Some of his best known movies of the nineteen eighties include Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise and the Beverly Hills Cop movies starring Eddie Murphy.

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Harlem Nights, bringing vintage Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor to an otherwise lackluster lineup.

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He also made select film appearances, with roles in The Cider House Rules and, most recently, alongside Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy in the comedy Tower Heist.

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When Brett resigned and Eddie Murphy dropped off immediately thereafter, the first thing that happened was that the Academy put Brian Grazer and me together on the phone.

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