beverly hills cop iii is a 1994 american action comedy film starring eddie murphy and directed by john landis , who had previously worked with murphy on trading places and coming to america .

it is the third film in the beverly hills cop trilogy , and a sequel to beverly hills cop ii .

murphy again plays detroit cop axel foley , who once again returns to beverly hills , california , to stop a gang of counterfeiters who are responsible for the death of his boss .

foley teams up with his friend , beverly hills detective billy rosewood ( judge reinhold ) , and his investigation leads him to an amusement park known as wonder world .

the film features a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities , including robert b. sherman , arthur hiller , john singleton , joe dante , special effects legend ray harryhausen , and george lucas as a ride patron .

beverly hills cop iii

he is best known for his role in the beverly hills cop movies . pictured above with eddie murphy in a promotional image for beverly hills cop iii
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this is the only beverly hills cop movie to not feature a song performed by the pointer sisters . beverly hills cop ( 1984 ) had their song
neutron dance
, and beverly hills cop ii ( 1987 ) had their song
be there .
this is the only beverly hills cop movie to not feature a song performed by the pointer sisters . beverly hills cop ( 1984 ) had their song
neutron dance
, and beverly hills cop ii ( 1987 ) had their song
be there .
beverly hills cop iii is the third installment in the beverly hills cop trilogy . the 1994 sequel , which was directed by john landis , finds axel foley ( eddie murphy ) in beverly hills once again when a detroit officer is killed by gunmen linked to a southern california amusement park .
eddie murphy ' s beverly hills cop iii , which paramount yanked in preproduction early this year , could be rolling this summer . maybe .
beverly hills cop iii cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of beverly hills cop iii actors includes any beverly hills cop iii actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view trivia about each beverly hills cop iii actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to a page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of beverly hills cop iii have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
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ratner said
beverly hills cop 4” won ' t start filming for at least a year .
review : the second sequel to the phenomenally successful beverly hills cop , beverly hills cop iii aims for all - out mainstream comedy and fizzles . what made the first film such a breath of fresh air was its breezy mix of gritty cop conventions and sassy comedy , mos… ( more )
reinhold was featured in 1980s movies including fast times at ridgemont high , beverly hills cop and gremlims .
the second sequel to the phenomenally successful beverly hills cop , beverly hills cop iii aims for all - out mainstream comedy and fizzles . what made the first film such a breath of fresh air was its breezy mix of gritty cop conventions and sassy comedy , mostly in the form of star eddie
beverly hills cop iii
is rated r . ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian . ) it includes much violence and some strong language .
would you be excited about a fourth
beverly hills cop
film ? tell us in the comments .
a freewheeling detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of beverly hills .
this is the only beverly hills cop where axel and his two detectives don ' t visit a strip club .
which the action is unimpressive and the comedy so mild it seldom hits the mark ; for a series only into its third installment , beverly hills cop iii is shockingly toothless .
only beverly hills cop movie to have all the credits at the end including the title and no jazzy score at the start .
murphy ' s axel foley , a detroit cop who can ' t believe the way business is done in tony beverly hills .
the second sequel to the phenomenally successful beverly hills cop , beverly hills cop iii aims for all - out mainstream comedy and fizzles . what made the first film such a breath of fresh air was its breezy mix of gritty cop conventions and sassy comedy , mostly in the form of star eddie murphy ' s axel foley , a detroit cop who can ' t believe the way business . . . read more
the only beverly hills cop movie to neither open in first place , nor reach over one hundred million dollars at the box office .
beverly hills police detective jon flint ( hector elizondo ) as well as a detroit cop are seen with smith & wesson model 36s .
beverly hills cop iii - - a movie trying to exploit what ' s left of a 10 - year - old idea - - has some nerve satirizing disney world ' s money - grubbing commercialism .
in a playboy interview , the saturday night live alum said he isn ' t proud of the 1994 action - comedy beverly hills cop 3 .
the third beverly hills cop was garbage ,
murphy said of the film , which grossed just $ 42 million domestically .
laughs never entirely obscured the fact that he was unwelcome in beverly hills because he was a smart , ambitious black man who didn ' t take any nonsense from anyone , even on the streets of one of the whitest , wealthiest communities in america . beverly hills cop iii is a flat - out action comedy in
beverly hills cop iii appeals to our most adolescently anarchic urges , it doesn ' t deliver the goods . unlike beverly hills , wonderworld really is a marvelous place - - not an exclusive , fascist fantasy land - - and adorable uncle dave is as pure and decent a father figure as anyone could want , so axel
i paid 0 . 01p for this dvd if only they ' d spent as much on the script & storyline . this was a truly awful third attempt at the beverly hills cop franchise ! my advice . . . stick with the original beverly hills cop as anything after that just went down hill
aside from eddie murphy of course , judge reinhold and gilbert r . hill are the only actors to appear in all three beverly hills cop movies .
beverly hills cop 3 è un film del 1994 diretto da john landis . i protagonisti sono eddie murphy , judge reinhold , hector elizondo e timothy carhart
in another , he joked about the booking officer calling him by his character ' s name in beverly hills cop where he played detective billy rosewood .
eddie murphy won’t be returning to the role of axel foley anytime soon . paramount pictures has pushed the latest “beverly hills cop” sequel off its 2016 schedule .
this is the only film in the series not to feature a song performed by the pointer sisters . beverly hills cop had their song
neutron dance
, while beverly hills cop ii had their song
be there .
although
neutron dance
can be heard in the film ' s trailer .
bhc iii turned 20 this week . the original turns 30 later this year .
like a fat man manning the oars at disneylandâ€™s rivers of america , quite a few are understandably sweating when it comes to the looming ”beverly hills cop 4” .
as eddie murphy returns to screens in the heartwarming melodrama mr . church , diminishing returns try to crack the case of why beverly hills cop 3 flopped hard .
big fan of the first 2 beverley hills cop movies . i think eddie murphy is a comedy legend .
with the headline : review / film ; once again , it ' s murphy plus cops plus beverly hills .
the movie . . . isn ' t nearly as fresh as the first cop flick was . but i must admit that it ' s a whole lot more enjoyable than the contemptible crashathon known as beverly hills cop ii .
comedy takes a back seat to action in this third go - round for eddie murphy as wisecracking detroit cop axel foley , who tackles bad guys in posh beverly hills .
title beverly hills cop iii year 1994 distributor ( s ) u . i . p . ( uk ) classified date ( s ) 13 / 05 / 1994 main language english submitted run time 104m 23s approved footage 9395 + 2 bbfc reference aff065090 registration number cfh01556
beverly hills cop iii was released on may 25 , 1994 and grossed $ 42 million in the united states , and over $ 77 million in the foreign box office . the film was considered by critics and murphy himself as the weakest film in the series .
in the ’80s the beverly hills cop star was as hot as it got in hollywood , and somehow everything went sour . peter richmond caught up with him in comeback mode .
as surely as if it were a mcdonald ' s or a burger king ,
beverly hills cop iii
is part of a money - making franchise , though this one has been abandoned for so long it has cobwebs on top of cobwebs . it has been seven years since
beverly hills cop ii ,
and a decade since the blockbuster original . but recently eddie murphy ' s career has seen some box - office duds like
boomerang ,
so it ' s no surprise that
beverly hills cop iii
has surfaced , a sequel designed to be as foolproof as possible . the strategy is to bring back familiar characters while throwing lots of cash and special effects at the screen .
a day after pushing
monster trucks
off its 2015 release schedule , paramount pictures is now pushing
beverly hills cop
out of 2016 , according to deadline . com .
yet they kept the two friends with ties to beverly hills white and didn’t even register that it could be an issue .
the heat is on in this fast paced action - comedy starring eddie murphy as axel foley , a street smart detroit cop tracking down his best friend ' s killer in beverly hills .
mr . murphy seemed to be having much more fun in the maligned
boomerang .
at least he tried something different there , playing a caddish romantic hero .
beverly hills cop iii
is a generic action movie , an eddie murphy film with only a trace of eddie murphy .
paramount postpones ' beverly hills cop 4 ' sources said the script wasn ' t ready , but that the studio is still planning to move forward on the movie . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
in beverly hills cop ii ( 1987 ) , the sign on inspector todd ' s door reads
inspector g . todd
. however , in this movie , he is referred to as douglas .
beverly hills cop 4 – the first in the series since 1994 – will find murphy reprising his role as police detective axel foley . describing the plot , the film office says the character leaves his position in beverly hills “during the coldest winter on record to navigate the new rules and old enemies in one of america’s most tenacious cities . ”
10 - year - old kids , 12 - year - old kids don ' t really know the old ' beverly hills cop . ' so it ' s an opportunity to make it new for kids ,
ratner said .
the same way it felt for me watching ' beverly hills cop ' when i was a kid , that ' s what i want to do for kids today .
i thought beverly hills cop iii was a good film and murphy gave a good performance as axel foley in it but i was rather disappointment with the absent of john taggert . hector elizondo gave a good performance as detective flint but his character just didn ' t seem to fit up there with taggert . alan young i thought gave a good performance as uncle dave the park owner and i loved the cameo by robert b . sherman in the bar but i think the film would of been better and liked by more people if taggert came back and maybe they had more cop comedy in it they kinda turned this movie into a kid comedy like film than a cop film . all in all a good movie and great action i give beverly hills cop iii an 8 out of 10 .
it ' s obvious that beverly hills cop iii isn ' t a plot - driven movie : the story is just an excuse to put murphy , reinhold and a thoroughly professional cast through their paces . murphy mugs and cracks wise , reinhold bumbles through one misadventure after another with a deer - in - the - headlights look
the following month , murphy called beverly hills cop 3 “garbage” and reiterated that he would only take on a fourth installment if the script was right , noting , quite accurately , that he didn’t need another big paycheck .
beverly hills police detective sergeant william ' billy ' rosewood ( judge reinhold ) carries a two tone jericho 941 r as his sidearm in the film .
is a 1994 action - comedy film starring eddie murphy and directed by john landis , who had previously worked with murphy on trading places and coming to america . it is the third film in the beverly hills cop series .
the third installment of the “beverly hills cop” series boasts a return to form by eddie murphy and a breezy and witty first half . and though the film runs out of steam before the end , it should satisfy “b . h . cop” fans , even if it doesn’t provide a full reversal of murphy’s recent box office misfortunes . competition from two highly visible non - sequels , “maverick” and “the flintstones , ” will give “cop iii” a run for its money , perhaps blunting its ultimate gross potential .
a detroit cop is briefly seen with an m1911a1 in the illegal chop shop .
beverly hills cop ii was released in 1987 to mixed reviews but still made over $ 135 million , and the third movie only made $ 42 million in the united states . an updated tv series was pitched to cbs in 2013 , but despite eddie murphy ' s participation , the network passed after seeing the pilot . all is not lost , because a primarily detroit - based beverly hills cop iv is due to arrive in march 2016 , with murphy reprising his role as axel .
9 . beverly hills cop iii could have had sean connery co - starring . besides crocodile dundee , another idea that was on the table involved axel heading over to london and teaming up with sean connery , who would play a scotland yard detective . the storyline was eventually scrapped because producers felt that it was too similar to the michael douglas film , black rain .
in beverly hills cop iii , eddie murphy takes a scary ride for which you can’t buy a ticket . it all starts when he hops on an elevated , “three - armed” variation of a ferris wheel featuring dangling oversize birdcages . when the ride goes awry , he leaps from cage to cage to rescue two children about to fall 100 feet to the ground from their damaged compartment .
axel foley returns to beverly hills to help taggart and rosewood investigate chief bogomil ' s near - fatal shooting and the series of
alphabet crimes
associated with it .
murphy feels that the beverly hills cop franchise is integral to his legacy .
those movies , when i travel overseas , people say , [ in a foreign accent ] ' hey , beverly hills cop ! axel foley ! ' they call me that shit . all the movies i ' ve done , and they call me that . if we do that movie , it has to be right . not just thrown together to get a big check . i don ' t need any more of those .
the third installment of the “beverly hills cop” series boasts a return to form by eddie murphy and a breezy and witty first half . and though the film runs out of steam before the end , it should satisfy “b . h . cop” fans , even if it doesn’t provide a full reversal of murphy’s recent box office misfortunes . [ … ]
beverly hills cop iii came out 20 years ago this week . while it was a far cry from the original in terms of box office success and originality — it was a sequel to a sequel after all — it also marked the end of eddie murphy as an r - rated movie star . ( vampire in brooklyn put the final nail in that coffin for good a year later . )
the bad - guy trail inevitably leads to southern california , where murphy is reunited with an old beverly hills crony , billy rosewood ( judge reinhold ) , and a new cop buddy played by hector elizondo . the focus of the action is a theme park called
villain with good publicity : dewald . this is why the beverly hills police has a hard time believing foley ' s claims that he ' s killed his boss back in detroit .
but ashton is definitely wanted back for â€˜â€™beverly hills cop 4â€™â€™ . taggart might no longer be on the beat ( he , as we learnt in the last film , had retired ) but he definitely has a part to play in the upcoming brett ratner - directed sequel .
the detroit cop in the car before the accident holds a s & w model 36 .
danillo bach was hired to write the script , and in 1981 he submitted a draft titled beverly drive . in beverly drive , a pittsburgh cop named elly axel shows up in beverly hills to investigate his friend ' s death . that loose plot remained throughout the remainder of the creative process . michael eisner felt that the draft , and all the others before it from different screenwriters , didn ' t capture the fish - out - of - water aspect enough .
ashton was set to play detective john taggart in â€˜â€™beverly hills cop iiiâ€™â€™ but due to scheduling difficulties , had to opt out . instead , a new character , the taggatt - like john ( hector elizondo ) , was written into the script to make up for taggartâ€™s absence .
the third installment of the
beverly hills cop
series boasts a return to form by eddie murphy and a breezy and witty first half . and though the film runs out of steam before the end , it should satisfy
b . h . cop
fans , even if it doesn ' t provide a full reversal of murphy ' s recent box office misfortunes .
and can you blame them ? john landisâ€™s â€˜â€™beverly hills cop iiiâ€™â€™ ( 1994 ) stuck such a rusty needle in the once healthy franchise that not even a shot of fuck - that could expunge the infection . even eddie murphy just wanted to let axel sleep after that little number .
urltoken beverly hills cop iii : eddie murphy , jon tenney , joey travolta , eugene collier , jimmy ortega , ousaun elam , ray lykins , tim gilbert , rick avery , gilbert r . hill , dick purtan , fred asparagus , judge reinhold , hector elizondo , john landis , catherine meyers , leslie belzberg , mace neufeld , mark lipsky , daniel petrie jr . , danilo bach , steven e . de souza : movies & tv
the first project under the new deal , however , will be a new beverly hills cop movie — a reboot of one of bruckheimer and paramount’s biggest successes together when he produced the original with late partner don simpson . eddie murphy closed his deal to reprise his role as detroit cop axel foley — this time foley will be returning to his detroit roots . it will be the fourth installment of the lucrative franchise . brett ratner , who is currently finishing up hercules for mgm , is attached to direct the film as soon as his duties on the dwayne johnson - starrer finishes up . the picture bows in july . the beverly hills cop script is still being worked on .
eddie murphy said he thought
beverly hills cop iii was infinitely better than beverly hills cop ii ( 1987 ) .
he then later claimed during an interview in 2006 on inside the actors studio ( 1994 ) that he felt the third film was
atrocious
and such a disgrace that
the character was kind of banished for a while ( from hollywood ) .
he said he felt the third film did not reveal enough of the
edginess
of axel that was present in the first two films . he also said he hopes to return the edgy qualities to the character when he reprises the role next time , and is going to pay more attention to the development of the project , and its quality .
playing it safe ,
beverly hills cop iii
even uses the trendy ploy of dropping in celebrity cameos , including many directors . among them is george lucas as a patron axel annoys by cutting in line at wonder world , barbet schroeder as a man parking a porsche , and john singleton as a fireman . the founder of wonder world , lovable uncle dave , is played by alan young , better known as the owner of mr . ed .
we ' re trying to revitalize the franchise . he was one of my favorite movie characters of all - time , axel foley , by far the coolest movie character ,
he said .
it ' s an honor to be able to direct another ' beverly hills cop ' film .
the actor also was asked about what happened with the failed 2013 cbs pilot based on the films , and he said the network balked when murphy decided he wasn ' t willing to recur in the project .
i ' m not going to do beverly hills cop on tv ,
he explained .
a detroit cop is seen with a smith & wesson model 19 with a four - inch barrel .
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“they’re still trying to get that script right . i’m not doing a beverly hills cop unless they have a really incredible script . i’ve read a couple things that look like they can make some paper . but i’m not doing a shitty movie just to make some paper . the shit got to be right . ”
beverly hills cop 3 [ dvd ] : urltoken eddie murphy , judge reinhold , héctor elizondo , john saxon , therese randle , jon tenney , joey travolta , eugene collier , bronson pinchot , alan young , john landis , mace neufeld , robert rehme , steven e . de souza : dvd & blu - ray
i recently saw this film on cable a few days ago and realized that it wasn ' t as bad as i originally thought . whereas the first two films in the beverly hills cop series were more dramatic and serious , this was pokes fun at itself and is a comedy . if you can take this turn towards the comedic in stride , then you will enjoy beverly hills cop iii . for example , there is the running joke that axel goes to wally world and when he calls billy and tells him he ' s going to wally world after he has an arrest warrant , billy is at first
axel , you have to turn yourself in
with policemen looking on in his police office - then -
no ! wait for me !
like he ' s going to be left out ! it ' s lines and situations like these that make this part iii so funny . and serge ' s cameo is a hoot ! recommended !
on the late show with david letterman ( 1993 ) in 2011 , david read a list of some movies from eddie ' s filmography . when this movie was mentioned , and the audience clapped and cheered , eddie said ,
no . no . it wasn ' t a very good beverly hills cop movie .
the incident occurred after the young men - - nicholas cramer , daniel mason and lohren price - - had gone to the movie
beverly hills cop iii
to celebrate graduating from the prestigious harvard westlake high school in studio city . mason and price ( no relation to the attorney ) , who are black , were in the front seat of the car , driving toward mason ' s home , while cramer , who is white , dozed in the back seat of the car .
a spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based television cop show , while tracking down the manufacturer and distributor of an illegally made semi - automatic firearm .
i assume it was a comedy since it played like one but i have seen it at least twice but not in the same time frame . often i just need a break from the mundane things in life and a comedic break like beverly hills cop iii is one of my options . i would recommend this movie but you do seem to get overrun with the bad guys to the degree you would want to help eddie murphy accomplish his goals in dealing with these bad guys he had surrounded himself .
it might have helped if beverly hills cop iii actually had a few jokes . though not quite the fiasco of revved - up gunplay that beverly hills cop ii was , this new movie , directed by john ”rock - ’em sock - ’em” landis , is just a clunky action thriller , with occasional comic moments rationed out to the audience like stray crumbs . investigating a murder , axel foley ( murphy ) , the renegade detroit police detective , arrives in los angeles and infiltrates a popular theme park called wonderworld . there , he sniffs out a counterfeit ring run by the dullest collection of sinister white guys since george bush’s cabinet . the plot is generic nonsense , and by now it’s just a threadbare pretense that foley is a ”fish out of water” in high - swank l . a . at this point , murphy looks like he owns the place .
beverly hills cop confirmed eddie murphy ' s status as a superstar . the action / comedy was , financially speaking , the number one movie of 1984 , and its screenplay was nominated for an oscar . what ended up becoming one of afi ' s top 100 comedies of all time was very close to becoming a completely different movie featuring sylvester stallone , more gunplay , and far less humor . thirty years after its premiere is as good a time as any to read about the crazy behind - the - scenes journey that got axel foley from detroit to beverly hills .
during their downtime on the long - delayed film — when they ' re not enjoying some seriously fancy craft services courtesy of chef jean - georges vongerichten , whose acclaimed restaurant resides on trump ' s ground floor — ratner and murphy have been discussing another long - in - the - works project : a fourth
beverly hills cop
flick .
paramount has removed beverly hills cop 4 from their release schedule . the film chronicling he further adventures of detective axel foley ( eddie murphy ) was set to hit theaters march 25 , 2016 , but the wrap is reporting that the project has been delayed indefinitely . brett ratner is set to direct the sequel , with jerry bruckheimer returning as producer .
stallone also didn’t do the film cuz he wanted it to be “cobra” . he wanted to change the name from axel foley to axel cobretti . beverly hills cop would’ve basically been cobra but released 2 years earlier . if my movie knowledge serves me right , i believe the film was never intended to be an action - comedy until eddie signed on .
bronson pinchot will forever be best known as the zany , loveable goofball immigrant from the hit ’80s sitcom perfect strangers , but he’s racked up an impressive résumé of character roles in film , stage , and television . a yale graduate , pinchot made his film debut in the 1983 cult classic risky business , and went on to appear in a slew of memorable ’80s films , including 1984’s beverly hills cop , where he stole scenes from eddie murphy ; 1984’s the flamingo kid ; and martin scorsese’s brilliant 1985 dark comedy after hours . but perfect strangers made pinchot a household name . after the show ended , pinchot popped up in 1993’s true romance , 1994’s beverly hills cop iii , and 1996’s courage under fire and the first wives club . in 2007 , pinchot played a snooty art critic who learns valuable life lessons in mr . art critic , which has just been released on dvd .
london ) , doesn ' t even try to duplicate the mix of hard - edged action and dark humor that propelled beverly hills cop . though we mostly remember axel ' s cheekiness , the original was a solid fish - out - of - water police thriller with a tough - minded subtext ; axel ' s investigation was the real thing , and the
writer derek haas told moviehole recently that ”cop 4” started out as something completely original – but was retooled for axel foley . â€˜â€™michael [ brandt ] and i wrote a spec script called dying day , a dark action movie about two fbi field agents in la who discover their whole office is crooked . paramount bought it and asked us to convert it into the next axel foley movie… which sounded like a cool challenge . . someone at a different website reviewed our first draft of the [ beverly hills cop ] script and railed on it for not having any jokes . no shit ! like with the first beverly hills cop , we’re writing a straight up action movie that works as a police thriller , then eddie murphy is going to come in later and point out where he thinks he can riff . we haven’t gotten to that point yet . â€™â€™
beverly hills cop is a reminder to everyone what an amazing talent eddie murphy was before he got in hollywood ` s grips and took too much to heart of the negative reviews from critics . this movie along with the even better part 2 , both of his stand up movies and both 48 hrs movies , especially the first one , are perfect reminders of that .
10 . the producers had to take a guess what the beverly hills police department would look like . on the dvd commentary for the first film , director martin brest notes that they were unable to gain access to actually see the beverly hills police department , so they had to simply guess what it might look like inside . brest says he wanted it too look as different from the detroit set as possible and the set crew was told to make it look like “private security for rich people . ”
beverly hills cop 3 is an enjoyable movie with a decent storyline and a good comedic cast . its certainly not better than the first two beverly hills cop but it ' s still has good comedy and action . my main problem is that eddie murphy just didn ' t seem as inspired this time around , he made axel in to a much more serious character , i ' m not sure if that ' s how the script was written but i think it was just his acting , definitely one of murphy ' s most dull performances , he is usually much more lively . however there still are scenes where axel foley had me laughing out loud and murphy was really in character , particularly the scene where he accidentally ends up in stage and starts dancing with the costumed characters . i really enjoy the beverly hills cop movies and hope a fourth one is someday made , murphy ' s age will not be a problem because he still looks great and still plays very lively characters in his movies . fans of the first two will without a doubt be disappointed , but should definitely watch it because the characters and story is still good . axel foley ( eddie murphy ) returns to beverly hills to find the men who killed his boss , and finds out the case is much more difficult when it leads him to a theme park where the same men are making counterfeit money within the park .
judge reinhold returns as axel ' s beverly hills police pal , billy rosewood , and hector elizondo is a new family - man character , replacing sergeant taggart in the earlier films . these men don ' t have much to do until the final shootout .
whatâ€™s that mean ? for a start it means rosewood and taggart ! youâ€™ve likely already heard that the former ( played by judge reinhold ) will return ( and i wonâ€™t say what heâ€™ll be getting up to in this one ) , but you may be surprised to hear that john ashtonâ€™s being coaxed back to play the character he retired after â€˜â€™beverly hills cop iiâ€ ( 1987 ) .
while harold faltermeyer did not return to score this film , his song co - producer from the previous franchise entries , keith forsey , did produce and co - write a new song .
keep the peace
, performed by inxs and in the vein of previous faltermeyer and forsey
beverly hills cop
songs , such as
the heat is on
and
shakedown
.
while harold faltermeyer did not return to score this film , his song co - producer from the previous franchise entries , keith forsey , did produce and co - write a new song .
keep the peace
, performed by inxs and in the vein of previous faltermeyer and forsey
beverly hills cop
songs , such as
the heat is on
and
shakedown
.
and in 1994 , that’s exactly what happened at great america . coincidentally , a film was being pitched to the major l . a . studios at the same time . essentially , it was “die hard , ” but at an amusement park . paramount looked to their stable of franchises to see if the concept would work , and they found their answer with , “beverly hills cop 3 . ”
ddie murphy is back . again . this time , though , he ' s lost the insufferable smugness and arrogance that have marred his most recent movies , which have been box - office bummers . murphy seems sweetly humbled , ready to work for laughs , as if he knows
beverly hills cop iii
may be his last chance to win his dwindling audience back . directed by john landis , who made
trading places
and
coming to america
with murphy ,
bhc3
is formulaically continued on page 44 from page 42 funny and violent , the most lackluster entry in the franchise .
i would just like to say that this is a very very good movie along with the other 2 beverley hills cop movies . the 1st 2 are definately far superior to beverley hills cop 3 , but never the less this movie is still very good . the return of serge is a god move as it brings back plenty of laughs and the use of a theme park is also a very good move as not many films use a hideout which is family orientated . this film is hilarious and if anyone disagrees then please e - mail me .
can ' t be a true transgressor . that wouldn ' t be nice . in fact , wonderworld does what beverly hills never did ; it draws axel ' s claws and transforms him into its newest resident , a clever fox character whose launch axel watches with pure delight .
the film is all but forgettable when it comes to plot – and its effect on the cinema landscape is minimal at best . in fact , it only has a 10 % “fresh” rating on rotten tomatoes . it was also a flop at the box office , losing $ 8 million domestically . it eventually made money after being released worldwide – but was still the least successful of the three “beverly hills cop” films .
beverly hills cop iii is the worst in what was a promosing action comedy franchise . murphy was in a carrer slump and i guess he made this film to help out his carrer but it didn ' t help just sunk it deeper . the film is full of mistakes such as the loss of don simpson and jerry bruckhiemer a weak script and a lack of action . john landos who worked with murphy before and made good films fails here . the film needed a good action director like renny harlin or dwight h . little or even karthyn bigelow . skip this one even if you ' re a die hard murphy fan .
“then , another 48 hrs was reactive . i got fucked up on harlem nights so it was , like , ‘okay , let’s do something that’s a sure hit . is cop iii ready ? coming to america again ? ’ the idea was contrived and we threw it together , and they wrote these big checks out , and we did it . ”
while paramount may be making moves to avoid going head - to - head with batman v superman : dawn of justice at the box office , the fact that there’s no replacement release date indicates a deeper issue . most likely , the delay is due to script concerns . back in january , murphy made it very clear that he’s not going to touch a beverly hills cop sequel until the script is in perfect form .
on close inspection , my friends ' lists provided many , many examples of the embarrassing
annie hall = mean girls
phenomenon—mysterious critical binaries in which incongruous films are given identical ratings , yoked together regardless of any obvious considerations of quality , style , or genre . one friend gave four stars to both elephant man and father of the bride . another equated a documentary about the french philosopher jacques derrida with beverly hills cop iii . admittedly , translating the nuances of your response to a film onto a five - star scale is like pruning a bonsai with a chainsaw , but it was still shocking to see some of these titles equated :
steven beck ( peter weller : robocop 1987 , naked lunch 1991 ) and his oceanic mining crew that includes dr . glen ‘doc’ thompson ( richard crenna : the real mccoys 1957 , rambo : first blood 1982 ) , elizabeth ‘willie’ williams ( amanda pays : oxford blues 1984 , ablaze 2001 ) , buzz ‘sixpack’ parrish ( daniel stern : breaking away 1979 , home alone 1990 ) , justin jones ( ernie hudson : ghostbusters 1984 , the crow 1994 ) , tony ‘dejesus’ rodero ( michael carmine : invasion u . s . a . 1985 , * batteries not included 1987 ) , bridget bowman ( lisa eilbacher : an officer and a gentleman 1982 , beverly hills cop 1984 ) , and g . p . cobb ( hector elizondo : pretty woman 1990 , beverly hills cop iii 1994 ) have found a safe on the sunken ship , leviathan . soon , the crew is besieged by a force beyond comprehension . meg foster ( masters of the universe 1987 , they live 1988 ) plays , martin , the president of the employing company , tri - oceanic corp .
eddie murphy ’s headed back to detroit in the upcoming fourth installment of the beverly hills cop franchise . according to the associated press , the state of michigan approved $ 13 . 5 million in film incentives , based on an estimated $ 56 . 6 million of filmmaker spending in the state . the film will be shot in and around detroit , creating jobs for an estimated 352 workers , the michigan film office announced on thursday .
the film will be directed by brett ratner ( who worked with murphy on 2011’s tower heist ) and produced by jerry bruckheimer ( who produced the original 1984 beverly hills cop ) , based on a script co - written by josh appelbaum and andre nemec ( mission : impossible – ghost protocol ) . a tentative release date is set for march 2016 . ( no word yet on whether the classic theme song is being revived . )
a hard - nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise - cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him , in order to track down a killer .
among the rejected ideas for beverly hills cop iii included a robert towne screenplay idea ( one in which axel foley has to deal with his celebrity cop status ) , a scenario teaming eddie murphy with sean connery as a scotland yard detective , and another axel - in - london idea where his scotland yard counterpart would have been played by john cleese . the last story would have involved british gangsters loosely based on the real - life kray brothers , who were captured in detroit and transported to london by paul reiser ' s jeffrey , and axel would have gone overseas after the gangster ' s henchmen broke him out of custody and murdered jeffrey . this concept was scrapped because producers don simpson and jerry bruckheimer decided it was too close to the storyline of the michael douglas ' 1989 film black rain .
still in a world of ever improving motion capture and cgi technology , with the pre - recorded audio from the video game and input from surviving cast members a slick animated ghostbusters iii doesn’t seem like such an unlikely prospect .
“ [ my ] popularity after beverly hills cop— all that ‘he’s so hot’ shit—everything was going out of control . everything came too easy … and when the laughs come too easy , you start doing things like walking through movies . you get too comfortable . you start getting out of control . you start tripping . you argue . you get the big head . you wear a leather suit and a glove with a ring on the outside .
among the rejected ideas for
beverly hills cop iii
included a robert towne screenplay idea ( one in which axel foley has to deal with his celebrity cop status ) , a scenario teaming eddie murphy with sir sean connery as a scotland yard detective , and another axel foley - in - london idea , where his scotland yard counterpart would have been played by john cleese . the last story would have involved a british gangster loosely based on the real - life kray brothers , who was captured in detroit and transported to london by paul reiser ' s jeffrey , and axel would have gone overseas after the gangster ' s henchmen broke him out of custody and murdered jeffrey . this concept was scrapped , because producers don simpson and jerry bruckheimer decided it was too close to the storyline of black rain ( 1989 ) .
among the rejected ideas for
beverly hills cop iii
included a robert towne screenplay idea ( one in which axel foley has to deal with his celebrity cop status ) , a scenario teaming eddie murphy with sir sean connery as a scotland yard detective , and another axel foley - in - london idea , where his scotland yard counterpart would have been played by john cleese . the last story would have involved a british gangster loosely based on the real - life kray brothers , who was captured in detroit and transported to london by paul reiser ' s jeffrey , and axel would have gone overseas after the gangster ' s henchmen broke him out of custody and murdered jeffrey . this concept was scrapped , because producers don simpson and jerry bruckheimer decided it was too close to the storyline of black rain ( 1989 ) .
hi everyone , i ' m new here , hello ! i was curious about a scene in beverly hills cop iii , near the end at wonder world , when the cops are interacting with the bad guys of wonder world outside by
home town square
i believe , there were lights in the trees blinking , like christmas lights but they were just clear light bulbs . . . . which theme park is that ? i knew it was filmed at various parks , and i live in chicago so i can ' t just go look ! if anyone would know , you guys would ! looking forward to your reply . . . thanks in advance ! happy holidays !
beverly hills cop iii directed by john landis ; written by steven e . de souza , based on characters created by danilo bach and daniel petrie jr . ; director of photography , mac ahlberg ; music by nile rodgers ; production designer , michael seymour ; produced by mace neufeld and robert rehme ; released by paramount pictures . running time : 103 minutes . this film is rated r . axel foley . . . eddie murphy billy rosewood . . . judge reinhold jon flint . . . hector elizondo janice . . . theresa randle serge . . . bronson pinchot ellis dewald . . . timothy carhart orrin sanderson . . . john saxon uncle dave thornton . . . alan young
beverly hills cop is the film that made eddie murphy a mega star and a box office champ . mr . murphy stars as axel foley , a reckless detroit detective who goes to los angeles to try and catch the people who murdered his childhood friend . mr . murphy commands the screen and the film perfectly combines action and comedy stylings into one explosive hybrid genre . the film was a monster at the box office and was the highest grossing r rated film for 25 years until the hangover topped its mark . the soundtrack was a big hit as well hitting number one on the billboard charts and spawning three top ten singles (
the heat is on
,
neutron dance
and the ubiquitous instrumental
axel f
) . with some of the lousy movies mr . murphy makes these days , you should watch films like beverly hills cop to remind you of how powerful and amazing an actor he can be .
along the way , something happened to murphy : he stopped taking pleasure in his own talent , and the audience’s enjoyment fizzled away too . the eddie murphy who skulks , swaggers , and — mostly — fires guns through beverly hills cop iii is like a replicant version of his former self . when he spews out lines in a rapid - fire bluster or stretches his mouth into that big , horsey grin , you don’t quite believe that he wants to do it . it’s just a job now , a blockbuster obligation ; the joyless proficiency with which he goes through the motions is depressing to behold . if anything , he looks vaguely bored , as though the very act of telling a joke were now beneath him .
during the script ' s early drafts , the film ' s plot concerned foley , rosewood , and taggart ( john ashton ) going to london to rescue captain bogomil ( ronny cox ) who was being held hostage by terrorists during an international police convention . however , numerous problems such as scripting issues and budgeting caused pre - production to drag out to the point where both john aston and ronny cox had to drop out due to obligations to other pending film projects . ashton ' s part was re - written as john flint ( héctor elizondo ) and dialogue was inserted to explain that taggart had retired and moved to phoenix . cox ' s absence is never addressed in this film , nor is he mentioned at any point . both ashton and cox have subtle cameos in this film in the form of a picture on rosewood ' s desk of foley , taggart , rosewood , and bogomil on a fishing trip . this is the same picture which also appeared in beverly hills cop ii on bogomil ' s and foley ' s desks . in an interview in 2012 , ronny cox said ,
they wanted me to be in beverly hills cop iii , but . . . i read the script .
eddie murphy returns again as the always lovable axel foley who returns to beverly hills on a roller coaster ride of thrills at wonderworld amusement park . the casting of this film in some ways isn ' t as strong as the previous two but in some ways just as good . either way , i found this movie to be the funniest of the beverly hills cop trilogy . another main reason why i thought this was the funniest of the three was because judge reinhold is in perfect form as axel ' s best friend , detective billy rosewood . the rest of the cast was also well placed and i thought the directing by john landis was good for a movie like this . i am hoping that if they make a fourth one that it can live up to the likes of the previous three including this one .


john meade 's woman is a 1937 american drama film directed by richard wallace and written by john bright , vincent lawrence , herman j. mankiewicz and robert tasker .

the film stars edward arnold , francine larrimore , gail patrick , george bancroft , john trent and sidney blackmer .

the film was released on february 26 , 1937 , by paramount pictures .

john meade ' s woman

john meade ' s woman is a 1937 american drama film directed by richard wallace and written by john bright , vincent lawrence , herman j . mankiewicz and robert tasker . the film stars edward . . . see full summary »
teddy
connor , a woman recently orphaned , leaves her uncle ' s midwestern farm for chicago , where she meets
lumber king
john meade . john takes her in for a hot meal and sends her roses the next day . john is engaged to penniless society beauty caroline haig , who is in love with rodney bentley and is marrying john for his money . a jovial millionaire without a conscience , john orders his long - time employee , tim mathews , to report to chicago from the lumber mills and announces he is leaving the lumber business for wheat . although tim insists they reforest their lumber lands , john ignores his plea . for laughs , john invites teddy and tim to his engagement party at caroline ' s wealthy friend ' s estate . teddy , realizing john is engaged to a woman who does not love him , drowns her tears in liquor and embarrasses caroline .
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arnold , a timber magnate , meets larrimore , a country girl , who marries him on the rebound . when her new husband starts to cheat farmers out of their land , she takes the side of the underdogs and unites them in a revolt against arnold . this was larrimore ' s screen debut and she deserved far better fare . the film ' s message comes through loud and clear - - you ' d . . . read more
paramount , 1937 . directed by richard wallace . camera : harry fischbeck . with edward arnold , francine larrimore , gail patrick , george bancroft , john trent , aileen pringle , sidney blackmer , willard robertson , jonathan hale , stanley andrews , robert strange , harry hayden , fern emmett , bert roach , charles middleton , erville alderson .
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one of over 700 paramount productions , filmed between 1929 and 1949 , which were sold to mca / universal in 1958 for television distribution , and have been owned and controlled by universal ever since .
the wife of a lumber baron turns against him when he begins cheating farmers out of their land .
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tchindas is a 2015 spanish-cape verdean documentary film directed by pablo garcía pérez de lara and marc .

the film premiered at the outfest los angeles 2015 where it received a grand jury award .

tchindas

in ‘tchindas’ , a beautifully shot vérité chronicle of the all - consuming carnival preparations .
on african island , ‘tchindas’ goes beyond lgbti acceptance ( july 2015 , 76crimes . com )
q & a about ‘tchindas , ’ a ‘new frontier of trans films’ ( july 2015 , 76crimes . com )
“tchindas” is a story of transgender and homosexual people who are mocked or stigmatized by those around them . as one cape verdean woman states :
avui , a les 20h . a la @ casagroga de barcelona , tchindas del @ marcserena . # cine # trans # lgtbi # agendaafricana @ tchindasfilm urltoken
“tchindas” is the endearing and funny story of a band of three transgender and homosexual friends who are passionate about dance and who put their energies into preparing for the great carnival of cape verde .
tres maneres de ser diferent lluny de la forma binària de veure i viure el gènere . qui són els
muxe
, els
kushra
i els
tchindas
? els coneixem amb la
el divendres 23 de febrer ( 19h ) projectem tchindas al centre cívic casa groga , de barcelona . carnaval + cap verd + orgull trans + cesária évora ! entrada gratuïta i cinefòrum posterior . us hi esperem !
in film
tchindas
, directors marc serena and pablo garcia perez de lara traveled to sao vicente to explore the lives of the transsexual community in the city of mindelo in the run up to its annual carnival .
serena and de lara premiered
tchindas
in 2015 . it won the grand jury award at outfest , was nominated for an africa movie academy award and screened at the new york african film festival earlier this year .
del libro
¡esto no es africano
, un viaje a través de los amores prohibidos en el continente . el trabajo de donde nació la película tchindas . más infomración del libro , con testimonios de 15 países :
on her first trip to new york , the lgbtq community leader and star of the new documentary ‘tchindas , ’ talks to i - d about what it’s like to be out and proud in one of africa’s smallest countries .
descobrim cap verd i la seva gent a través de la història de tchindas . avui última sessió de # cinemadelluites amb @ tchindasfilm a l ' @ agorajuanandres . l ' any que ve més , perquè # lagoraesqueda ! urltoken
the annual carnival ( in 2013 the theme was “under the sea” ) is a crucial part of cape verde life , and the tchindas ( the original one as well as her friends ) are an integral part of making the carnival happen .
the love she inspires is evident in a documentary co - directed by serena and pablo garcia perez de lara last year called
tchindas ,
which follows andrade ' s preparations for one of the biggest annual events on the cape verde calendar : carnival .
she was the first to open the way for others to express themselves ,
says serena .
tchinda is a natural leader .
so influential has she been that the trans community in cape verde are referred to as
tchindas
by locals .
«it’s impressive to see a whole island working together to make something beautiful out of nothing . we observe them while hearing several local words impossible to fully translate like “sodade” ( nostalgia often considered positive ) , “morabeza” ( hospitality ) and , obviously , “tchindas” ( queer ) .
they work with the children and others from their neighborhood to prepare for the big event . the film features the leader of the group , the trans woman tchinda , whose popularity has turned “tchindas” into the same for all lgbtq cape verdeans ; sweet elvis ; and young , sparkling edinha .
the film “tchindas” was shown on july 22 in douala , cameroon , as part of the écrans noirs ( “black screens” ) film festival . it’s an important , heart - warming film about acceptance of the lgbtq community on an african island , but few members of douala’s lgbtq community turned out to see it .
tchindas
has been compared to
paris is burning ,
with its legendary drag ball . it ' s more hit - and - miss in the scenes leading up to carnaval , and even in its coverage of the celebration itself . too many scenes seem too mundane , but the cumulative effect is positive .
cape verde , or cabo verde , is a small archipelago nation composed of ten volcanic islands and is the setting of the last reel world film series event of the year . this week , the institute of global engagement is showing “tchindas” on may 24 in miller hall 138 at 6 p . m . this will be a free event .
tchinda is openly transgender and deeply respected . her choices , direction and vision centralise a collection of people that few beyond the island know to exist . ‘tchindas’ reveals a hidden landscape tucked far away from the world we know , where trans inclusion and teamwork make up the fundamental structure of a truly magical community and culture . glue , glitter and feathers are at a premium
glue , glitter and feathers are at a premium in tchindas , a beautifully shot vérité chronicle of the all - consuming carnival preparations on são vicente , cape verde’s second - most - populous island . a vivid sense of place , community and personalities comes through in the keenly observed film by pablo garcia perez de lara and marc serena , which reveals a seamless fusion of tradition and open - hearted acceptance .
despite the lineup of well - known filmmakers at the festival , the warmest reception was for tchinda andrade , about a humble female transsexual from cape verde who’s one of the most loved personalities on her island of san vicente . non - heterosexuals are known as “tchindas” in cape verde , and this interesting documentary takes us on a fascinating journey through the tchinda community as it prepares for its major festival : carnival .
“tchindas” is a documentary that tells the story of a cape verdean of the same name . tchinda andrade is a well - known and well - loved member of the cape verde community who gained even more recognition and support after coming out as a transgender woman in the newspaper in 1998 . all lgbtq people were in the closet at that time , tchinda states in the documentary . according to an i - d magazine article about the film there weren’t even words in cape verdean creole for concepts such as non - cisgender , non - straight genders and sexualities .
reeling opens at the music box theatre on september 17 with fourth man out , the debut feature from director andrew nackman . it ' s described as
a bro comedy with a lot of heart
about a small - town auto mechanic whose coming out confuses his blue - collar pals . nackman and cast members evan todd and kate flannery ( a founding member of the annoyance theatre ) are expected to appear at the screening . other highlights include documentaries tchindas , which reeling co - curator richard knight described as
an african paris is burning ,
and olya ' s love , which follows a pair of lesbian activists in the increasingly hostile contemporary russia . reeling 33 runs september 17–24 ; tickets go on sale august 27 at urltoken .
reeling : the chicago lgbtq + international film festival returns for its 33rd year this week with a packed and wonderfully diverse line up of features , docs and shorts . the festival offers highly anticipated studio features as well as a fantastic assortment of international and u . s . documentaries and films by new and first - time directors you won’t get to see anywhere else . the festival runs september 17–24 and packs in nearly 40 features and more than 60 shorts . we’ve picked five we can’t wait to see from this rich selection to get you started . plus our own theater and lgbt senior editor kris vire moderates a q & a with freeheld writer ron nyswaner on monday following the 7pm screening of the film starring julianne moore and ellen page , so there are plenty of reasons to get rolling to reeling . all five of these screenings take place at landmark century centre cinema , 2828 n clark st .
beautiful something dir . joseph graham . 2015 . beautiful something is really just that . it’s a visually spectacular look at four very different queer men and the men in their lives that humanizes the gay experience through complex and diverse portrayals , presenting these characters without stereotypes and with great depth . the film itself comments on themes of lust , heartbreak and art as we see these men intertwine ( plotwise and literally ) over the course of one evening . all of the emotions and impulses are universally human ; these men just happen to be queer and that’s what allows the film to transcend cliché and truly resonate . ( sept 23 , 7pm . $ 12 )
from this day forward dir . sharon shattuck . 2015 . documentarian sharon shattuck’s deeply personal from this day forward is an absorbing portrait of her transgender father , who transitioned from michael to trisha when shattuck was a teenager . shattuck uses family photos , home movies and her dad ' s art to reconstruct trisha’s coming out in small - town michigan . but it’s the frank present - day interviews with trisha and sharon’s mother , marcia , about how their marriage survived that most compel . ( sept 20 , 12 : 15pm . $ 8 ) – kris vire
you & i dir . nils bökamp . 2014 . best friends philip ( english , gay ) and jonas ( german , straight ) head out on a road trip through the countryside in the german dramedy you & i , but their coyly flirtatious friendship takes a turn after they pick up a handsome young polish hitchhiker . the characters tend to swap languages mid - sentence ; the german and polish are subtitled , but with the range of accents you may wish the english was too . still , the film is appealingly sensual and dreamily paced . ( sept 22 , 9 : 15pm . $ 12 ) – kv
stonewall dir . roland emmerich . 2015 . even before anyone ' s seen it ( it premieres at the toronto international film festival on friday , two days before it screens at reeling ) , stonewall has already reaped criticism based on its trailer for apparent whitewashing of the historic 1969 stonewall riots in new york—riots that were driven by a greatly diverse group of minorities , trans women , lesbians and drag queens . yet stonewall the film elevates another pretty white boy ( jeremy irvine ) as its protagonist , danny winters . despite the backlash and boycotts called for since the trailer’s release , this film is one that we’re , at the very least , interested to see at the festival . while it may very well live up to the worst fears of its critics , stonewall could partially redeem itself in some small ways . no matter what , we’re excited to see it , and judge it , ourselves . ( sept 20 , 7pm . $ 12 )
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reeling : the chicago lgbtq + international film festival announced the bulk of its feature lineup for september ' s 33rd edition of the fest at a media preview this evening . the slate includes the first chicago screenings of two of the fall ' s highest - profile lgbt - themed movies : stonewall , director roland emmerich ' s fictionalized take on the 1969 riots at a new york city gay bar , and freeheld , starring julianne moore and ellen page as a real - life lesbian couple fighting injustice .
the trailer for stonewall hit the web yesterday , and though it seems to be a passion project for independence day director emmerich and screenwriter jon robin baitz , who are both gay themselves , the online reaction to their apparent decision to center the story on a young , white , attractive cisgender man ( played by british actor jeremy irvine ) and sideline the lesbians , trans * people , drag queens and people of color at the heart of the real stonewall riots has been mixed to say the least .
freeheld seems on its surface less controversial . moore plays a new jersey police detective who , after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in the mid - 2000s , fought to secure her pension benefits for her domestic partner , played by page . michael shannon and steve carell costar in the film from director peter sollett . ( both freeheld and stonewall will premiere at the toronto international film festival before screening at reeling , but reeling will precede the movies ' commercial openings . )
kris is a senior editor at time out chicago , covering theater and dance , comedy and lgbt events . he can give you the best cta route to every theater in the city , and you can probably find him at one of them tonight . follow him on twitter at @ krisvire .
the 2015 outfest los angeles lgbt film festival ran july 9 - 19 , closing sunday with francois ozon’s gender - bending melodrama “the new girlfriend , ” starring romain duris and anais demoustier .
the festival gives out audiences awards and three juries voted on shorts , narrative features and documentary awards ( i voted on the doc jury ) .
read more : outfest 2015 lineup has nick jonas , christine vachon , ‘beaver trilogy’ and more .
documentary feature winner we award best documentary feature to a sinner in mecca for gay filmmaker parvez sharma’s daring iphone journey of acceptance into the heart of islam .
actor in a u . s . dramatic feature for a richly multi - dimensional portraits of young gay men , balancing their forbidden relationship with their muslim faith in post 9 - 11 new york . the best actor in a u . s . feature goes to curtis cook jr and kerwin johnson jr in naz and maalik .
actress in a u . s . dramatic feature for capturing with a quick - witted humor the sympathetic qualities of a difficult character , and humanizing the issue of sex addiction the best actress in a us feature goes to judy greer in addicted to fresno .
screenwriting in a u . s . dramatic feature for its remarkable depth of character history and its sincere and complicated exploration of family , home , sexuality , and parenthood , the best screenplay award goes to sebastian .
u . s . dramatic feature film for its deft use of humor and its unexpected subversion of expectations , the award for best u . s . narrative feature goes to nasty baby , directed by sebastian silva .
international dramatic feature for its eerie elegance , audacious storytelling and carnal depiction of love , the international dramatic feature goes to everlasting love , directed by marcal fores .
documentary short film for its inspiring portrait of a beloved young activist and advocate for transgender rights , the jury prize for documentary is given to brockington , directed by maggie sloane , mason sklut , sergio ingato .
experimental short film for its confounding and provocative reflection , we award the jury prize for experimental short film to the lamps , by shelly silver . dramatic short film for its evocative cinematography that captures desire between two young men who seize the night – one an apprentice barber and the other a young man leaving for the military service , we award the jury prize for short narrative to tremulo , directed by roberto fiesco
special jury mention we can’t live without cosmos for its innovative storytelling that transcends language and redefines companionship through the animated portrait of two astronauts whose commitment to each other is out of this world , we award a special jury prize to we can’t life without cosmos , directed by konstantin bronzit . special programming awards
emerging talent for crafting a funny and moving portrait of a young trans man living his truth in rural north carolina , reminding us all that love can prevail even in the face of intense bigotry and ignorance , the 2015 programming award for emerging talent goes to hillevi loven for deep run .
freedom for risking incarceration by telling the story of lgbtq kenyans in a country where homosexuality itself is a criminal offense , and for its deft balance of documentary and narrative filmmaking technique in capturing subjects who are forced to keep their identities secret , the 2015 programming award for artistic freedom goes to jim chuchu and the nest collective for stories of our lives .
artistic achievement for moving trans cinema forward by placing its heroine firmly into genre storytelling , and for its powerful evocation of the muxe culture of small - town mexico , the 2015 programming award for artistic achievement goes to rigoberto pérezcano for carmin tropical .
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receiving its world premiere at outfest los angeles , the doc zeros in on one neighborhood’s communal transformation for the annual event , finding at its center the spirited creative leadership of a trio of transgender and gay residents . as the film’s title reflects , the name of one of those figures , the transgender woman tchinda andrade , has become the local term for lgbtq people .
tchinda is an elder stateswoman of sorts , having come out publicly in 1998 , at a time when , as she tells some of her younger friends , “all homosexuals were in the closet . ” a revered resident of a working - class corner of the city of mindelo — “tchinda rules , end of story , ” one man says — she tends bar in her modest eatery , sometimes with a neighbor’s baby in her arms , and takes to the streets , hips swiveling and voice booming , to hawk the finger food coxinhas .
though she won’t be marching in the 2013 events that the film depicts , tchinda oversees the community effort , and does her best to defuse the mounting tension . working with her are elvis tolentino , winner of multiple trophies for best dressed at carnival , and the sweet - faced edinha pitanga . together they conceptualize the ocean - themed float and costumes for the collective fantasy and , with limited funds and limitless inventiveness , they take every detail seriously — every stitch and sequin , every welded framework and papier - mâché creature .
though nobody other than the central three comes into focus except in relation to carnival , the feel of community and interdependence is fully alive in co - director perez’s intimate fly - on - the - wall camerawork in houses , shops and on the cobbled streets . his painterly compositions capture the island’s sun - washed palette , while the sound of cape verdean creole , spoken and sung , is a vibrant music . the directors make apt use of a few mornas by the island nation’s late , great cultural ambassador , the singer cesaria evora ; it was she who urged serena , a barcelona - based journalist , to experience what she called the best carnival in africa .
for all the power of the direct - cinema approach , there are pieces of crucial context that are clearer in the production notes than the film itself . the oft - invoked pomba gira , a female figure of afro - brazilian religion , isn’t explained within the film , but the doc’s final 10 minutes make her power felt in the exultant performances of edinha , elvis and others on carnival day . they wow the locals and tourists who line the city’s main street , with its glimpses of wealth and worldliness that contrast with the sleepy quarter from which tchinda & co . hail .
but in the excitement and release of the culminating spectacle , there’s something far more powerful than mere entertainment going on . “i have to feel proud , delicate and joyful , ” edinha declares while working on costumes , and on carnival day it’s clear that she has achieved her goal . and then there’s the sodade that evora sang of — the portuguese notion of nostalgia and longing , captured ineffably on tchinda’s face when , at film’s end , the party’s over .
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within a small , tropical cape verdean island , the beloved tchinda is hard at work preparing for a carnival she hopes will capture the town’s imagination .
despite her great reputation , tchinda remains humble and every afternoon she happily tours the neighborhood to sell her best “coxinhas” , a classic brazilian treat : delicious fried balls of chicken .
filmmakers marc serena and pablo garcía pérez de lara have crafted a lush , perceptive documentary that at times feels akin to a fairy tale . the film reveals a hidden landscape tucked far away from the world we know , where trans inclusion and teamwork make up the fundamental structure of a truly magical community and culture .
«cape verde became an independent country from portugal in 1975 , known worldwide because of its most international singer , cesária évora . her songs are in cape verdean creole , a language without a dictionary that i’m lucky to somehow understand .
that’s why , four years ago , when i visited cesária at her house , we could handle a conversation . i remember perfectly when she told me : “you have to come back again to see the carnival , it’s the best of africa ! ” . she died 36 hours later… so i took her words seriously and i came back to shoot this documentary» .
the island is a true exception for the way trans people are respected , it’s definitely an untold african story we all have to be proud of . we want to share it in a film that’s beautiful , sensitive , poetic , and a final celebration» .
pablo garcía pérez de lara ( barcelona , 1970 ) has directed two full - length films : fuente álamo , the caress of time ( 2001 ) , selected in karlovy vary and butterfly ( 2007 ) , in the official section of karlovy vary and san sebastián . his short film alicia portrayed ( 2002 ) was selected by the semaine de la critique du festival de cannes . he’s been the dop of the acclaimed familystrip from luís miñarro or the k effect : stalin’s editor ( 2012 ) from valentí figueres , screened in 60 festivals . he teaches cinema in the school in the cinema in curs program .
marc serena ( barcelona , 1983 ) is a journalist and normally works as a screenwriter for spanish tv as tvc , tve and barcelona tv . he has just published un - african love ? ( 2014 ) , compiling queer voices from 15 african countries . his previous book , trip to the 25 ( 2011 ) , received great success in asia , where it has been published in chinese and korean . he has directed the web documentary double epidemic ( 2015 ) .
yolanda olmos ( barcelona , 1966 ) works for doble banda as an executive producer and director . since 2001 , she has produced sixteen audiovisual projects , mostly documentaries .
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at the center of preparations is tchinda andrade , a firebrand for the island ' s trans community and one of the first to come out in sao vicente back in 1998 . so influential is she that
tchinda
has become an term used to describe trans people on the island .
the transgender community make up only a portion of the carnival ' s throng , but their input can also be felt elsewhere . andrade brings together local children to perform at the carnival , and her lieutenants elvis and edinha help with the costumes for myriad performers .
though considered by some to be africa ' s most lgbt - friendly nation , the respect shown towards the transgender community has been hard fought . serena says that andrade has been assaulted in the past , and transgender people have limited protection in the eyes of the law .
this is a poor country , but it ' s full of love and joy ,
says serena . the island is small , only 88 square miles , which perhaps breeds a environment of inclusivity .
you have to get together and live together ,
he says .
[ vicentians ] are forced to embrace each other and understand one another .
( cnn ) it was the popular singer cesaria evora who first introduced journalist marc serena to cape verde ' s most famous transgender activist : tchinda andrade .
the sao vincente native came out as transgender in a local newspaper article in 1998 , and has since played the role of mother hen to the country ' s trans community .
the film has been sweeping up on the festival circuit . it won the grand jury award at outfest , was nominated for an africa movie academy award and screened at the new york african film festival earlier this year . moreover , it ' s made a star of its protagonist .
serena , meanwhile , has been heartened by how welcoming sao vicente ( a small , 88 - sqaure mile island that makes up part of cape varde ) is to the lgbt community .
it ' s the most tolerant nation in africa ,
he says , a quality he attributes somewhat to sao vicente ' s diminutive size .
you have to get together and live together ,
he says .
[ vicentians ] are forced to embrace each other and understand one another .
just getting to the point where andrade can walk the streets by day , selling fried snacks , has taken an awful lot of sacrifice . andrade has been assaulted in the past ( evora , a longtime supporter of lgbt rights , paid andrade ' s medical bills ) .
serena also recalls hearing about senegalese merchants in sao vicente kneeling in prayer when catching sight of transgender individuals .
to battle intolerance , andrade and others in the transgender community preach tolerance to sao vicente ' s local youth . in the film , andrade ' s friend edinha tells a group a children a modern - day parable :
once upon a time there was an ignorant church ,
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meet tchinda andrade , a transgender woman so beloved by her community that her name has become synonymous with lbgt people in são vicente , cape verde . pablo garcía pérez de lara and marc serena ' s documentary follows tchinda - - out and proud since 1998 - - as she and her friends prepare for a carnival they hope will capture the town ' s imagination .
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calm reigns in sâo vicente , a small cape verdean island ( off the west coast of africa ) where most of the people have never moved away . in mindelo we meet tchinda , one of their most beloved women , especially after coming out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998 . since then , her name has become the way local people call queer cape verdeans . tchinda sells
coxinhas” by day and in the evening is responsible for security at her bar as music and grog , the famous local rum permeates every corner of the island . in february the island evolves as thousands of people pack into the streets for carnival .
calm reigns in sâo vicente , a small cape verdean island off the west coast of africa , where most of the residents have never moved away . in the island ' s port city of mindelo , tchinda is one of the community ' s most beloved women especially after coming out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998 . since then , her name has become synonymous with the way local people call queer cape verdeans . tchinda , who sells
coxinhas” ( a brazilian street food ) by day , is responsible for security at her bar in the evening as music and grog , the famous local rum , permeates every corner of the island . in february , the island evolves as thousands of people pack into the streets for carnival . the days leading up to the event are hectic with the locals working together to make something beautiful out of nothing ; they recycle everything they can to create a structure that will be more magical every day .
tchinda is an elder stateswoman of sorts , having come out publicly in 1998 , at a time when , as she tells some of her younger friends , “all homosexuals were in the closet . ” a revered resident of a working - class corner of the city of mindelo — “tchinda rules , end of story , ” one man says .
filmmakers marc serena and pablo garcía pérez de lara have crafted a lush , perceptive documentary that at times feels akin to a fairytale .
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director : marc serena and pablo garcía pérez de lara country : spain / cape verde year : 2015 running time : 95 min . language : cape verdean creole with english subtitles
biography : marc serena is a journalist and published un - african love ? ( 2014 ) , compiling queer voices from 15 african countries . his previous book , trip to the 25 ( 2011 ) , received great success in asia , where it has been published in chinese and korean . he has directed the web documentary double epidemic ( 2015 ) .
biography : pablo garcía pérez de lara has directed two full - length award - winning films : fuente álamo , the caress of time ( 2001 ) and butterfly ( 2007 ) . his short film alicia portrayed ( 2002 ) was selected by the semaine de la critique du festival de cannes .
films shown in aff , inc . programs : africa : the beat ( 2012 )
director : sonia gamez country : spain year : 2013 running time : 54 min . language : amazigh and spanish with english subtitles
this film intends to explore the phenomenon of maraboutism in the rif , an area in the north of morocco . this practice of venerating saints , which was historically common throughout the whole of north africa , has great cultural importance even today . the shrines or marabouts are the object of many popular religious beliefs . the rif boasts a great diversity of cults and shows how the ancient ancestral beliefs of the amazigh people coexist alongside sufism , the mystical branch of islam .
biography : sonia gamez studied history in spain and began her career as a researcher at the institute of mediterranean culture . she is currently a lecturer in art history and history at the uned . her present work focuses on the amazigh cultural heritage . after studying maraboutism in northern morocco , she made her first documentary film on the topic of this popular religious tradition in the rif . ziara is the culmination of her research and was screened at several film festivals in spain as well as austria . at present , she is at work on a new project on sufism in morocco , specifically about a controversial brotherhood known as the aissawa .
films shown in aff , inc . programs : ziara – beyond the threshold [ ziara , más allá del umbral ] ( 2015 ) .
filmography : ziara – beyond the threshold [ ziara , más allá del umbral ] ( 2013 ) .
biography : carlos agullo worked as an assistant editor on the sea inside by alejandro amenábar , which won the academy award for best foreign film and later as film editor for other award winning spanish directors such as mateo gil , oskar santos , jorge blanco and jorge sánchez’ cabezudo ( crematorium ) . he has also directed several of his own award - winning short films .
films shown in aff , inc . programs : plot for peace ( 2015 ) .
filmography : el regalo [ the gift ] ( 2006 ) la espera [ the wait ] ( 2008 ) ; ana cronia ( 2008 ) ; pizza eli ( 2008 ) ; próxima estación [ next station ] ( 2011 ) ; plot for peace ( 2013 ) .
director : moises salama countries : spain year : 2004 running time : 76 min . languages : spanish with english subtitles
julia steps into the labyrinth of melilla , following the trail left behind by the fractured lives of hassan , yonaida , and culi . their voices join a chorus of others in an interwoven trajectory that crisscrosses time and space in this border city separating the north from the south , which uniquely embodies many of the key conflicts of our time : migratory movements vs . economic development , peaceful coexistence vs . the “clash of civilizations , ” and the basic challenge of achieving harmony .
biography : moisés salama benarroch graduated in modern history from the university of granada . he was an associate professor at the university of granada in the department of communication and documentation . since 2001 , he has been content director for the festival of malaga , where he has coordinated numerous conferences on documentary film and has edited a series of publications centered on spanish and latin american documentary film . in 2004 , he completed melillans , his directorial debut , with the collaboration of the production company ático7 , where he has been a partner since 2002 . the film has been screened at numerous festivals . he directed several documentaries one of which , atlas bereber , won second prize in madrid’s documenta festival .
films shown in aff , inc . programs : melillenses ( melilans ) ( 2015 ) .
director : alvaro toepke and angel serrano countries : sierra leone and spain year : 1998 running time : 52 min . language : english and mende
the language you cry in tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th century sierra leone to the gullah people of present - day georgia . it recounts the even more remarkable saga of how african americans retained links with their african past through the horrors of the middle passage , slavery and segregation . the film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator vertamae grosvenor calls the “non - history” imposed on african americans .
films shown in aff , inc . programs : trois fables à l’usage des blancs en afrique [ three fables for the uses of whites in africa ] ( 2001 – claude gnakouri , luis marquès ) .
filmography : trois fables à l’usage des blancs en afrique [ three fables for the uses of whites in africa ] ( 1998 – claude gnakouri , luis marquès ) ; trois fables africaines ( 2000 – claude gnakouri , luis marquès ) .
filmography : vietnam paradiso ( 2001 ) ; 30 ans de pêche hauturière au maroc ( 2002 ) ; amal el badiya ( 2003 ) ; amal ( 2004 ) ; casa ( 2006 ) ; women interrupted ( 2009 ) .
director : claude gnakouri and luis marquès countries : ivory coast / france / spain year : 1998 running time : 17 min . language : french
in a small village , a man at the end of his life decides to unearth his scarce savings in order to offer a lamb as sacrifice .
somewhere in the savannah , an old african man sees a marathoner passing by . the old man asks the runner to help him pick up some wood , but the european , obsessed by his running , continues on his path . the old man wishes him luck .
two rally organizers in a preparatory mission , foresee having their route pass through a village nearby . they hope to be able to do like they did last time : use some convincing words , tricks , and then disappear . but this time the village is prepared for their visit .
tickets + info – 2016 new york african film festival line - up – african film festival , inc .
the following program guide lists the features and short films scheduled to screen at the 2016 new york african film festival . this guide begins with information on our may 1st town hall event . the line - up is then organized alphabetically , and each film or program of films is followed by its showtime and a trailer ( if there is an available trailer ) . to read the full statement on this year’s festival , click here .
bentley dean and martin butler , australia / vanuatu , 2015 , 104 min .
tanna is set in the south pacific where wawa , a young girl from one of the last traditional tribes , falls in love with her chief’s grandson , dain . when an intertribal war escalates , wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal . the young lovers run away , but are pursued by enemy warriors’ intent on killing them . they must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe , while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom . tanna is based on a true story and performed by the people of yakel in vanuatu .
teddy ( eskindir tameru ) , the son of a prostitute who grew up on the streets after his mother’s death , desperately tries to avoid the temptation of his old ways of chewing khat and drinking . his only support system is his priest , who bought him a taxi license on the condition that he live a decent life away from his past . but after teddy intervenes in a fight between a prostitute , fere ( fereweni gebregergs ) , and her ex - boyfriend , who sells women to “work” in the middle east , his taxi is stolen by the latter as leverage . as a result , teddy finds himself caught up in a relationship with fere , and during the search for the car , they discover the price of love . .
dina velikovskaya’s animated short is about a mother who has given so much that it seems as if she has nothing left…until life opens up new opportunities .
senay berhe , teddy goitom and benjamin taft , ghana / ivory coast / kenya / senegal , 2014 , 84min . ( 28min . x 3 episodes )
as africa changes , and the world’s perception of it changes , the images of africa and africans need to change too . afripedia is a collaborative , multi - part project profiling a new generation of artists from across the continent . this program brings together three documentaries from the afripedia series , examining the vibrant and rising artistic communities in ghana , kenya , ivory coast , and senegal . viewers meet outspoken androgynous music star wiyaala ; 3d artist andrew kaggia , who unveils his vision of nairobi ; fashion designer selly raby kane , who sculpts the digital image of a future alien city in an old railway station ; and many others .
over the course of the 20th century , a large number of groups in various sub - saharan countries ( south africa , nigeria , ghana , uganda , cameroon , mali , ivory coast , etc . ) spontaneously converted to judaism and claimed jewish identity . these communities respect the worship rituals and dietary restrictions of judaism , which they often learn from the internet , as well as jewish culture ( cuisine , music , language , etc . ) . the film gives an account of this black judaism , through an african community – that of cameroon , with serge etélé as its leader . rabbi cappers funnye , michelle obama’s cousin and leader of the black jewish community in the united states , is also interviewed . ( screening with the dance of king david )
xoliswa sithole escaped apartheid south africa as a child and grew up amidst the freedom fighters of zimbabwe , witnessing the euphoria of revolution . leaving before the country descended into it’s present challenges . now , in this powerful documentary the two - time bafta and peabody winner returns to zimbabwe to relive her story and investigate what happened to those dreams of freedom .
the dark - skinned 11 - year - old cholo meets his fair - skinned younger stepbrother abdullah for the first time . although strikingly different , the two boys enjoy a crackling chemistry . ( screening with red leaves )
the second feature by charlie vundla ( director of how to steal 2 million , a selection of the 2012 new york african film festival ) , cuckold tells the story of a young african - american professor in johannesburg ( played by vundla ) who falls apart after his wife leaves him for another man . while trying to drink himself into oblivion , he has a chance encounter with an old schoolmate who is now a homeless life coach . together ( with a little help from the drug trade ) , the two men prop each other up , and things soon ease back into normalcy… until the professor’s wife reappears sobbing at his doorstep . an unusual ménage à trois arrangement follows , one that seems destined to wreak havoc on the fragile state of affairs .
nana obiri yeboah and maximillian claussen , uk / ghana , 2015 , 95min .
a series of misfortunes lead a west african village to accuse a young girl , asabi of witchcraft . their pastor insists that salvation lies in her exorcism and death , using his compelling rhetoric to incite fear into the people and turn asabi’s mother ( ama k abebrese ) against her own daughter . disillusioned reporter , godwin finds himself swept up in the witch hunt . with the help of a young school teacher , he attempts to save asabi’s life , fighting back against corruption and false prophets . based on true events , the cursed ones is a story of morality , corruption , and community in the heart of africa .
over 2900 years ago , king david brought the ark of the covenant to jerusalem . when he did , king david , “danced before the lord with all his might” ( 2 samuel 6 : 14 ) . the dance of king david is a documentary film about the history and the contemporary worship of the ark . this film examines the disappearance of the ark from israel and its reemergence in ethiopia . we witness the “dance of king david , ”—an ancient rite still performed today by jews and ethiopians alike and we learn firsthand what it means to believe in the supernatural powers of this sacred object . ( screening with black jews : the roots of the olive tree )
jihan el - tahri , egypt / france / usa / qatar , 2014 , 168min . ( 56min . x 3 films )
on january 25 , 1952 , downtown cairo was burnt down : angry mobs demanded the departure of british colonial military rule and called for ‘bread , freedom and social justice’ . fifty - nine years later to the day , the same anger was displayed , the same slogan brandished – but this time against egypt’s elected president . for six decades , egypt’s post - colonial leaders forged a system that harnessed military and religious powers , struck a delicate balance in foreign relations and muzzled a complacent civil society . what led the docile egyptians to mass revolt ? how were the promising ideals of the 1952 revolution hijacked ? what led to the total breakdown of social justice and political freedom ? filmmaker jihan el - tahri has created a masterpiece trilogy of films about former egyptian presidents
chronicles the quest of poet kewulay kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family . kamara takes us back to his native village of dankawali in northeast sierra leone where the epic was written out by his father in the 1960s only to be destroyed when the village was razed during the recent civil war in sierra leone . (
due to a road mishap , a bus driver loses a group of psychiatric patients on the way to a federal hospital . to cover up the mistake , he and a nurse pick up unsuspecting commuters to substitute the patients . the plot thickens as the new passengers must try to prove their sanity in a psychiatric institution , while the escapees try to adjust to a new environment . a comedy of errors that features some of nigeria’s finest entertainers .