 Beverly Hills Cop 1984  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Paul Reiser, Gilbert R. Hill, Art Kimbro, Joel Bailey, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Champion
This is Eddie Murphy's first portrayal of Axel Foley, the Detroit "cop from Hell." When Foley tracks a friend's killer back to Southern California, he finds that the ultra-snooty citizens of Beverly Hills are not quite ready for him. Neither are the cops who find themselves involved with a big time cocaine smuggler. Murphy steals the show.
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 Gigli 2003  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Lenny Venito, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, Lainie Kazan, Missy Crider, Alex Fatovich, Peter Van Norden, Terry Camilleri, Robert Silver
Everything does not go as planned when mob-enforcer Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck) is ordered to kidnap a mentally challenged man, Brian (Justin Bartha), and another enforcer, Ricki (Jennifer Lopez), is sent along to aid and abet.
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Meet Joe Black 1998  PG-13, 174 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, Gene Canfield, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller, Jahnni St. John
Joe Black/"Death" (Brad Pitt) takes a few days' vacation and decides to visit Earth. Inherent in Death's vacation is that no one can die on Earth during his stay.
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Midnight Run 1988  R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Lois Smith
Robert De Niro plays a bounty hunter in search of an accountant (Charles Grodin) who has embezzled $15 million. He finds him, but the troubles he experiences returning him for the reward make for a very funny movie. Great fun.
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 Scent of a Woman 1992  R, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Rochelle Oliver, Todd Louiso, Gene Canfield, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Matt Smith, Frances Conroy
High-school student Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) is hired to take care of blind, depressed, and foul-mouthed, retired Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino) during Thanksgiving break. Slade plans to commit suicide AFTER one last fling in which Charlie is his companion. Al Pacino won an Oscar for his portrayal of the Colonel. Nominations were also received for Best Picture and Director. Based on the 1974 Italian film.
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| 1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
2. Gigli (2003)
3. Going in Style (1979)
4. Meet Joe Black (1998)
5. Midnight Run (1988)
6. Scent of a Woman (1992)
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