- Showtime (film)
Infobox_Film
name=Showtime
caption = The movie poster for "Showtime".
imdb_id=0284490
writer=Jorge Saralegui
Keith Sharon
starring=Robert De Niro Eddie Murphy Rene Russo William Shatner
director=Tom Dey
music=Alan Silvestri
editing =Billy Weber | distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures
released=March 15 2002
runtime=92 min.
language=English
movie_series=
awards=
producer=James Lassiter Jane Rosenthal
Jorge Saralegui
budget=$85,000,000 (estimated) |"Showtime" is a 2002 comedy/action film starring
Eddie Murphy andRobert De Niro and directed byTom Dey . Its plot centers around two cops at odds who are paired together for a reality police show and run into real trouble with a crime lord. The beginning of the story closely parallels to 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, Robert De Niro breaks a news camera and, as a result, must participate in a reality television show. Showtime was nominated for 2 Razzie Awards (worst actor and worst screen couple).Cast
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Eddie Murphy as Officer Trey Sellars
*Robert De Niro as Detective Mitch Preston
*Rene Russo as Chase Renzi
*Pedro Damián as Caesar Vargas
*Drena De Niro as Annie
*William Shatner as himself
*Mos Def as Lazy BoyExternal links
*imdb title|id=0284490|title=Showtime
*rotten-tomatoes|id=1113375-showtime|title=Showtime
*mojo title|id=showtime|title=Showtime
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