Table of contents

  • Production location
  • Release dates
  • Soundtrack listing
  • Awards
  • Related films
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Basic facts

Original title Best Defense
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Swedish release 1985-04-19

Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish DVD release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Art Director
Film Editor
Author

Cast

Dudley Moore Wylie
Eddie Murphy Landry
Kate Capshaw Laura
George Dzundza Loparino
Helen Shaver Claire
Mark Arnott Brank
Peter Michael Goetz Joyner
Tom Noonan Holtzman
David Rasche Jeff
Paul Comi agentchefen
Darryl Henriques överste Zayas

Companies

Production Company Cinema Group Venture
Paramount Pictures Inc. (i samarbete med)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United International Pictures AB
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB 2007

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 125278
Date 1985-01-31
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2565 meters


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1985-04-19 Draken Stockholm Sweden 94 min
1985-04-19 Rival Stockholm Sweden 94 min
1985-04-19 Saga Stockholm Sweden 94 min
TV showing 1992-06-26 TV4 Sweden 90 min
1997-06-06 Kanal 5 Sweden 90 min
1999-05-15 Kanal 5 Sweden 90 min
1999-10-29 Kanal 5 Sweden 90 min
2000-01-07 Kanal 5 Sweden 90 min
DVD release 2007-01-31 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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