Movie
1985
Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Walter Hill. The film stars Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, and Hume Cronyn. The screenplay by Herschel Weingrod and Timothy Harris was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, and focusing on a Minor League Baseball pitcher who accepts a challenge to spend…
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Walter Hill is best known as the director of westerns and action films. When he departed from those genres and tried something different, results were, not that surprisingly, films that would become relatively obscure part of his filmography. That happened even with the film that turned out to be modest commercial hit, 1985 comedy *Brewster’s Millions*. The plot is based on the eponymous 1902 novel by American write…More
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There was a time when Richard Pryor was one of the hottest stars in the world and would crank out high-selling comedies every year or so - some were winners, some were losers. This was one of the winners The story goes like this: Monty Brewster (Richard Pryor) is a minor-league pitcher for a baseball team very few people care about. He makes very little money and lives a simple life. Then one day he ends up in jail…More
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