. The script was not any good, but I figured, 'So what? I will make it funny with Eddie.' I mean, one of the worst scripts I ever read was [the original] Beverly Hills Cop. It was a piece of shit, that script. But the movie is very funny because Eddie Murphy and Martin Brest made it funny. And with Bronson Pinchot, that was all improvised. Everything funny in that movie is not in the screenplay, so I thought, 'Well, we will do that.' But then I discovered on the first day when I started giving Eddie some shtick, he said, 'You know, John, Axel Foley is an adult now. He is not a wiseass anymore.' I believe he was very jealous of Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes doing these [straight roles]. So, with Beverly Hills Cop III, I had this strange experience where he was very professional, but he just was not funny. I would try to put him in funny situations, and he would find a way to step around them. It is an odd movie. There are things in it I like, but it is an odd movie."[9]
In an interview with The A.V. Club in 2009, Bronson Pinchot claimed that Eddie Murphy "was really depressed" at the time Beverly Hills Cop III was being filmed: "Eddie was going through his period at the time of doing movies that were not hits, and he was very low-spirited, low-energy. I said to him, "All anyone ever wants to know when they meet me is what you're like." And he said, "I bet they don't ask that anymore." And then when we did a scene, we were shooting, and he was so low-energy that John Landis sent him upstairs and said, "Just rest, Eddie, and I'll do the scene with Bronson." So whenever you see my face in the movie, I'm not really talking to Eddie, I'm talking to John Landis. And I can understand it, he was just having a bad stretch. I don't know what started the funk, but it lasted a chunk of time, and that was in the belly of the funk, and he was just really sad and low-energy and I basically did the scene without him there."[10]
Eddie Murphy first said he thought "Beverly Hills Cop III was infinitely better than Beverly Hills Cop II."[8] He later claimed during an interview in 2006 on Inside the Actors Studio that he felt the third film was "atrocious" and such a disgrace that "the character was kind of banished for a while [from Hollywood]." He said he felt the third film did not reveal enough of the "edginess" of Axel that was present in the first two films. He also said he hopes to return the edgy qualities to the character when he reprises the role next time, and is going to pay more attention to the development of the project and its quality.
Based on the criticism, the film was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, for Landis as Worst Director and the film as Worst Remake or Sequel. Beverly Hills Cop III currently holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews.
Sequel[edit]
Main article: Beverly Hills Cop (film series)#Future
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
2.Jump up ^ ""Random Roles: Deliverance’s Ronny Cox on RoboCop, Total Recall, and the glory of Cop Rock." The A.V. Club, July 5, 2012". www.avclub.com. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
3.Jump up ^ Galbraith, Jane (1993-01-06). "`Costs Force Paramount to Delay Filming 'Beverly Hills Cop III'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
4.Jump up ^ Dutka, Elaine (1991-09-30). "Movies: Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer just say no to Paramount's offer to make a third 'Beverly Hills Cop.'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
5.Jump up ^ Beck, Marilyn (1988-03-16). "Judge Reinhold Still Unsigned For `Beverly Hills Cop Iii`". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
6.Jump up ^ "Beverly Hills Cop Iii' Could Finally Get Rolling This Summer". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
7.Jump up ^ "Filming Postponed Again For 'Beverly Hills Cop 3'". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Leavy, Walter (June, 1994). "Eddie Murphy: Hollywood's $2 billion man talks about his marriage, 'Beverly Hills Cop III' and the joys of fatherhood". Ebony. pp. 100–106. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
9.Jump up ^ "The Collider Interview: John Landis, Part II". Collider. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
10.Jump up ^ "Bronson Pinchot". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
External links[edit]
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