Sixteen Candles

Grandma Helen: Oh Sam, let me look at you. Fred, she's gotten her boobies.
Grandpa Fred: [chuckles] I better go get my magnifying glass.
Grandma Helen: Oh, and they are so Perky. [reaches to cup them]
Samantha: [cut to Sam's bedroom] I can't believe my Grandmother actually felt me up.

Samantha's life isn't so great at all.  How could it be for a fifteen-year-old girl who has a crush on the most popular boy in school?  To make things worse, the only boy that has a crush on her is a geek!  She's not getting any attention from her parents because her sister's about to get married, and then to top it all off, they forget about her sixteenth birthday!  But it doesn't stop there.  No.  Because her embarrassing grandparents are in the house as well as a goofy foreign exchange student unfortunately named Long Duc Dong.  Add all of these ingredients together and you have the hilarious story of "Sixteen Candles."


Continuing on with the John Hughes/Molly Ringwald/Anthony Michael Hall theme, "Sixteen Candles" was the directorial debut for John Hughes who also wrote the screenplay.  This was the first time he would cast both Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall and it's a good thing he did as they both went on to win the Best Young Artists awards for their acheivements in this film.  He would direct them both again in his next project, "The Breakfast Club."

Starring Molly Ringwald (Samantha), Anthony Michael Hall (The Geek), and Michael Schoeffling (Jake) along with John Cusack (Bryce) in his second film, "Sixteen Candles" grossed over $20.5 million in the U.S. after its premiere on May 4, 1984.

Before you let someone borrow your underwear for 10 minutes, read up on some more info on this 80s hit...

1.  Both Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were 16 years old upon release of "Sixteen Candles."

2.  When Molly and Anthony first met, they did not get along at all. Director John Hughes took them shopping at a music store and they discovered they had similar musical tastes and eventually got along.

3.  Laura Dern auditioned for the role of Samantha Baker.    

4.  Molly Ringwald almost lost the part of Samantha to Ally Sheedy, her future "The Breakfast Club" co-star.

5.  In the VHS version, Anthony Michael Hall is credited as "The Geek". In the TV movie and film versions, he is credited as "Farmer Ted."

6.  Jim Carrey auditioned for the role of Ted "The Geek".

7.  Brother and sister John Cusack and Joan Cusack co-star in Sixteen Candles. John is Bryce, one of Anthony Michael Hall's geeky friends. Joan is the geeky girl seen on the bus, and having trouble sipping water from a drinking fountain.

8.  Other than Anthony Michael Hall, actor John Kapelos is the only actor to appear in all three of John Hughes' teen films that were under contract with Universal. In "Weird Science" he can been seen at the table in the bar. In "The Breakfast Club," he serves as the janitor. In "Sixteen Candles," he stars as Sam's future brother-in-law.

9.  Viggo Mortensen (he played the role of Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) auditioned for the role of Jake Ryan.

10.  Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan) was 24 during filming.  

11.  The character of Long Duk Dong was supposed to be a teenager but actor Gedde Watanabe, who portrayed him, was 28 years old at the time this was filmed.    

12.  According to Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong), there was a deleted scene where he sings at the dance.

13.  Filmed at Niles East High School, some of the students in the big party scene are wearing Niles East Trojans jackets and shirts. Niles East is in Skokie, Illinois and was closed for over ten years when the filming started. The school has since been remodeled as part of Oakton Community College.

14.  Samantha's dad's car has the license plate "V58", which stands for "Vacation '58", a story written by John Hughes for National Lampoon Magazine.

15.  The license plate on Jake's car reads "21850", which is director John Hughes's birthday (2/18/50).

16.  The cake at the end of the movie is actually made of cardboard.

17.  In the book, "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, And Their Impact on a Generation" by Susannah Gora, Molly Ringwald says that because she and Anthony Michael Hall were too young to entertain themselves at bars or nightclubs, they often spent their Saturdays off from filming "Sixteen Candles" crashing the Bar and Bat Mitzvah receptions that were being held at the hotel in Skokie, Illinois, where the cast was being housed.

18.  The German title of the film, "Das darf man nur als Erwachsener," translates to "One may do that only as an adult."  M-kay...

19.  In late 2003, USA network announced that a made-for-TV sequel called "32 Candles" was being planned, showcasing the original characters 16 years after the original film. It was unknown at the time of the announcement whether any of the original cast would be involved with the project.

And now you know.


"What's happenin', hot stuff?" (Long Duk Dong)  If you haven't seen this movie, you must.  Especially if you're a fan of 80s films.  

Here's some picture stills from "Sixteen Candles" beginning with the key characters...

And now to follow a bit of the story line... but just a little bit...

Jake: Happy birthday, Samantha. Make a wish. 
Samantha: It already came true.

(You knew I was going to share that last pic, right?  I mean, of all the teen 80s flicks out there, it's one of the most memorable!)

Revenge of the Nerds

Stan: Those nerds are a threat to our way of life.

Nerds Gilbert and Lewis enter their freshman year at college.  Pretty cool, right?  High school is behind them, as well as the bullying, teasing, and pranks against them.  Right?  Wrong!  Jocks, who hate nerds, are still around.  And they plan to make their presence known in a cruel sort of way... by accidentally burning down their house.  Problems don't end there, though, when Lewis develops a crush on Betty.  Betty just happens to be the girlfriend of the football quarterback.  Backed by their new friends including "Booger" and Pointdexter, they vow to take a stand.  Soon, the tables are turned.  But in whose favor?


"Revenge of the Nerds" made its broad U.S. release on July 20, 1984.  Costing an estimated $8 million to make, it grossed over $40.9 million in just the U.S. alone.  The fourth film directed by Jeff Kanew, the story came from Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores, and Steve Zacharias and Jeff Buhai who wrote the screenplay.

One would think the story Tim, Miguel, Steve and Jeff brought to us were from personal accounts, whether they themselves were nerds or jocks or simply college students checking out "the scene".  Incredibly enough, the story in "Revenge of the Nerds" rings true to some degree or another, even almost thirty years later.

The film starred Robert Carradine (Lewis), Anthony Edwards (Gilbert), Timothy Busfield (Pointdexter), and Curtis Armstrong (Booger).  It also co-starred Ted McGinley (Stan), Julia Montgomery (Betty), Michelle Meyrink (Judy), Larry B. Scott (Lamar), Brian Tochi (Toshiro), and Andrew Cassese (Wormser).

Here are some bits of trivia you might not have known regarding the film...


1.  When Jeff Kanew was interviewed by the producers, they asked what kind of movie he thought he could make given the material. He responded, "One I would be embarrassed to have my name on." They hired him immediately.

2.  Director Jeff Kanew can be heard sneering the word "nerds" in the opening credits theme song. 

3.  On the documentary for the Special Edition DVD, it was revealed that many of the actors (including Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, and Timothy Busfield) initially did not want to do the film but gave in because the movie either paid well or it was a chance for some of them, who were struggling actors, to get into a movie. 

4.  Robert Carradine moved to the University of Arizona two weeks before shooting to get into character as Lewis Skolnick. He brought only his "nerd" clothes to wear. He couldn't bring himself to leave his hotel room for three days.

5.  Because the script didn't have much of a plot (as the interviewed actors and filmmakers have stated), many of the actors were allowed to ad-lib scenes. Timothy Busfield recalls that he ad-libbed Poindexter's painful yell when watching the video of the girls dorm.  Robert Carradine remembered that in the scene where he "serviced" Betty in the fun house, his line was originally "All jocks think about is sports. Ever since we're ten, all we nerds ever think about is sex." He didn't like the line and dropped the "Ever since we're ten" part.  Curtis Armstrong recalls that it was by pure chance that Booger and Takashi ended up bunked next to each other in the gym and they improvised the running gag of them playing cards and Armstrong's line "What the fruck is a frush?" 

6.  These things were ad-libbed: The Coach's "S**t, we forgot to practice"; Takashi's "salad" comment in the locker room scene; Gable's "Do you know karate?"; The Dean saying he has allergies; Poindexter's painful scream during the Pi-watching scene; Poindexter's date grabbing his crotch during the party; Lewis' "We love you when you're mad!"

7.  Although Booger is arguably Curtis Armstrong's most famous character, he initially didn't want the part. According to his comments on the Panty Raid DVD edition, he originally read for the part of Gilbert, but was later asked to read for Booger. He recalls telling fellow actor Bronson Pinchot that if he was offered the role of Booger, "They could just fucking forget it. I'm not picking my nose on camera for anyone." 

8.  Jami Gertz, Joan Cusack, and Sarah Jessica Parker all auditioned for the role of Judy.

9.  Larry B. Scott showed up for his audition in character as Lamar, with glitter in his hair. According to him, the casting directors "couldn't stop laughing."  He also claimed he had to over-compensate for his masculinity because people really thought he was gay.

10.  Lewis' name is a play on the name of the famous American physical chemist, Gilbert N. Lewis; who studied acids, bases and photo-phosphorescence. He is credited with coining the term "photon" and was the first to produce pure deuterium oxide, otherwise known as "heavy water".

11.  The University of Arizona agreed to let the filmmakers shoot at the campus, then revoked permission after reading the script. Eventually they changed their minds and let them shoot. Many students were used as extras. 

12.  The exterior shots of the Pi sorority house were actually the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house at the University of Arizona. Donald Gibb is a brother of Phi Delta Theta from the University of New Mexico, which helped securing permission from the chapter. 

13.  Robert Carradine says that when he read the script, Lewis' laugh was described as a "goose honk" he wasn't sure how to do it. But by chance, the first scenes shot were of his father dropping Lewis and Gilbert off at college. When actor James Cromwell (credited as "Jamie Cromwell in the film) did the laugh, Carradine mimicked it.

14.  Although many of the actors had reservations about appearing in a movie called "Revenge of the Nerds," they had a terrific time filming it. The actors described the filming as a "fraternity atmosphere," and frequently partied with the University of Arizona students, many of whom appear in the film as extras. 

15.  While standing in the gym in a queue for food Gilbert, Lewis and Booger have a conversation about Judy. This conversation is quoted in a song called "Computer Camp Love" by the Norwegian band Datarock. The quoted conversation is the following: "Her name is Judy/That's a nice name/Yeah she's a nice girl/Big deal/Did you get in her pants/She's not that kind of a girl booger/Why? Does she have a penis?" 

16.  The video game Wormser plays during Dean Ulich's roll call is Space Master X-7.

17.  To test the effectiveness of their "nerd" makeup and wardrobes, Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards attended a college rush-week, when real fraternities were reviewing prospective pledges (wanna-be members). The fraternity leader of the first house took one look at them both and said, "No way!"

18.  Donald Gibb shaved his beard to get the part of Ogre. The casting directors thought it made him look too old to be a college student.

19.  Poindexter's glasses are so thick that Timothy Busfield couldn't see through them. In scenes where he moves, he is usually guided by a companion.

20.  Booger's bizarre interaction with a reclusive homeowner through a mail slot was improvised. The scene had originally called for Booger to smear snot on a rude housewife's front door. 

21.  As mentioned, Timothy Busfield ad-libbed Poindexter's painful yelp during the Pi-watching sequence. It was inspired by the sound of a former neighbor having sex. Many crew members had to run away to keep from breaking out in laughter and ruining the take, but the director can be heard snickering just before the camera cuts away to the next scene. 

22.  Lamar accidentally kicks Wormser in the face when he climbs the rope to the Pi house roof.

23.  According to an interview with Curtis Armstrong (Booger) on the Special Edition DVD, the sound that comes out of his mouth to win the belching contest is actually the sound of two camels mating.  However, it was actually the combination of a person's belch with that of a camel (added for resonance and longevity.) The man who donated his belch to the film was a studio craftsman by the name of Bill Livengood (uncredited).

24.  The drug Takashi ingests during the tricycle race is fictitious. So is Lamar's drill silencer.

25.  Lambda Lambda Lambda - the fraternity depicted in the film - would end up becoming the name of a fraternity in real life. It was founded at the University of Connecticut in 2006.

26.  The Alpha Beta party was filmed at a funeral home.

27.  Lamar's date at the party was a member of the crew. So was the burly homeowner he approaches when house hunting.

28. John Goodman's character is never referred to by name verbally by any character in the film. His name, Coach Harris, can only be seen on a door in the locker room and in the end credits.

29.  Curtis Armstrong, Michelle Meyrink and Timothy Busfield all play their own musical instruments. Timothy Busfield is not a violin player, and he was told his inept practicing would be overdubbed by a proper violinist. He was dismayed when his discordant screechings made it into the film.

30.  Robert Carradine says that he and Anthony Edwards largely improvised their speeches during the homecoming scene.

31.  A display in the background of Tri-Lambda's performance at the end is provided by a Tandy Color Computer using the Audio Spectrum Analyzer cartridge. One of the nerds carries a board with shoulder straps that has a CoCo attached to it.

32.  In Spain, the film was translated into "La revancha de los novatos" (Revenge of the Freshmans), because in that time there wasn't an official translation for the word "Nerd", until several years later.

33.  Having spawned two sequels, the only characters to appear in every film in the series are Lewis, Mr. Skolnick, Lamar, and Booger.

And now you know.


This was the second feature film for Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong, and Ted McGinley.  Both Timothy Busfield and Donald Gibb had parts in the 1981 film, "Stripes."  Donald Gibb went on to act in several films and TV shows, also commercials -- you might remember him as one of the vikings in the Capital One credit card commercials a while back.  Almost all of the actors and actresses in the film pursued their acting careers and are still acting today.  The only ones that decided on other careers were Michelle Meyrink and Andrew Cassese, both having acted in 10 or less productions.

Here are some picture still from the film.  We'll start with the main characters...

Now let's follow the story line...

Gilbert: I just wanted to say that I'm a nerd, and I'm here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we've been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we're smart? Cause we look different? Well, we're not. I'm a nerd, and uh, I'm pretty proud of it.
Lewis: Hi, Gilbert. I'm a nerd too. I just found that out tonight. We have news for the beautiful people. There's a lot more of us than there are of you. I know there's alumni here tonight. When you went to Adams you might've been called a spazz, or a dork, or a geek. Any of you that have ever felt stepped on, left out, picked on, put down, whether you think you're a nerd or not, why don't you just come down here and join us. Okay? Come on.
Gilbert: Just join us cos uh, no-one's gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends.

Beverly Hills Cop

Inspector Douglas Todd: You mind telling me where the f**k you come off going undercover without authorization from me? What the f**k is this all about? You wanna play some f**king bulls**t cowboy cop? Go do it in somebody else's precinct!
Axel Foley: Don't you wanna hear my side of the story? 
Inspector Douglas Todd: What's your f**king side of the story? 
Axel Foley: (Brief pause) Let's hear your side of the story.

Axel Foley, a cop in Detroit, received a surprise visit one day from his best friend from California.  Not long after he arrived, though, his friend was killed right in front of him.  Sneaking out of town and out of state, Axel gets on the trail of clues to find the killer.  That trail leads him to Beverly Hills, California.  There, he's determined to find the man who got away it and discovers not only him, but someone else is behind it.  With the help from another friend of his as well as the assistance of Billy and Taggart (two Beverly Hills cops who were supposed to run Axel out of town), Axel does what he can in a vengeful sort of way.


On December 1, 1984, "Beverly Hills Cop" made its premiere in Los Angeles, California.  That's not so surprising, right?  Four days later it would make its US-wide release to over 1,532 theaters and would earn over $15 million on its opening weekend alone having conquered its estimated $14 million budget to make (later, the release of total screens worldwide was over 2,000, the first film to have ever done so).  The next countries to see its release were Ireland, the UK, Sweden, China (Hong Kong), Portugal, Brazil, and other places around the world.  Ultimately, the film would gross more than $234.7 million, becoming the #1 Box Office hit of 1984 (squeaking by "Ghostbusters" by a little more than $5.5 million, though "Ghostbusters" was shown on only 1,506 screens US-wide on its opening weekend).

"Beverly Hills Cop" was an instant success directed by Martin Brest.  He wasn't all that well-known as a director just yet, his former achievements having been little known "Hot Tomorrows" (1977) and a bit more known "Going In Style" (1979) which starred legendary George Burns and Art Carney.  But perhaps Martin took notice in Eddie Murphy, the star of "Beverly Hills Cop", when Martin directed a segment for NBC's, "Saturday Night Live" in 1980.  After the success of "Beverly Hills Cop" which, I believe, launched Martin's career, Martin went on to direct such notable films as "Midnight Run", "Scent of a Woman", and "Meet Joe Black".  The last film he directed, however,... "Gigli"... well, I'm not quite certain what went wrong there.  Perhaps many things.  But let's not get off point.

"Beverly Hills Cop" starred, of course, Eddie Murphy (Axel), Judge Reinhold ("Billy"), John Ashton (Taggart), Lisa Eilbacher ("Jenny"), Ronny Cox (Lt. Andrew Bogomil), and Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland).  It also co-starred James Russo (Mikey Tandino), Paul Reiser (Jeffrey), Bronson Pinchot (Serge), and Gilbert R. Hill (Insp. Douglas Todd).  If you don't know the name Gilbert R. Hill, it's probably because the only three films he was ever in were all three of the "Beverly Hills Cop" trilogy, having played Axel's boss.  In fact, the only time one might have known his name is if one was busted by him as Gilbert was, in real life, the Detective for the Detroit Police Department Homicide Division.

This film was nominated for a few awards including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (by Daniel Petrie, Jr.), a BAFTA for Best Score (Harold Faltermeyer), and two Golden Globes for Best Actor (Eddie Murphy) and Best Motion Picture in the Comedy/Musical field.  However, it did not win any of those honors.  The awards "Beverly Hills Cop" did eventually win was the Best Stuntman Award for Eddy Donno (the guy who did the stunts for Eddie Murphy of which there is a picture toward the end of this post), the People's Choice Award for Best Motion Picture, and a Grammy for Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture.

"Beverly Hills Cop" had an amazing soundtrack which included such chartbusters as "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey, "Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters, "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle, "Nasty Girl" by Vanity and, of course, the "Axel F" theme written and performed by Harold Faltermeyer himself.

Filmed at various locations in Michigan as well as Detroit and various locations in California including Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, here's some more behind-the-scenes information on "Beverly Hills Cop" you might enjoy...

1.  David Cronenberg was asked to direct but turned it down.

2.  Martin Scorsese was offered the chance to direct, but he turned it down saying the premise reminded him too much of the film "Coogan's Bluff".    

3.  When asked by the producers, director Martin Brest flipped a quarter to decide whether to undertake the direction of the film or not. As the movie proved to be an enormous hit, he framed the quarter and hung it upon his wall.

4.  The earliest version of the script involved a cop in East L.A. who was transferred to Beverly Hills, before evolving into the story of a cop from the East Coast who came to Beverly Hills to avenge the death of his friend. Drafts before the script was locked in (and became more of the comedy it ended up being) gave the cop's name as Axel Elly and set the out-of-Beverly Hills action in Pittsburgh.    

5.  Axel Foley was originally going to be played by Sylvester Stallone or Mickey Rourke. Stallone left the project and used some of his script ideas to make "Cobra". (Sidenote: According to Steven Berkoff (Maitland) in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of disagreements about which kind of orange juice was to be put in his trailer.)  Other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley were Al Pacino and James Caan.

6.  In the process of casting the characters of Rosewood and Taggart, the director paired up various finalists and asked them to do some improvisation to get a feel for the chemistry between the actors. He paired up Judge Reinhold and John Ashton and gave them the following direction: "You are a middle aged couple, married for years. You are having a conversation on an average evening." Judge Reinhold immediately picked up a nearby magazine and the two improvised the "5 pounds of red meat in his bowels" bit almost verbatim as it eventually appeared in the movie. This got them the parts.    

7.  In one of the previous drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce. Only after Martin Brest cast Judge Reinhold and John Ashton was the decision made to keep Rosewood alive due to his chemistry with Taggart.

8.  Inspector Todd of the Detroit Police was played by then Detroit Police Department Homicide Dectective Gilbert R. Hill.  Det Hill later ran and won a seat on and served as President of the Detroit City Council.

9.  The shooting script was literally pasted together from the half dozen or so scripts written for this project over the years. When they were stuck, Eddie Murphy would improvise dialog or create a scene.

10.  Many of the opening shots were filmed in real-life Detroit, unbeknownst to the "actors", who later gave their consent. In fact, Martin Brest was escorted by the police, who would refuse to follow him when they thought it was too dangerous. Brest and crew, however, soldiered on with their work, unescorted.

11.  The T-shirt that Eddie Murphy wears in the film is from Mumford, an actual Detroit area school attended by one of the filmmakers. When film came out, the school received orders for the shirts from customers all over the world.    

12.  During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."    

13.  When trying to find Foley and Rosewood, the LAPD use a "satellite tracking system" (the ancestor of the modern-day Global Positioning System or GPS). Such a system did not exist at the time and was made up to advance the plot, but later did come into existence in real life.

14.  Bronson Pinchot got the accent and mannerisms for his character Serge from a crew member he worked with on a earlier project. Like his character, that crew member always said, "Don't be stupid."
15.  In the art gallery, there is a large art piece containing several figures. One of the figures, a maitre' d with a chain around its neck, is modeled after director Martin Brest.    

16.  Originally, two men were supposed to be working in the art gallery scenes. When the director heard Bronson Pinchot's Serge impersonation, however, he thought it was so hysterical he scaled back the other part to give Pinchot more screen time. The second actor shows up only briefly with his shirt collar open too wide, on which Serge comments.

17.  The song which plays during the strip club scene is "Nasty Girl", by Vanity, and was recommended by the real-life stripper who was hired for the scene.   

18.  The city hall building seen in the film is the actual Beverly Hills City Hall. However, the exterior was very run-down and the plants were dying, so the film crew had to clean it up and grow new plants so it would look better on film.   

19.  Police Chief Hubbard (played by Stephen Elliott) walks into his first scene carrying some rolled-up sheets of paper. It is actually one of many reworked scripts, which was given to him to memorize and rehearse only minutes before the shooting of the scene started.

20.  Eddie Murphy improvised much of his comic lines, as did John Ashton and Judge Reinhold. Literally hundreds of takes were ruined by cast members or actors or the director himself, who were unable to stop laughing during shooting because of this. During the "super-cops" monologue, Ashton is pinching his face hard and looking down in apparent frustration. If you look closely, you can see that he is actually laughing. Reinhold put his hand in his pocket and pinched his thigh really hard to prevent himself from laughing.  Speaking of the "super-cops" scene...

21.  When filming the scenes in the police station sequences, Eddie Murphy became very tired. The crew offered him coffee but he refused to drink any because he refuses to take drugs of any kind. Eventually, Murphy relented and took small sips of coffee to stay awake. As a result of his first caffeine intake, Murphy became very energized and ad-libbed the "super-cops" monologue.   

22.  Martin Brest makes his cameo appearance at the end of the movie as the clerk who checks Axel out of the hotel.

And now you know.


"Beverly Hills Cop" was the highest grossing R-rated film in the US until "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) came out 20 years later. That film's gross was again surpassed by "The Hangover" (2009).

For you "Beverly Hills Cop" fans out there, you'll be glad to know that "Beverly Hills Cop 4" has been announced and is set for a 2016 release.  Directed by Brett Ratner who has brought about such hits as "X Men: The Last Stand" (2006), "Rush Hour 3" (2007), "Tower Heist" (2011), and "Hercules" (2014), the new film in the series will, of course, feature Eddie Murphy returning as Axel Foley.  

Enjoy these pictures stills from the film including some rarely seen behind-the-scenes footage.  The pictures are also followed by three quotes by Axel Foley stated in the film.

Key characters...

Just a few picture stills following the story line (I didn't want to share too much, thus ruining it in case you haven' seen the movie yet)...

Lastly, some candid moments taken behind-the-scenes...

I just had to share the following quotes from Axel Foley....so funny!...

Axel Foley: Don't you think I realize what's going on here, miss? Who do you think I am, huh? Don't you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I'd be the first one to get a room and I'd be upstairs relaxing right now. But I'm not some hotshot from out of town, I'm a small reporter from "Rolling Stone" magazine that's in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that's gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article "Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World," but now I think I might as well just call it "Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn't Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel 'Cause There's No N*****s Allowed in There!"

Axel Foley: Tell Victor that Ramon - -the fella he met about a week ago? - -tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man.

Axel Foley: Before I go, I just want you two to know something, alright? The supercop story... was working. Okay? It was working, and you guys just messed it up. Okay? I'm trying to figure you guys out, but I haven't yet. But it's cool. You f**ked up a perfectly good lie.