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Overview
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Release Date:
10 December 1982 (USA)
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Tagline:
When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all... Richard Pryor.
Plot:
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Toy
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Department Store
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Wealthy
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Bathtub
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Job Seeking
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Awards:
1 win
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005
(From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)
Comedian Richard Pryor Dies at 65
(From WENN. 9 December 2005)
(From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)
Comedian Richard Pryor Dies at 65
(From WENN. 9 December 2005)
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A simple film you can watch over and over again
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Pryor | ... | Jack Brown |
 | Jackie Gleason | ... | U.S. Bates |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Mr. Morehouse |
| Scott Schwartz | ... | Eric Bates |
 | Teresa Ganzel | ... | Fancy Bates |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Barkley |
| Annazette Chase | ... | Angela |
| Tony King | ... | Clifford |
| Don Hood | ... | O'Brien |
| Karen Leslie-Lyttle | ... | Fraulein |
| Virginia Capers | ... | Ruby Simpson |
| B.J. Hopper | ... | Geffran |
| Linda McCann | ... | Honey Russell |
| Ray Spruell | ... | Senator Newcomb |
| Stocker Fontelieu | ... | District Attorney Russell |
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG |
Iceland:L |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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In his E! True Hollywood Story bio, Scott Schwartz says that the hardest part of making this movie was working with Jackie Gleason. Because Schwartz was trained to memorize his lines, he would always get thrown off by Gleason's improvisations, resulting in his getting yelled at repeatedly by Gleason.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jack Brown is on the phone in Master Bates's room, you can see that the phone has no cord going into the phone jack
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Quotes:
Jack Brown:
Come back here, the game's not over.
Eric Bates: I don't feel like playing anymore.
Jack Brown: Are you upset because I was winning? You hate to lose?
Eric Bates: I just don't wanna play anymore.
Jack Brown: What if I tell your father?
Eric Bates: He won't care.
Jack Brown: Your father doesn't care that his son is a quitter?
Eric Bates: He doesn't care what I am, so long as I stay out of his way.
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Eric Bates: I don't feel like playing anymore.
Jack Brown: Are you upset because I was winning? You hate to lose?
Eric Bates: I just don't wanna play anymore.
Jack Brown: What if I tell your father?
Eric Bates: He won't care.
Jack Brown: Your father doesn't care that his son is a quitter?
Eric Bates: He doesn't care what I am, so long as I stay out of his way.
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Movie Connections:
References "Spider-Man" (1967)
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Soundtrack:
I Just Want To Be Your Friend
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This is simply put, a fun, charming movie about a boy (Scott Schwartz) who decides to make Richard Pryor his toy for a week while he visits his powerful father Jackie Gleason. Simple gags, jokes and life lessons are what this movie is all about. It should be noted that Schwartz, who also played "Flick" in A Christmas Story went on to co-star in non-sexual roles in hardcore XXX films, then did a XXX scene himself, virtually destroying any chance for a comeback as an adult actor.