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48 HRS.

starring: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar
directed by: Walter Hill

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9786305252573
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792154517
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 14495
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1982



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Product Description:
A wise-cracking convict is granted a 2-day furlough to help a street-smart detective track down a group of cop killers. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: Nick Nolte James Remar Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R

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Before the action-oriented 'buddy movie' formula settled into place in the 1980s and 1990s with the Lethal Weapon films, Walter Hill's 48 HRS. presented a much more irreverent and politically incorrect version of the genre. Eddie Murphy made an auspicious film debut alongside veteran Nick Nolte's consummate performance as a worn cop. Murphy plays a convict on a two-day furlough from prison to help capture his former partner (James Remar). The intense animosity between his character and Nolte's impatient detective is rude and violent--albeit in a comic way--and the film's racist and sexist banter is so ubiquitous that some viewers might be turned off. (This early, raw Murphy is not the Murphy of The Nutty Professor.) Then again, sometimes deliberate overkill is funny in itself, which is certainly closer to Hill's intention. There are a couple of scenes for the ages in this film, especially Murphy's single-handed shutdown of the action in a redneck bar. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - never to be forgotton
This movie may look slightly dated now, but Eddie Murphy's film debut in this flick still remains ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - disjointed

Nick Nolte is Jack Cates, a worn-out cop who gets Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) out of prison ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Bare Bones DVD but still a classic movie
48 HRS. is a good combo of action and comedy. Edddie handles all the funny stuff very and Nick plays ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - It is different on TV
I had seen this on TV so many times that I had forgotten how much they use the "F" word. It's too bad...they ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 48 HRS.
Putting a thrilling new spin on the buddy film with this gritty and gripping crime drama, director Walter Hill ... Read More

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