Authors: Hadley Freeman
Nearly half of Americans: ‘More Say Iraq War Hurts Fight Against Terrorism’, Pew Research Center, 21 July 2005.
We will destroy innocent: ‘The Age of Conflict’, David Brooks,
Weekly Standard
, 5 November 2001.
a conservative movie: ‘What Bush and Batman Have in Common’, Andrew Klavan,
Wall Street Journal
, 25 July 2008.
the cost of the war: ‘How the US Public was Defrauded by the Cost of the Iraq War’, Michael Boyle, the
Guardian
, 11 March 2013.
we need dark knights: ‘The Dark Knight Turns Out to Be a Dick Cheney Fantasy’, Party Ben, 23 July 2008.
certainly that wasn’t: ‘Dark Knight Star Aaron Eckhart Downplays Analogy Between Batman, George W Bush’, Shawn Adler,
MTV.com
.
The president’s vows:
The Terror Dream
, Susan Faludi.
to tear open his shirt: ‘The Right Man’, Peggy Noonan,
Wall Street Journal
, 30 January 2003.
Bush punctuates his rhetoric: Analysis: The Return of Evildoers’, Peter Roff,
upi.com
, 15 October 2001.
Eddie Murphy’s Eighties Movies
As Jimmy Early: ‘It’s a trip, it seems every five or six years you have to do something to remind [people] they like you,’ ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
You know why it worked then: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
That was very controversial: Interview with the author.
the black guy: Quote by Neil Levy in
Live from New York
, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
If not for Eddie’s talent and popularity:
Live from New York
, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
The status of the black person: Interview with the author.
treated horribly:
Live from New York
, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
Lorne Michaels cut it:
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
, Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad.
It’s too white:
Live from New York
, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
this weird, Waspy:
Live from New York
, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
Eddie never catered: ‘The Career Arc: Eddie Murphy’, Bill Simmons, Grantland, 10 November 2011.
I never connected:
Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences
, Richard Pryor.
From the very beginning: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
Trading Places
, John Landis movies: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
There’s this little box: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
I know because of the level: ‘Eddie’, Spike Lee,
Spin
magazine, October 1990.
I don’t think you can beat: ‘Eddie’, Spike Lee,
Spin
magazine, October 1990.
The scariest thing: ‘Eddie’, Spike Lee,
Spin
magazine, October 1990.
I am very black: ‘Eddie’, Spike Lee,
Spin
magazine, October 1990.
You get these black people: ‘Eddie’, Spike Lee,
Spin
magazine, October 1990.
If I was rubbing you: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
I went back to the house: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
Hollywood had to be convinced: Interview with the author.
His films introduced: Interview with the author.
Eddie’s movies have grossed: Grantland, November 2011.
No matter what you do: ‘Eddie Murphy Speaks’, Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone
, 19 November 2011.
Epilogue
I was with all these other filmmakers: Interview with the author.
Actors are running: Interview with the author.
I remember going to see
Ghostbusters
: Interview with the author.
One of the great movie: ‘The Career Arc: Eddie Murphy’, Bill Simmons, Grantland, 10 November 2011.
There’s that gag: Interview with the author.
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Accidental Tourist, The
193, 197, 300
Adventures in Babysitting
7, 78, 85, 250
Aliens
7, 139, 178, 180
All the Right Moves
205
Altman, Robert 4
Amadeus
14, 163
Ameche, Don 217, 255, 261
American Werewolf in London, An
10
André the Giant 48, 48
n
, 54
Animal House
259, 262
Arquette, David 81
Arquette, Rosanna 64
Aykroyd, Dan 117, 130, 131
n
, 132–7, 138, 140, 141, 142–3, 151, 151
n
, 153, 153
n
, 244, 245, 255, 260, 266
Baby Boom
107–8, 189, 189
n
Back to the Future
9, 62, 137, 157–8, 202–16, 226, 242, 252
n
, 280, 293, 295, 296–7
Bacon, Kevin 213
Baldwin, Alec 221
Basinger, Kim 228
Batman
franchise 17
n
, 53, 104, 121, 219–40
Beaches
181, 182, 183
Beethoven
172
Beetlejuice
193, 221–2, 223, 230, 237
Bellamy, Ralph 261
Belushi, John 133, 134–5, 245, 259–60, 260
n
, 262
Bergstein, Eleanor 19–20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33–4, 42–3, 158, 170
Berkoff, Steven 89
Beverly Hills Cop
9, 89, 122, 128, 129, 142, 156, 241, 263–6, 278
Beverly Hills Cop 3
275
Beverly Hills 90210
82–3
Big
62, 150–1
Big Chill, The
14, 62
Big Trouble in Little China
252
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
6, 137, 206, 280, 301
Blade Runner
7, 226
Blues Brothers, The
10, 12, 133, 259, 260, 299
Bowie, David 89, 244
Breakfast Club, The
2, 3, 13, 64, 67, 68, 69, 71, 80, 80
n
, 81–2, 159, 160, 171, 203, 209
n
, 212, 216, 242, 249, 255, 280
Brillstein, Bernie 134
Broadcast News
78
n
, 107
Broderick, Matthew 87, 160, 162, 165–6, 167, 171, 172, 201
Brooks, Albert 78
n
, 107
Bruckheimer, Jerry 121–2, 123–4, 153, 263, 264
Bull Durham
301
’Burbs, The
300
Burton, Tim 17
n
, 219, 221, 222–31, 223
n
, 229
n
, 230
n
, 236, 237, 238, 239
Caddyshack
246
Cage, Nicolas 25, 62, 92, 92
n
, 107, 156, 209
Can’t Buy Me Love
18, 156
Candy, John 138, 301
Chase, Chevy 245, 245
n
Cher 81, 92, 92
n
, 107, 189
Christmas Story, A
300
Cimino, Michael 4, 5
Clayburgh, Jill 20
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
149
Close, Glenn 31, 193, 292
Clueless
27, 73, 74, 79, 81, 82, 83, 86, 169, 215
Cobra
263
Cocoon
12, 217
Coleman, Dabney 93, 94, 176
Coming to America
3, 10, 201, 266, 266
n
, 269
n
, 271–5, 277, 278, 280, 294–5
Connery, Sean 149
Cook, Peter 54
Cooke, David 40
Cosby, Bill 91, 109
n
, 147, 258, 259
Crocodile Dundee
8
Cronenberg, David 210
Crowe, Cameron 32, 86, 105, 205
n
Cruise, Tom 5, 26
n
, 28, 60, 122, 127, 156, 173, 205
n
, 214, 266
Cryer, Jon 63, 64, 69, 77, 165, 166, 201
Crystal, Billy 48, 55, 99
Cusack, Joan 63, 64, 92
Cusack, John 1, 26, 86
Danson, Ted 119, 217
Dance, Charles 89
Daniels, Jeff 181
Davis, Geena 23, 192–5, 196, 197, 198, 221
Davis, Viola 185
De Niro, Robert 208, 246
n
Dean Stanton, Harry 204
De Mornay, Rebecca 26
n
, 28
Dempsey, Patrick 1, 18
Desperately Seeking Susan
24, 63, 64, 242, 299
Deutch, Howard 66, 68, 76, 77, 86–7, 163, 171
DeVito, Danny 229, 239, 241
Die Hard
5, 7, 89, 128, 129, 176, 253, 255
Diller, Barry 255, 261
Dillon, Matt 300
Diner
145, 217
Dirty Dancing
2, 18–43, 85, 153, 156, 158, 165
n
, 169–70, 173, 174, 212, 281, 290
Distinguished Gentleman
275
Do the Right Thing
96
n
, 275, 276, 277, 290
Doctor Detroit
260
Douglas, Michael 10, 20, 31, 62, 92, 107, 128, 241
Dream a Little Dream
149–50
Dreyfuss, Richard 120
Driving Miss Daisy
136
Dukakis, Olympia 178
n
, 179, 184, 187, 188
E.T.
3, 128, 130, 137, 149
Earth Girls Are Easy
193
Eastwood, Clint 127
Easy A
1, 26, 79, 168
Ebert, Roger 24
Eckhart, Aaron 235, 239
18 Again!
149
Elizondo, Hector 300
Elliott, Denholm 261
Elwes, Cary 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Empire Strikes Back, The
16
Ephron, Nora 14, 17, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111
Estevez, Emilio 80, 120–1
Falk, Peter 49
n
, 54, 55, 56
Fame
29, 32, 42
Farrow, Mia 92
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
27, 83, 145, 205
n
Fatal Attraction
30–1, 59, 177–8, 178
n
Feldman, Corey 149
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
2, 2
n
, 3, 13, 50, 67, 71, 87, 95, 154, 155–72, 201, 209, 212, 213, 236, 243, 244, 282, 297, 298
Field of Dreams
9, 14, 170, 280, 289, 301
Field, Sally 179, 183, 187, 188, 193, 292
Finger, Bill 226
Fishburne, Laurence 276
Flamingo Kid, The
156, 300
Flashdance
19, 44–5, 122, 153