The Nutty Professor (1996 film) The Nutty Professor (1996 film) The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American slapstick science-fiction comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. It is a remake of the 1963 film of the same name, which starred Jerry Lewis, which itself was a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". The film co-stars Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle and John Ales. The original music score was composed by David Newman. The film won Best Makeup at the 69th Academy Awards. Murphy portrays a university professor, Sherman Klump, a kind-hearted man who is morbidly obese. A
Buddy cop film cop film genre are the 1967 American film "In the Heat of the Night" and 1974's "Freebie and the Bean". The genre was later popularized by the 1982 film "48 Hrs.", starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, one of the most successful buddy cop films. 1987 saw the buddy cop genre reach its apex when "Lethal Weapon" made a theatrical debut. 1989 saw the release of "Tango and Cash", starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. Buddy cop film A buddy cop film is a film with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to