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Encyclopedia > Boomerang (film)
Boomerang
Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Produced by Brian Grazer
Warrington Hudlin
Mark Lipsky
Written by Eddie Murphy (story)
Barry W. Blaustein (screenplay)
David Sheffield (screenplay)
Starring Eddie Murphy
Robin Givens
Music by
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Editing by {{{editing}}}
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Released July 1, 1992
Running time 117 minutes
Language English
Budget $42,000,000
Preceded by {{{preceded_by}}}
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IMDb profile

Boomerang is a 1992 comedy-drama romance film, written by Eddie Murphy, and directed by Reginald Hudlin. Image File history File linksMetadata BoomerangDVDcoverImage. ... Reginald Alan Hudlin (born December 15, 1961) is an African American writer and film director. ... Eddie Murphy Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... Eddie Murphy Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up romance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Eddie Murphy Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Reginald Alan Hudlin (born December 15, 1961) is an African American writer and film director. ...

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Plot summary

Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy), a hotshot advertising executive who's also an insatiable womanizer and male chauvinist. He is thus hardly prepared for his new boss Jacqueline, played by Robin Givens. In terms of things romantic, Jacqueline is nothing more or less than a female version of Marcus, and for the first time, Graham is getting the runaround. Eddie Murphy Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Player (dating). ... Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


Cast

Eddie Murphy Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Halle on the Dec 2002 cover of Vogue Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an Academy Award-winning actress and model. ... David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American comedian most famous for starring in television shows such as the emmy award winning In Living Color (1990-1994), Premium Blend (2001) and DAG (2000-2001). ... Martin Lawrence Martin Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, director and producer. ... Grace Jones (b. ... Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die. ... Eartha Kitt, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1952 Eartha Mae Kitt (born January 17, 1927), is an actress and singer whose mother was black/Cherokee, and whose father was white. ... Chris Rock Chris Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and actor born in Andrews, South Carolina. ... Tisha Campbell-Martin (born October 13, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA) has starred in television shows such as Martin (as Gina Waters) and My Wife and Kids (as Janet Kyle). ... Lela Rochon (born on 17 April 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actress best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale. ... John Witherspoon John Witherspoon (born January 27, 1942) is an African-American comedy actor best known for his roles in Boomerang (1992), Friday (1995) and the 1990s WB sitcom John was born in Detroit, Michigan and has also been known as Johnny Witherspoon and Detroit John. ...

Trivia

  • The film also features a sculpture by acclaimed artist Munson Hunt.

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Boomerang (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (238 words)
A Boomerang is curved wooden device, a variety of which — if thrown correctly — will return to the location it was thrown from.
Boomerang (1947 film), a 1947 courtroom drama film
Captain Boomerang, a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of the Flash
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