Showtime (film)

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Showtime
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Dey
Screenplay by	Keith Sharon Alfred Gough Miles Millar
Story by	Jorge Saralegui
Produced by	Jorge Saralegui Jane Rosenthal
Starring	Robert De Niro Eddie Murphy Rene Russo Frankie R. Faison William Shatner
Cinematography	Thomas Kloss
Edited by	Billy Weber
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Village Roadshow Pictures NPV Entertainment Material Pictures TriBeCa Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85 million[1]
Box office	$77.7 million[1]

Showtime is a 2002 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tom Dey. The film stars Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy in the lead roles alongside Rene Russo, William Shatner, Pedro Damian and De Niro's real life daughter Drena De Niro. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 2002. The film received generally negative reviews, with critics lamenting its lackluster humor and poor attempt to satirize the buddy cop genre. It received two nominations at the 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Actor (for Murphy), and Worst Screen Combo (for Murphy and DeNiro).