Best Defense
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Best Defense is a 1984 American comedy film, best known for its troubled production and poor critical reception despite starring Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Best Defense canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
1984 film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
novel "Easy And Hard Ways Out"
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novel by Robert Grossbach ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | underperformed expectations ⓘ |
| castMember |
David Rasche
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Dudley Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ George Dzundza NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Shaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Capshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Lieutenant T.M. Landry – Eddie Murphy
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Wylie Cooper – Dudley Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Donald Peterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally negative reviews ⓘ |
| director | Willard Huyck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Sidney Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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war comedy film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0086946 ⓘ |
| hasMarketingLabel | "Dudley Moore vs. Eddie Murphy" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dudley Moore storyline
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Eddie Murphy tank crew storyline ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Cold War
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tank warfare ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lieutenant T.M. Landry
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Wylie Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| musicBy | Patrick Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | military technology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
box-office disappointment
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poor critical reception ⓘ troubled production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Gloria Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 94 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Gloria Katz
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Josh Greenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Willard Huyck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Dudley Moore
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Eddie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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