--- title: 'Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Townsend' released: '1987-01-01' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'Documentary' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/eddie-murphy-raw-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092948/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) 1987 · 90 min · Documentary, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Eddie Murphy Raw is a 1987 American stand-up comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Robert Townsend. It was Murphy's second feature stand-up comedy film, following Eddie Murphy Delirious. However, unlike Delirious, Raw received a wide theatrical release. The 90-minute show was filmed at the Felt Forum, a venue in the Madison Square Garden complex in New York City. The film was released in the United States on December 18, 1987. As of December 2024, it is the highest-grossing stand-up comedy concert film ever released, making $50.5 million in the United States and Canada. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) - **Producer:** [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy), [Keenen Ivory Wayans](https://cinepixo.com/people/keenen-ivory-wayans) - **Director:** [Robert Townsend](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-townsend) - **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Dickerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-dickerson) ## Cast - [Deon Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/deon-richmond) - [Tatyana Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatyana-ali) - [Leonard Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-jackson) - [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) - [Damien Dante Wayans](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-dante-wayans) - [Ellis E. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellis-e-williams) - [Davenia McFadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/davenia-mcfadden) - [Samuel L. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-l-jackson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/eddie-murphy-raw-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1754912); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.