After Decades of Iconic Roles, Eddie Murphy Opens Up About Being Eddie

Directed by: Angus Wall
Rating: NR
Running time: 102 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Streaming: November 12
Country: USA

The documentary chronicles his meteoric rise from teen comic phenom to Saturday Night Live breakout and stand-up supernova to boxoffice titan. In this intimate portrait, the Oscar-nominated actor opens up his home and dives deep into his eclectic career of nearly 50 years. Murphy discusses entertaining three generations of fans with a filmography that spans comedy, action, drama, animation, musicals, and family fare. Friends, co-stars, directors, and fellow comics like Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Tracy Morgan offer insight into Murphy’s singular life and career, and the influence that it has had on breakthrough stand-up films like Raw, ’80s megahits Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, and Trading Places through ’90s classics like The Nutty Professor, the Shrek franchise in the 2000s to his Oscar-nominated performance in Dreamgirls.