Blue Streak (film)
1999 film by Les Mayfield / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blue Streak is a 1999 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Les Mayfield. Inspired by the 1965 film The Big Job, the film stars Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe. Lawrence plays Miles, a jewel thief who tries to retrieve a diamond he left at a police station, whereupon he disguises himself as a detective and gets paired with a real policeman to investigate burglaries. The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios, which is located in Culver City, California.
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| Directed by | Les Mayfield |
| Written by | Michael Berry John Blumenthal Stephen Carpenter |
| Produced by | Neal H. Moritz Toby Jaffe |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Edited by | Michael Tronick |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $36 million[1] |
| Box office | $117.7 million[2] |
Blue Streak was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures on September 17, 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it went on to gross nearly $120 million at the worldwide box office against a $36 million budget.[2] The film's soundtrack album, featuring a number of popular urban/hip-hop artists, was certified platinum.