Beverly Hills Cop - Un piedipiatti a Beverly Hills

Titolo originale: Beverly Hills Cop
Regia: Martin Brest |
Anno: 1984
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Crime Azione
Tag: showdown | drug smuggling | undercover | cocaine | strip club | gunfight | mansion | los angeles, california | foot chase | art gallery | detroit, michigan | warehouse | childhood friends | murder investigation | beverly hills | black cop | buddy cop | buddy comedy | country club | maverick cop | narcotics detective | damsel in distress | bar fight | bearer bonds | mischievous | detective comedy | food delivery | absurd | hilarious |
Cast: Eddie Murphy | Judge Reinhold | John Ashton | Lisa Eilbacher | Ronny Cox | Steven Berkoff | James Russo | Jonathan Banks | Stephen Elliott | Gilbert R. Hill | Art Kimbro | Joel Bailey | Bronson Pinchot | Paul Reiser | Michael Champion | Frank Pesce | Gene Borkan | Michael Gregory | Alice Cadogan | Philip Levien | Karen Mayo-Chandler | Gerald Berns | William Wallace | Israel Juarbe | Randy Vasquez | Damon Wayans | Chuck Adamson | Chip Heller | Rick Overton | Rex Ryon | Mike Pniewski | Douglas Warhit | Paul Drake | Tom Everett | Sally Kishbaugh | Barry Shade | Jack Heller | Michael Harrington | David Wells | Scott Murphy | Dennis Madden | John Achorn | John Pettis | Nicholas Shields | Carl Weintraub | Anthony De Fonte | Darwyn Carson | Mark E. Corry | Thomas J. Hageboeck | David Patrick Kelly | Donald Chaffin | Martin Brest | Danny Nero | Bob Davis | Peter Eastman | Farrell Mayer | Earl Jolly Brown | Paul LeClair |

Axel Foley è un giovane agente della polizia di Detroit, fin troppo esuberante ed insofferente alle regole. Il suo più caro amico è Michael Tandino, un piccolo ladruncolo con alcuni problemi con la giustizia ma a cui Axel è molto affezionato, dato che si conoscono fin da quando erano ragazzi. La sera stessa in cui Michael incontra Axel, a casa di quest'ultimo, i due vengono aggrediti da dei misteriosi killer, che stordiscono Axel ed uccidono Michael a sangue freddo. Indagando, Axel scopre che l'ultimo posto che Michael aveva frequentato era un galleria d'arte a Beverly Hills, dove aveva trovato lavoro grazie a Jenny, una loro amica di vecchia data. Arrivato a Beverly Hills, va a trovare Jenny, la quale lo indirizza al suo superiore, Victor Maitland, il proprietario della galleria d'arte. Maitland sembra non gradire le domande di Foley, e lo fa cacciare in malo modo dai suoi uomini. Per giunta, Axel viene anche arrestato dalla polizia con l'accusa di aggressione.

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As Axel (Eddie Murphy) is walking down the street after leaving the hotel he walks past two men wear [...] D
Beverly Hills did not allow filming in the streets after 10:30 p.m., so the filmmakers moved product [...] D
For the shot where Axel jumps down steps and rolls into a gunshot, Eddie Murphy had to shoot some of [...] D
Bronson Pinchot got Serge's accent and mannerisms from a female makeup crew member he worked with on [...] D
The Beverly Hills police did not provide access to their headquarters, so Martin Brest and staff bui [...] D
Jonathan Banks plays a killer in this movie. In a reversal of roles, in 48 ore (1982), starring Eddi [...] D
This was 1984's second highest-grossing film worldwide, after Indiana Jones e il tempio maledetto (1 [...] D
"Nasty Girl," which plays during the strip club scene, was written by Prince. D
In its first weekend, the film took in $15,214,805, breaking Il più bel casino del Texas (1982)' [...] D
For the scene at the strip club, Martin Brest went back to his film school days in an effort to get [...] D
David Cronenberg was asked to direct, but turned it down. D
Axel Foley's T-shirt is from Mumford, a real-life Detroit-area school one of the filmmakers attended [...] D
According to Steven Berkoff in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of [...] D
The mansion used in the final shootout between Foley and Maitland (the former Harold Lloyd estate in [...] D
Because the film's production was on such a tight schedule, and because the screenplay was being rew [...] D
In one of the drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was kil [...] D
Martin Brest likens Judge Reinhold and John Ashton to Laurel and Hardy on more than one occasion. D
Gilbert R. Hill, a real-life Detroit Police Department Homicide Detective, played Inspector Todd. Hi [...] D
At 1 hour 45 minutes, this has the longest running time of all the" Beverly Hills Cop" movies. D
Martin Brest wanted a nice set with a good view of L.A. for the film's villain, Victor Maitland's, o [...] D
A casting crew member decided to cast Steven Berkoff as the villain after having watched him in-flig [...] D
Harrison Ford turned down the lead role. D
This is the first of seven Eddie Murphy movies in a row to open at #1 at the box office. D
Producers wanted to cut out the scene between Victor and Jenny, played by Lisa Eilbacher, but Martin [...] D
Three actors in this movie would go on to appear in Total Recall (1990): Michael Gregory, Michael Ch [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. D
Martin Scorsese was offered the chance to direct but he turned it down, saying the premise reminded [...] D
The first film to be released to over 2,000 theaters in the US. D
In the scene where Jenny and Axel are being held at gunpoint, and Victor is confronting them, there [...] D
To cast the roles of Rosewood and Taggart, the director paired up various finalists and asked them t [...] D
Martin Brest wanted to get a shot of Eddie Murphy walking down a Beverly Hills street. However, they [...] D
Danilo Bach completed his draft in 1977, six years prior to production. D
During production, Martin Brest wanted to shy away from the idea of race being brought up. Sylvester [...] D
After Martin Brest was fired from Wargames - Giochi di guerra (1983), his second directing job, the [...] D
A brief portion of the car chase scene was filmed at West 5th Street and Normanie Avenue, one block [...] D
When Foley enters the department where he works, the words "INVESTIGATON OPERATIONS DIVISION" are wr [...] D
At the end of the movie Taggart opens the trunk of his car and grabs a 12-gauge shotgun; in Beverly [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...] D
Harold Faltermeyer, who composed the score for Beverly Hills Cop and the theme song called "Axel F" [...] D
Steven Berkoff filmed his role in six weeks. D
The second time Axel and Jenny Summers sneak into the art gallery's warehouse, and Axel breaks open [...] D
The sound of Eddie Murphy's sneakers squeaking through the final action scene unnerved the sound cre [...] D
Axel Foley's pistol is a 9mm Browning P35 (known in the US as the Browning Hi-Power), manufactured b [...] D
Martin Brest, who had never shot action before, was intimidated by shooting the climactic shoot-out [...] D
A rumor was spread by producer Don Simpson regarding Sylvester Stallone's participation in the film: [...] D
Many of the opening shots were filmed in Detroit. Martin Brest was escorted around the city by the p [...] D
Eddie Murphy became very tired while filming the police station sequences. The crew offered him coff [...] D
This was the highest grossing R-rated film in the US until Matrix Reloaded (2003) eclipsed it 19 yea [...] D
When Axel throws Maitland's henchman over the buffet table at The Harrow Club, it's clearly a big, b [...] D
Steven Berkoff is said to loathe the film. D
Martin Brest notes that the production was unable to gain access to the actual Beverly Hills Police [...] D
Alice Cadogan's debut. D
In the art gallery, a large art piece contains several figures. One of the figures, a maitre' d with [...] D
The earliest version of the script involved a cop in East L.A. who was transferred to Beverly Hills. [...] D
The scene in the back of the truck at the opening of the film was the first scene shot. D
The completed movie made such an impression on Paramount executives that they committed to a sequel [...] D
The truck used during the opening chase sequence was referred to on set as "The Train". It's front b [...] D
Principal photography began on May 7, 1984, with locations in Detroit and Los Angeles. The script wa [...] D
Police Chief Hubbard walks into his first scene carrying some rolled-up sheets of paper. It's actual [...] D
Trying to find Foley and Rosewood, the LAPD use a "satellite tracking system" At the time it was mad [...] D
This film was released on VHS at close to the same time as the introduction consumer-oriented Casio [...] D
Martin Brest and his crew had to get clearance from the people being filmed for the opening credits. [...] D
During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael [...] D
"Nasty Girl," which plays during the strip club scene, was recommended by the real-life stripper hir [...] D
According to Christopher Hitchens, the British novelist and poet Kingsley Amis considered the film " [...] D
Director Martin Brest was reluctant to use the many racist points but decided to keep them, figuring [...] D
Originally two men were supposed to be working in the art gallery scenes. When the director heard Br [...] D
Body count: 7. First, Mikey is killed by Maitland's goon at Axel's apartment. Rosewood later kills o [...] D
Martin Brest mentions it was originally supposed to be a potato and not a banana in the tail pipe, a [...] D
This film marked a change of career for Ronny Cox. Often used for soft-spoken, fatherly characters, [...] D
The original finale for the Sylvester Stallone draft of the script took place at night and ended wit [...] D
Axel Foley was originally going to be played by Sylvester Stallone or Mickey Rourke. Stallone left t [...] D
Martin Brest: the clerk who checks Axel out of the hotel at the end of the movie. D
Film debut of Damon Wayans. D
Bronson Pinchot almost dropped out of the film due to the production delays and an impending trip to [...] D
The city hall building in the film is the real-life Beverly Hills City Hall. At the time the exterio [...] D
James Russo had a small role as a convenience-store robber in Fuori di testa (1982), which also star [...] D
"You know, the movie is sort of this weird hybrid between In the Heat of the Night and The Beverly H [...] D
The shooting script was literally pasted together from the many scripts written for the project over [...] D
After then-Paramount chairman Frank Mancuso Jr. saw the opening sequence when the movie was screened [...] D
Gilbert Hill who plays Inspector Todd was head of homicide in the Detroit Police Department. Martin [...] D
In the scene where Mikey is killed, the production was rushed out of that location. They were unable [...] D
Martin Brest wanted the Detroit office to be as different from the Beverly Hills office as possible. [...] D
Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, and Judge Reinhold improvised most of their comic lines. Literally hundre [...] D
Axel Foley can shoot with his left hand. D
Eddie Murphy actually improvised the story about "super cops"and it made John Ashton crack up so muc [...] D
During the opening montage, a man waves his arms around for a small group. Acccording to the filmmak [...] D
This film holds the record for selling the most rented title on the Betamax format. At the time of t [...] D
Sylvester Stallone said he left the project because he didn't think audiences would accept him as a [...] D
Second-unit stunts, chase scenes and opening credits were filmed over five days in Detroit during su [...] D
The chase in Detroit was one of the last things shot on Beverly Hills Cop. The random shots around D [...] D
The Axel Foley theme was done with three synthesizers: a Roland Jupiter 8, a Roland JX-3P and a Yama [...] D
According to Martin Brest, the stripper in the scene where Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart are at the cl [...] D
The gated entrance to Victor Maitland's house was also used in Appuntamento al buio (1987). D
Eddie Murphy backed out of doing Ghostbusters to do this film. D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
In the scene where Axel is explaining to Lt. Bogomil, what went down at the strip club, Martin Brest [...] D
Bronson Pinchot plays Serge, a gallery employee from an unnamed European country. He would later go [...] D
Director Martin Brest flipped a quarter to decide whether to direct the picture or not. In the wake [...] D
A Delorean, built in Northern Ireland, is outside Victor Maitland's house. D
Michael Eisner, who was head of Paramount Pictures, came up with the film's concept in 1975. While d [...] D
The quoted rate for the hotel room is $235. Adjusting for inflation to 2019, that would be $630 a ni [...] D
One of the main reasons that the film ultimately began with scenes in Detroit is that the city is pr [...] D
The scene at the bar between Eddie Murphy and James Russo brought out a mixed reaction from preview [...] D
The scene after the gunfight, when Bogomil is explaining everything that went down to the chief of p [...] D
The movie was written for Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino as his brother, [...] D
In this movie Lisa Eilbacher plays Bronson Pinchot's boss. In 10 minuti a mezzanotte (1983) she play [...] D
Michael Gregory appears as the front desk manager when Axel Foley checks in. He would later appear i [...] D