Blue Streak (film)

Blue Streak
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Les Mayfield
Written by	Michael Berry John Blumenthal Stephen Carpenter
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz Toby Jaffe
Starring	Martin Lawrence Luke Wilson Dave Chappelle Peter Greene Nicole Parker William Forsythe
Cinematography	David Eggby
Edited by	Michael Tronick
Music by	Edward Shearmur
Production companies	Columbia Pictures The IndieProd Company Original Film Jaffe Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	September 17, 1999 (1999-09-17)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$36 million[1]
Box office	$117.7 million[2]

Blue Streak is a 1999 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Les Mayfield. Inspired by the 1965 film The Big Job, the film stars Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe. Lawrence plays Miles, a jewel thief who tries to retrieve a diamond he left at a police station, whereupon he disguises himself as a detective and gets paired with a real policeman to investigate burglaries. The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios, which is located in Culver City, California.

Blue Streak was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures on September 17, 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it went on to gross nearly $120 million at the worldwide box office against a $36 million budget.^[2] The film's soundtrack album, featuring a number of popular urban/hip-hop artists, was certified platinum.