I think this film might just be the last time we see Eddie Murphy & Steve Martin being funny.
Christine Baranski, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham
Bobby Bowfinger is a shameless wannabe film producer, who is desperate to break into the Hollywood big-time in spite of the fact that he's broke and unconnected. His plans are thwarted when he is unab...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2000
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September 23, 2009
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July 6, 2009
More people need to see this and love this. NOW
Just rewatched this badboy finally last night...holds up quite nicely. While the script has its fare share of brilliant satirical moments (lampooning Hollywood nicely)...the concept as a whole does get a bit too ridiculous. But ...( read more) -
December 4, 2008
Bowfinger: Did you know that Tom Cruise didn't know he was in that vampire movie until two years later?
I love movies about the making of movies, like Get Shorty, Ed Wood, The Last Shot, and this movie.
Steve Martin wrote this movie about an unsuccessful filmmaker who gets a g...( read more) -
July 13, 2008
This shamefully overlooked comedy had the unfortunate timing of opening a week after "The Sixth Sense," which stole publicity from every other movie in the marketplace for months. The title character is a desperate two-bit movie director (played by Steve Martin) who needs the wor...( read more)
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October 18, 2009
Semi-decent fun with steve Martin and Eddie Murphy
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September 19, 2009
A down on his luck movie producer sets out to make his first big hit with a crew of every day people and an actor who does not even know he is in the movie.
starring Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Terence Stamp, Jamie Kennedy, Barry Newman, Adam ...( read more) -
August 30, 2009
Probably the last good thing that both Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy did. After this, they have produced some really rubbish films and it's a real shame when you look back at what they made before and I just don't understand what went wrong.
I'm not much of an Eddie Murphy fan, i...( read more) -
August 15, 2009
While I was watching "Bowfinger," I was expecting it to be just a good comedy movie like most Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy movies. I was part right and part wrong. Steve Martin is a struggling filmmaker who wants to make a movie with action star Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy). Mr. Bo...( read more)
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