Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.

Director:

Robert Townsend

Writers:

Eddie Murphy (stand-up material), Eddie Murphy (opening sketch),

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Billie Allen

Cast

Credited cast:
Eddie Murphy	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tatyana Ali	...	Eddie's Sister (sketch)
Billie Allen	...	Eddie's Aunt (sketch)
James Brown III	...	Thanksgiving Guest (sketch)
Eyde Byrde	...	Mrs. Butts (sketch) (as Edye Byrde)
Michelle Davison	...	Thanksgiving Guest (sketch)
Clebert Ford	...	Uncle Lester (sketch)
Geri Gibson	...	Card Player #2 (sketch)
Birdie M. Hale	...	Aunt Rose (sketch)
J.D. Hall	...	Party Guest (sketch)
Barbara Harris	...	Thanksgiving Guest (sketch) (as Barbara Iley)
Tiger Haynes	...	Card Player #3 (sketch)
Leonard Jackson	...	Uncle Gus (sketch)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Eddie's Uncle (sketch)
Jody Jones	...	Eddie's Cousin (sketch)

Storyline

After achieving fame with Saturday Night Live and Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy released a film version of one of his live stand-up performances. He mainly focuses on the topics of divorce and relations between the sexes, but also goes into some of the problems he's encountered because of fame, including offended listeners and fans who continually greet him with his unprintable catch phrases.

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Plot Keywords:

stand up | sex | celebrity impersonation | actor playing himself | political satire | 

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Taglines:

WARNING! You may be offended if you're black, white, male, female, rich or poor, Bill Cosby, Mr. T or Richard Pryor.

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Raw

Filming Locations:

Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$50,504,655 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was originally rated X by the MPAA. It was re-edited many times so the MPAA would give it an R rating.

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Quotes

Eddie Murphy: Hey, don't mind the cameras, everyone. They're filming a movie up in here. And
[shouts]
Eddie Murphy: y'all gonna be in it! Only *I'm* the only one gonna get paid, the motherfucker.

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #7.88 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent"
By Gwen Guthrie

User Reviews

Tell Bill I said have a Coke and a smile and shut the @#$* up!

This is not quite as funny as Delirious, but nothing could be. However, it is still is one of the funniest stand-ups around. The first half an hour is on par with his previous stand-up. The first half an hour he does impressions of some of the same people he did impressions of in DELIRIOUS. This includes Michael Jackson and Mr. T again. He also does impressions of what I can only surmise has to be a real life phone call from Bill Cosby. This is one of the funniest parts of the show as his voice and idiosyncrisies of Bill are right on. His ensuing conversation with Richard Pryor is also quite funny.

There is also some great bits in here about women, dating, and marriage. And while many people have claimed that Eddie is nothing but a misogynist with his rantings now, it has to be said that there has to be some truth to what he is ranting about.

The show does lack a little near the end but that is okay because the rest of the show is one hilarious skit after the other. He even takes on his parents again and does quite a good job.

Raw is not quite as funny as Delirious but it is a great follow up to his first one.

7 out of 10