Actors: Eddie Murphy
Directors: Robert Townsend
Format: PAL, Colour, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Anamorphic
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 18
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 22 Nov. 2004
Run Time: 87 minutes

Product Description

The audacious concert film Eddie Murphy Raw rubbed some people the wrong way upon its release in 1987, but there's no denying that between Murphy's more insensitive bits about women and gay men is some of his most inspired material. While the young comedian indulges an unattractive homophobia and rants about the sexual manipulativeness of all females, he makes up for it with an amazing story about being chided by Bill Cosby for obscene humor and does a great impression of Mr. T falling under the spell of a Jedi mind trick. The best stuff comes deep into the show, particularly a long tale of being pressured into a fight at a club, resulting in a phone call to Murphy's drunk father, the latter in the middle of a verbal attack on his wife. The scene is genuinely horrifying and funny, testament to Murphy's early reputation as heir to Richard Pryor's mercilessly autobiographical brilliance. --Tom Keogh

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