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Showtime

Lights. Camera. Aggravation.

20025.51h 35m

Overview

A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.

Directed by Tom Dey
Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Keith Sharon
Produced by Jane Rosenthal, Channing Dungey, Jorge Saralegui
Box OfficeBudget: $85.0MRevenue: $77.9M

Top Cast

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Det. Mitch Preston

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Officer Trey Sellars

Rene Russo

Rene Russo

Chase Renzi

William Shatner

William Shatner

William Shatner

Nestor Serrano

Nestor Serrano

Ray

Joy Bryant

Joy Bryant

Lexi

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Lazy Boy

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris

Lehrerin

Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

Brad Slocum

Drena De Niro

Drena De Niro

Annie

Themes & Keywords

police operationfugitivehilariousamusedsardonic

About Showtime

Showtime is a action, comedy film released in 2002 exploring themes of police operation, fugitive, hilarious, amused, sardonic. Directed by Tom Dey, it stars Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo. A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.

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