Blue Streak (film)

Infobox_Film
name=Blue Streak


caption = The "Blue Streak" movie poster.
imdb_id=0181316
writer=Michael Berry,
John Blumenthal,
Stephen Carpenter
starring=Martin Lawrence,
Luke Wilson,
Dave Chappelle
Peter Greene
Olek Krupa
Nicole Ari Parker
director=Les Mayfield
music=Ed Shearmur | distributor=Columbia Pictures
released=September 17 1999
(See release history)
runtime=93 min.
language=English
movie_series=
awards=
producer=Daniel Melnick,
Allen Shapiro
budget=$36,000,000 (estimated)|

"Blue Streak" is a 1999 American action comedy directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film features an additional cast of Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, and others.

The film was released in September 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. It went on to gross over US$60 million at the box office and was considered a great success because it nearly doubled its production costs. A sequel was in the works but never materialized and has since been dropped from plans at Columbia Pictures.Fact|date=March 2008

The soundtrack was also a success and has been certified platinum. It features artists such as Ja Rule, Keith Sweat, Tyrese, and others. The lead single from the soundtrack was "Girl's Best Friend" performed by Jay-Z. The single garnered much airplay on both television and radio.

The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios which is located in Culver City, California. Hollywood,CA

ynopsis

Miles Logan (played by Lawrence) is a jewel thief who, along with some accomplices, steals a $17 million diamond in Los Angeles. Things go awry during the robbery when one accomplice wants the diamond all for himself and Logan has to hide the diamond at a construction site. Logan is arrested and spends two years in jail. After serving time, Logan heads back to the spot where he hid the diamond only to find that the construction site was the location of a new police headquarters. Logan scopes the place out by becoming a pizza deliveryman, then poses as a detective transferring from another division. He is teamed up with naive detective Carlson (played by Wilson) and is sent out on multiple police investigations. As farfetched as his fake resume is, he is promoted to Lead Detective of the Burglary Division. Logan eventually recovers the diamond but the accomplice that helped him steal the diamond is hot on his trail. Logan must continue to fool the police and his former accomplice in order to get away. At the end, Detective Carlson discovers Miles Logan's identity as a criminal posing as an officer. However, he discovers this after a car chase led Logan across the border to Mexico, where he is out of the LAPD's and the FBI's jurisdiction.

Cast

*Miles Logan
Martin Lawrence
*Detective Carlson
Luke Wilson
*Deacon
Peter Greene
*Tulley
Dave Chappelle
*Melissa Green
Nicole Ari Parker
*Rizzo
Graham Beckel
*Glen
Robert Miranda
*Jean LaFleur
Olek Krupa
*Benny
Saverio Guerra
*Uncle Lou
Richard C. Sarafian
*Janiece
Tamala Jones
*Detective Diaz
Julio Oscar Mechoso
*FBI Agent Gray
Steve Rankin
*Captain Penelli
Carmen Argenziano
*Eddie
John Hawkes
*Frank
Frank Medano
*Detective Hardcastle
William Forsythe
*Eddie & Deke
James Giles/Bom Luckett, Jr

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External links

*imdb title|id=0181316|title=Blue Streak
*rotten-tomatoes|id=blue_streak|title=Blue Streak
*mojo title|id=bluestreak|title=Blue Streak

Box Office Leaders USA
before = Stigmata
date = September 19
year = 1999
after = Double Jeopardy