Blue Streak (film)

Blue Streak
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLes Mayfield
Written byMichael Berry
John Blumenthal
Stephen Carpenter
Produced byNeal H. Moritz
Toby Jaffe
Starring
CinematographyDavid Eggby
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music byEdward Shearmur
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • September 17, 1999 (1999-09-17)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$36 million[1]
Box office$117.7 million[2]

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Blue Streak (2000) - Financial Information".
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