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Product Information

A send-up of the 'two partner cops' genre in which two police officers are teamed up for a reality based television programme.

Product Identifiers

EAN7321900233026

eBay Product ID (ePID)3956918

Product Key Features

ActorRobert De Niro, Frankie R. Faison, William Shatner, Rene Russo, Eddie Murphy, Kadeem Hardison, Drena De Niro

Film/TV TitleShowtime

DirectorTom Dey

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Dutch\English\French\German\Greek\Italian\Spanish

Run Time92 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2002

FeaturesFeature Length Commentary By Director Tom Dey And Producer Jorge Saralegui And Editor Billy Webber\HBO First Look The Making Of Showtime\Additional And Extended Scenes Including The Entire Premiere Party Sequence And Eddie Murphy Improvisations\Showtime Promo Spot\Interactive Menus\Scene Access\Trailer, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreComedy, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Hearing ImpairedEnglish\Italian

Additional InformationSHOWTIME deftly combines clever satire and explosive action, taking the buddy cop movie in a new direction. Robert De Niro stars as Mitch Preston, a no-nonsense detective who makes headlines when he shoots the television camera right out of the hands of a meddlesome photographer during a bust. The department is sued for millions, but a slick producer (Rene Russo) drops the suit to force Mitch to star on the network's new reality series. Trey Sellars (Eddie Murphy), a struggling actor and incompetent patrolman, bamboozles his way into a plum role as Mitch's partner. Mitch is a better cop, but Trey knows a lot more about how to be a TV star. He even comes up with the show's catchphrase: "It's SHOWTIME!" In the film's funniest setpiece, William Shatner is brought in to teach Mitch and Trey how to master important TV cop procedures, like jumping on the hood of a car. Things get more serious as the celebrity cops track down a crazed criminal armed with a powerful new weapon. Director Tom Dey (SHANGHAI NOON) keeps things moving, and laces the action with reflexive humor. Murphy is in fine comic form, and has terrific chemistry with De Niro.

FeaturedMos Def

Dubbing LanguagesFrench\Italian

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Movie/TV TitleShowtime