Performed by the bus boys as the busboys featuring michael d. Nick nolte refused to meet eddie murphy for 48 hrs. The 48 hour film project the 48 hour film project invites filmmakers from around the world to produce a complete short movie in. When a pair of escaped convicts gun down two of his colleagues, tough, white san francisco cop jack cates nolte is forced to spring smoothtalking black criminal reggie hammond murphy from jail on a twoday release to help him track down the killers. A rumpled detective nick nolte and a slick convict eddie murphy hunt a killer in san francisco. With eddie murphy, nick nolte, brion james, kevin tighe. He plays a convict who has done thirty months for theft and still has six months to go but he gets a fortyeight hour prison leave through the efforts of nick nolte, a hungover hot dog of a detective whos on the trail of some cop. Nick nolte played san francisco police officer jack cates.
If it does nothing else, another 48 hrs reminds us that murphy is a big, genuine talent. Nolte is best remembered for his roles in affliction 1997, the prince of tides 1991, and of course, 48 hrs. Marking an auspicious feature film debut for eddie murphy, 48 hrs. Doolittle and nick nolte hotel rwanda, cape fear are back on the streets in this smash sequel. Starz delivers exclusive original series and the best hollywood hits. Aug 28, 2019 nick nolte recently spoke about some of his most iconic acting roles. The screenplay was written by hill, roger spottiswoode, larry gross and steven e. Clarence prince akeem randy watson saul screen story. It happened to faye dunaway when she looked sleepily out of a screen window at warren beatty in bonnie and clyde.
Renegade cop jack cates nick nolte pulls bank robber reggie hammond eddie murphy from a federal prison on a 48 hour leave to help him capture hammonds old partner, albert ganz james remar. The head of internal affairs kevin tighe wants to prosecute jack since there was no weapon found on the victim. A variation on the buddycop hybridized genre, 48 hrs. Renegade cop jack cates nick nolte pulls bank robber reggie hammond eddie murphy from a federal prison on a 48hour leave to help him capture hammonds old partner, albert ganz james remar. It was his first venture into hollywood and it was a smash success. Having escaped from a prison work crew, ganz is on a killing spree around san francisco, on the trail of half a million dollars that went missing after one of his robberies.
A message to our movie fans read more gift cards offers. The film stars nick nolte and eddie murphy in his film debut and golden globe awardnominated role as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch two cop. Longawaited album features james horner score licensed through paramount pictures mastered in dynamic sound from original 12 threetrack stereo session masters plus allimportant songs created for the film by the busboys courtesy of arista records. The 10 best eddie murphy movies, ranked cinemablend. Oct 09, 2011 a variation on the buddycop hybridized genre, 48 hrs. During 4 years, the police officer jack cates pursue the drug trafficking boss iceman. The son of a brooklyn policeman who died when he was eight, africanamerican comedy superstar eddie murphy was raised in the comfortable middleclass community of hempstead, ny, by his mother and stepfather. Longawaited album features james horner score licensed through paramount pictures mastered in dynamic sound from original 12 threetrack stereo session masters plus allimportant songs created for the film by the. In one clash with tyrone burroughs and arthur brock, jack was forced to kill brock to defense himself, but burroughs escaped. Imdb a hardnosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wisecracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. His unforgettable scene comes about halfway through 48 hrs. In order to prove his innocence, jack rescues exconvict reggie hammond eddie murphy from a hit ordered by the iceman. A hardnosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wisecracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. Nolte is a roughedged cop after two vicious copkillers.
When a pair of escaped convicts gun down two of his colleagues, tough, white san francisco cop jack cates nolte is forced to spring smoothtalking black criminal reggie hammond murphy from jail on a twoday release to help him track. Eddie murphys first film role was a notunexpected to anyone with a lick of common sense, which excludes most actual movie executives of the time breakout success. Directed by hollywood veteran walter hill hard times, the warriors, red heat, last man standing, the movie would pair murphy with the eternally weathered nick nolte, who took the role after the likes of mickey rourke, clint eastwood and jeff bridges passed. He cant do it without the help of smooth and dapper murphy, who is serving time for a halfmillion dollar robbery. If the final unmasking of the iceman isnt much of a surprise, thats ok. Part of 8 pages of info for the 1982 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. Apr 20, 2014 eddie murphy about men and woman duration.
Nick nolte and eddie murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in walter hills rollercoaster thriller, 48 hrs. Nick nolte, eddie murphy, annette otoole plot keywo rds. Sometimes an actor becomes a star in just one scene. Nick nolte recently spoke about some of his most iconic acting roles. As jack cates, nolte plays a grizzled veteran cop determined to catch. When a tough cop has a cool convict as a partner and.
Jack nicholson did it in easy rider, wearing the football helmet on the back of the motorcycle. Trading places 1983 full movie eddie murphy movies. When a tough cop has a cool convict as a partner and 48 hrs to catch a killer, a. When a tough cop has a cool convict as a partner and 48 hrs to catch a killer, a lot of funny things can happen in. While outside of prison he must find albert ganz while teaming up with detective jack cates nick nolte. Murphy in particular needed this movie, i think, as a corrective after his unfortunate harlem nights a movie that was seen by a great many people, many of whom didnt enjoy it all that much.
While trying to capture drug lord the iceman, policeman jack cates nick nolte confronts two criminals and kills one of them in selfdefense. Nolte reprises his role as san francisco police officer jack cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a manslaughter charge. Tough cop jack cates nick nolte teams up with wise cracking criminal reggie hammond eddie murphy, who has been paroled to him for 48 hours to help track down prison escapee albert ganz james remar and his partner biil bear sonny landham. Eddie murphy may have been a novice movie actor when he made 48 hrs. After a few films unworthy of his talent, eddie murphy returns to form with what he plays best. Nick nolte is the grizzled cop saddled with eddie murphys wisecracking crook in walter hills muchloved, muchquoted action thriller. The film stars nick nolte and eddie murphy in his film debut and golden globe award nominated role as a cop and. With nick nolte, eddie murphy, annette otoole, frank mcrae. The frequent violence and gunplay, sex and nudity, and profanity fk is common alone give this a solid rrating. Nick nolte is the grizzled cop saddled with eddie murphy s wisecracking crook in walter hills muchloved, muchquoted action thriller. It was surprising to learn why nolte abandoned a request by 48 hrs. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their. Another 48 hrs is another classic action film and if you liked the first film you will love this one. Jack cates once again enlists the aid of excon reggie hammondthis time, to take down the iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the san francisco bay area.
May 28, 2012 nick nolte and eddie murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in walter hills rollercoaster thriller, 48 hrs. Nick nolte, eddie murphy, annette otoole plot keywords. World premiere release of early james horner score for hit action movie directed by walter hill, starring nick nolte, eddie murphy. When a pair of reckless copkillers break out of prison, grizzled detective jack cates nolte is left no alternative but to spring fasttalking hustler reggie hammond murphy from.
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