Friday, March 21, 2008

80's Movie Weekend

One of Eddie's best, "Beverly Hills Cop"... enjoy!



Beverly Hills Cop

Directed by Martin Brest
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Don Simpson
Written by Danilo Bach
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Vincent Patrick
Starring Eddie Murphy
Judge Reinhold
John Ashton
Steven Berkoff
Editing by Billy Weber
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) December 5, 1984
Running time 105 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget US$15,000,000
Gross revenue $316,360,478 (worldwide)
Followed by Beverly Hills Cop II

A pretty decent soundtrack came about in conjunction with the film...
The soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (1986).


The Pointer Sisters with "Neutron Dance"...



Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #6
(couldn't find any embeddable lyrics)


Glen Frey with "The Heat Is On"...




The Heat Is On Lyrics


And finally, the instrumental track that rocked a nation... Harold Faltermeyer with "Axel F"



Chart Performance:
The Netherlands: #1
UK: #2
US: #3

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