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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Drug Content Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 08/13/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 34 Genres: Comedy, Showbiz Comedy, Odd Couple Film, Police Comedy See Also: Showtime [Widescreen]

Robert DeNiro continues to lampoon his tough-guy persona with this spoof of buddy cop movies that teams him with comic co-star Eddie Murphy. DeNiro is L.A.P.D. detective Mitch Preston, a gruff, no-nonsense 28-year veteran whose bust of a drug gang is botched one night by Trey Sellars (Murphy), a bumbling patrolman who's really a frustrated actor at heart. When Mitch's aggravation is captured by a television news crew, he fires his gun in their direction and becomes an instant media celebrity, while earning himself a temporary suspension at work. After his fame draws the attention of network TV producer Chase Renzi (Rene Russo), Mitch is soon informed that the only way he can get back to work is to allow a production crew to trail him on the job for a new cop reality series called "Showtime". In order to make the taciturn lawman more palatable to the viewing public, he's paired with the camera-friendly, fast-talking Trey. The new partners drive each other crazy, but their mismatched sensibilities make for great TV, while their newfound fame has its advantages in getting them back on the trail of those escaped drug dealers, who possess a powerful new weapon. Showtime co-stars Frankie Faison and William Shatner, who sends up his own TV cop role in T.J. Hooker. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Robert De Niro - Mitch Preston
Eddie Murphy - Trey Sellars
Rene Russo - Chase Renzi
Pedro Damien - Vargas
Mos Def - Lazy Boy

Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy team in the action comedy Showtime, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages, as well as Spanish. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by director Tom Dey and producer Jorge Saralegui, deleted scenes, a making-of featurette that first appeared on HBO, and a theatrical trailer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide