Another 48 Hrs [1990]

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Another 48 Hrs (1990)
Here they go again. Only faster. And tougher.
The Boys Are Back In Town

Rating: 5.9

Movie Details:

Genre: Action (Comedy| Crime)

Length: 1 h 35 min - 95 min

Video: 1920x1024 (23.976 Fps - 2 250 Kbps)

Studio: Paramount Pictures| Lawrence Gordon Productions| E...(cut)

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Actors:

Eddie Murphy

Nick Nolte

Brion James

Kevin Tighe

Director:
Walter Hill

Complete Cast:
Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond)
Nick Nolte (Jack Cates)
Brion James (Ben Kehoe)
Kevin Tighe (Blake Wilson)
Ed O'Ross (Frank Cruise)
David Anthony Marshall (Willie Hickok)
Andrew Divoff (Cherry Ganz)
Bernie Casey (Kirkland Smith)
Brent Jennings (Tyrone Burroughs)
Ted Markland (Malcolm Price)
Tisha Campbell (Amy Smith)
Felice Orlandi (Warden)

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Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond - this time to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- With a pending old debt from the past and the genuine threat of losing his badge for good, the tough and gruff San Francisco police officer, Inspector Jack Cates, pushes his luck and turns to his reluctant former partner, Reggie Hammond. Having spent seven long years in jail after the events of
Written byWritten by: Nick Riganas

According to Brion James, around 50 minutes were cut from the final work-print until the released version. James said in an interview, "[Total Recall (1990)] came out a week before Another 48 Hrs. (1990) that summer, it made $25 million, became the #1 movie in the country, and the studio panicked because they had invested a lot in the '48 Hours' films, but they felt that at well over two hours, that the movie might be too much. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened; that is when they cut 25 minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said, 'Cut all the behavior, action, comedy . . . '. I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what is not there. I was the third lead and now I looked like a dress extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes, were gone."
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The original workprint was 145 minutes long. It was cut by either Walter Hill or Paramount down to 120 minutes, and a week before its summer theatrical release, an additional 25 minutes were cut out by Paramount, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long. Frank McRae's reprisal of his role from the original 48 Hrs. (1982) was entirely cut except for a brief, uncredited shot of him in the background of one scene in the police station. Brion James, also returning from the original, saw his role severely cut down, as well, to create a faster-paced action-comedy. Also removed was a scene partially shown in the theatrical trailer in which Jack explains to Reggie that he has a deadline to track down the Iceman; as such, there is no mention of "48 hours" anywhere in the final film. There are no plans to release a Director's Cut of the film.
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The last of seven Eddie Murphy movies in a row to open at #1 in the box office. His next #1 movie would be The Nutty Professor (1996).
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Frank McRae was cast as Haden, Nick Nolte's boss, the same part he played in 48 Hrs. (1982). His part was almost completely cut from this picture. In one of the shots in the police precinct, McRae appears on camera for a few seconds. His role was uncredited.
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Reportedly, Eddie Murphy's paycheck for the first 48 Hrs. (1982) film was $450,000 while Nick Nolte's salary was $1 million. For this sequel Nolte reportedly got $3 million, and Murphy received $7 million.
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An early draft of the screenplay was shown in synopsis form in the book "The Films of Eddie Murphy" by Edward Gross. It revealed some interesting details that didn't make it into the final film, such as Jack being in a new relationship with a female cop, who later says she was willing to plant a gun at the racetrack to clear his name, as well as Reggie buying a gun on the street, which he would have carried throughout the film. Als,o Jack's new Cadillac would have suffered the same fate as Reggie's Porsche. This prompted Reggie to make a joke about where Jack got the car alarms installed.
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Eddie Murphy actually wrote the story using the fictitious name "Fred Braughton" for credit.
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Nick Nolte appears heavier in the role than usual because when shooting started, he was still carrying the weight he gained for Q & A (1990).
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Because of the violent shootout in the hotel lobby sequence in 48 Hrs. (1982), according to the book "Walter Hill: Last Man Standing" (2004) by Patrick McGilligan, director Walter Hill was told he would never work for Paramount again. He did, though, as he directed this sequel for Paramount.
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When Reggie is calling his old friends to try and borrow money, one of the men he calls is named "Willie Biggs". In the original screenplay for the first movie, Willie Biggs was the original name of Reggie Hammond. Eddie Murphy requested that the name be changed because he thought it was a "generic black name."
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The opening sequence is an homage to the opening sequence in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).
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In 48 Hrs. (1982), Nick Nolte was top-billed, while Eddie Murphy received second billing. This billing order was reversed for the sequel, with Murphy billed first and Nolte second.
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"The Boys Are Back In Town" phrase was used as the main tagline for this movie. Similarly, the promotional blurb for 48 Hrs. (1982) started with the "The Boys Are Back In Town" wording. This was also the name of a song written specifically for that film. The track was never released when that movie came out and was not available on CD until the year 2000. For this sequel, though, the original song was heard at the end of the film; the track wasn't included on the sequel's album either.
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This was the fifth and final collaboration between actor Brion James and writer/director Walter Hill. The first four were Hard Times (1975), Southern Comfort (1981), 48 Hrs. (1982), and Red Heat (1988).
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Just as in 48 Hrs. (1982), also in a hotel, when Reggie knocks on Angel Lee's door, she replies, "Hold on a minute; I have to get something on." The girl in the earlier film says the same line when the two police officers knock on her door. Jack Cates also yells to the front desk clerk, "Call for help now" as he did in the first film in the hotel scene.
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Reggie Hammond had his sentence extended after the events of 48 Hrs. (1982) for "robbing the payroll". As Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places (1983), he also was arrested for robbing the payroll of Duke & Duke.
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The pen with the undressing woman that Cates is playing with while clearing his desk also appears in another Walter Hill film (also starring Nick Nolte) - Extreme Prejudice (1987).
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The song Reggie Hammond sings in prison is "Roxanne" by The Police. The tune was reprised from 48 Hrs. (1982), where Eddie Murphy first sang the track.
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According to "Halliwell's Film Guide", this sequel was "a virtual remake of 48 Hrs. (1982)", while Rating the Movies states that it "duplicates the famous sequences that made the first film a success".
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Jack Cates' (Nick Nolte) car is a sky-blue 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible. The nickname Hammond calls the car is a "piece of shit sky-blue Cadillac". Hammond's (Eddie Murphy) car was said to be a Porsche in 48 Hrs. (1982), meaning a Porsche 356 Speedster, but the vehicle is actually an Intermeccanica 356 A Speedster replica built by CMC (Classic Motor Carriage).
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Eddie Murphy and Tisha Campbell would play neighbors two years later in Boomerang (1992).
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Filmed from January to April of 1990.
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While Reggie (Eddie Murphy) is riding the bus after leaving prison, he sings James Brown songs. When he was a cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975), he characterized James Brown in some skits.
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There was talk of a third film, "Yet Another 48 Hours", but it never materialised.
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Country/western crooner Tompall Glaser's song "Drinking Them Beers" is heard at the start of the film, but the tune is not included on the soundtrack.
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One of two noticeable early 1990s sequels from a major Hollywood studio featuring the word "Another" in the title. The pictures are Another 48 Hrs. (1990) and Another Stakeout (1993).
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This was the third and final collaboration between Nick Nolte and writer/director Walter Hill, the first two being 48 Hrs. (1982) and Extreme Prejudice (1987).
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Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) says the bus flipped over 17 times (at one point in time, he says it flipped over 20 times). This, though, was an exaggeration; it was considerably less than this amount.
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This was the seventh and final collaboration of producer Lawrence Gordon and director Walter Hill.
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Tisha Campbell is listed in the credits as Amy Kirkland, although her surname should be Smith.
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The nickname of the film's chief villain is "The Iceman".
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Shauna O'Brien and Nicole Rubio's debut.
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Body Count: 12.
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When Cherry Ganz blows the female police officer through the bar window, two bullet hits are visible on her body, despite the fact that he shoots only once.
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When Jack makes a rendering of Burrough's description, he gives his copy to Kehoe, but when he questions the bartender, he has the copy.
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During a close-up of the sax musician, when Reggie and Jack are entering the bar, legs of cameraman and his assistant are visible.
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There are various instances of firearms shooting far more bullets than they can carry in real life. The most noticeable instance is during
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Reggie and Jack are talking to Angel in the backseat of a police car; then, the doors open and they get out. However, rear doors on police cars can be opened only from the outside.
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After the bus rolled over, two California Highway Patrol cars arrive with only the driver in each. The CHP would never send two cars with only two drivers; they would either send one car w
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Reggie tells Jack that the Iceman wants him dead because Reggie can identify him, yet he is never asked for a description.
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The cable car seen in the street scenes before and after the shootout at the Chinese hotel is clearly a fake body on a rubber-tire
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In order to make the bus crash more intense, the stunt driver intentionally turns the wheel sharply to the left after the explosive device initiates the roll. Otherwise the bus would never flip over.
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Jack has to shoot Reggie in order to kill the Iceman, since the Iceman was using Reggie as a shield. However, given that Jack fires a Smith & Wesson Model 629 with a .44 magnum round, the bullet would ha
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After Reggie gets shot by Jack and is being taken to the hospital, he has Jack's lighter; he holds it up and lights it. This should not be possible as it is the same shoulder that was shot earlier. It would be more plausible if he held it in his left hand.
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