The reality of how famous Eddie Murphy was in 1984
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Beverly Hills Cop
gbenson20 — 12 years ago(March 20, 2014 12:22 PM)
Before 1984 the reality was the black men were not stars of big hollywood movies, did not get videos on MTV, and did not have national tv endorsement deals. Well in 1984 you had Michael Jackson become the biggest Pop star in the World ever, you had Price being the biggest rock star in the world, and you had Eddie Murphy the biggest box office draw in the world. Eddie was right there, funny, money and everyone in Hollywood wanting a piece of his talent. The guy was alread a TV Star from SNL and the last American Actor to be offered and sign and exclusive deal with a single Studio. His output was only shunted by the fact that because of this deal he was not allowed to make films for other studios, directors, and actors that were competing with his studio, Paramount. He was also making big selling comedy albums that at the time were thought to be left for dead from the high point in the 70's of Richard Pryor, Geroge Carlin, Cheech and Chong and a host of others. Then he went on to make a music album that not only sold but had a top ten hit on the radio. I understand that to most kids he is the voice of Donkey, but in 1984 he was on top of the World. If you thought Dave Chappelle was funny and was making a ton of money from his show on Comedy Central 10 years ago, that'd be about 1000 % less famous then Eddie was in 1984.
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A-Town8814 — 12 years ago(March 27, 2014 05:11 PM)
Harrison Ford was also damn famous as well. From 1977-1994 he was on top with hit after hit with three franchises under his belt.
Star Wars Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Blade Runner
Witness
Mosquito Coast
Working Girl
Frantic
Presumed Innocent
Regarding Henry
Patriot Games
Fugitive
Clear and Present Danger
Ford had pretty much one hit movie a year from 1977 until 1994.
It isn't until 1995 that his string of hits started to fizzle, but he bounced back with Air Force One in 1997. Pretty damn impressive if you ask me. -
dl4060 — 10 years ago(November 25, 2015 06:06 PM)
He sure was.
He put out a comedy album called Greatest Hits at one point, although I forget when. It had stuff that was not on Comedian, Delirious, Raw, or that other album he released which I can't remember. Greatest Hits was absolutely hilarious, so I would recommend checking it out.
The unfortunate thing about Eddie, in my opinion, was that he never came close to hitting the heights of Beverly Hills Cop again, at least in terms of movies. Don't get me wrong, he had some movies that were hits, and which I found mildly funny, but he just did not come close again to Beverly Hills Cop or Trading Places. I know everyone peaks, but it would have been nice to see him do something close to his best work, and I did not see that. Some might disagree and say that his later work was comparable, I just don't see it. For me the later work does not even come close.