Beverly Hills Cop - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[tammy]

Axel Foley shoots with his left hand.

[tamara]

David Cronenberg was asked to direct, but turned it down.

[claude]

During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."

[kenzi]

Bronson Pinchot got Serge's accent and mannerisms from a crew member he worked with on an earlier project. The crew member always said, "Don't be stupid."

[edgar]

Many of the opening shots were filmed in Detroit. Martin Brest was escorted by the police, who would refuse to follow him when they thought it was too dangerous. Brest and crew soldiered on with their work, unescorted.

[mathew]

In its first weekend, the film took in $15,214,805, breaking The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)' previous R-rated weekend box record of $11,874,268.

[bessie]

In one of the drafts written for Sylvester 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. After Martin Brest cast Judge Reinhold and John Ashton, he decided to keep Rosewood alive.

[addison]

The first film to have a release of over 2,000 theaters in the USA.

[francisco]

Look closely you will see that victor maitland has pratically no eye brows.

[aaron]

A Delorean, built in Northern Ireland, is outside Victor Maitland's house.

[jim]

Gilbert R. Hill (who plays inspector Todd) passed away in Detroit in real life.

[linda]

Second unit stunts, chase scenes, and opening credits were filmed over five days in Detroit during summer 1984. The "cigarette spill-over" crash sequence was filmed on John R and Brush Streets in Highland Park. The smashed fruit truck scene was located at Michigan Avenue and 30th Street. The two-ton truck collision was shot several blocks away, on Jackson Avenue and 30th Street. Other Detroit locations included the Warehouse District, the residential area next to Wayne State University, and the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, MI.

[manuel]

The shooting script was literally pasted together from the many scripts written for the project over the years. When they were stuck, Eddie Murphy would improvise dialog or create a scene.

[frederick]

The gated entrance to Victor Maitland's house was also used in the film Blind Date (1987).

[albert]

Police Chief Hubbard walks into his first scene carrying some rolled-up sheets of paper. It's actually one of many reworked scripts, which he received to memorize and rehearse only minutes before shooting started.

[duane]

Danilo Bach completed his draft in 1977, six years prior to production.

[ken]

Jonathan Banks plays a killer in this movie. In a reversal of roles, in 48 Hrs. (1982), starring Eddie Murphy, he plays a police detective that gets killed, and Murphy was the criminal.

[francisco]

At 1 hour 45 minutes, this has the longest running-time of all the Beverly Hills Cop movies.

[addison]

Sylvester Stallone said he left the project because he didn't think audiences would accept him as a naive, fish-out-of-water cop who was new to the lifestyle of Beverly Hills. He also didn't like the inclusion of comedy and didn't feel he was suited for it.