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Showtime is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Tom Dey released in USA on 14 march 2002 with Robert De Niro
Showtime (2002)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 march 2002
Length 1h36
Directed by Tom Dey
OriginUSA
Themes Films about television
Rating55%
Showtime is a 2002 action comedy film directed by Tom Dey and starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy.
Synopsis
The film centers on two cops, Det. Mitch Preston (Robert De Niro) and Officer Trey Sellars (Eddie Murphy), who are paired for a reality police show and run into real trouble with a crime lord. The beginning of the story closely parallels that of the 1988 film The Dead Pool, in which Harry Callahan intentionally breaks a news camera and is subject to favors for the news channel as a result. In this film, Mitch breaks a news camera after a failed confrontation with a drug lord, who escapes by using a custom-built gun. Maxxis Television, the network that employed the cameraman, decides to sue the police department for $10 million, but will drop the lawsuit if Mitch agrees to star in a reality cop television show, which Trey later calls Showtime!.Actors
Robert De Niro
(Det. Mitch Preston)
Eddie Murphy
(Officer Trey Sellars)
Rachael Harris
(Lehrerin)
Rene Russo
(Chase Renzi)
William Shatner
(William Shatner)
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