See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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Great comedy. Recall Kevin Spacey in one of his earlier roles (didn't he have some huge mole on his face at the time?).
Some good interplay between the two leaRAB; 'fuzzy wuzzy was a woman'
etc.
And of course, the great stick up (literally!), scene in the hotel room between Wilder and the gorgeous Joan Severance. Classic!
Some good interplay between the two leaRAB; 'fuzzy wuzzy was a woman'
etc.And of course, the great stick up (literally!), scene in the hotel room between Wilder and the gorgeous Joan Severance. Classic!
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I remember watching this in the pictures was a fun film not sure if i could watch it again though.
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I actually never liked any of the Wilder/Pryor collaborations...but individually (at least when they were in their prime) they were both hilarious.
Both Pryor and Wilder could be guilty of shameless mugging and face-pulling, and I felt that they over-indulged themselves in this regard on most these movies.
Pryor was the worst offender, and indeed overacted and fooled around endlessly in his later movies. But I always put this down to him being tied to a script which was not as funny as it should have been, so he always felt the need to jazz it up by pulling stupid faces. But then again, as improvisational stand-up comedy was his real forte, tying a man like that down to a script was always going to be problematic.
And though Wilder was known for his occasional moments of manic comedy, such as in The Producers and Young Frankenstein, he was actually a very subtle comedy actor. His performance as the doctor who falls in love with a sheep in Woody Allen's Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex was a great example of this.
And for me Pryor's best screen performance is as a Detroit car worker in the film Blue Collar. He was given free reign to improvise his dialogue, and he gives a very believable and naturalistic performance. It's a serious movie, but it does have some very black humour.
Both Pryor and Wilder could be guilty of shameless mugging and face-pulling, and I felt that they over-indulged themselves in this regard on most these movies.
Pryor was the worst offender, and indeed overacted and fooled around endlessly in his later movies. But I always put this down to him being tied to a script which was not as funny as it should have been, so he always felt the need to jazz it up by pulling stupid faces. But then again, as improvisational stand-up comedy was his real forte, tying a man like that down to a script was always going to be problematic.
And though Wilder was known for his occasional moments of manic comedy, such as in The Producers and Young Frankenstein, he was actually a very subtle comedy actor. His performance as the doctor who falls in love with a sheep in Woody Allen's Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex was a great example of this.
And for me Pryor's best screen performance is as a Detroit car worker in the film Blue Collar. He was given free reign to improvise his dialogue, and he gives a very believable and naturalistic performance. It's a serious movie, but it does have some very black humour.
I haven't seen this since my early teens, but it was my memorable induction into routinely coarse language in films. An early 'mutal sensory mishap' exchange between Pryor and Wilder has always stuck in my mind:
Pryor - "say what are you, f***ing deaf or something??"
Wilder - "YES! I'm F***ING DEAF!!!"
I first saw it on video at my older sister's house, and, having grown up to that point in the dark era of "TV versions" and our own family not having a video recorder, had come to simply assume that no-one swore in the movies. It was quite a revelation - surpassed only on seeing the 'sanitised' version on ITV a year or two later and with it the realisation of how drastically altered films shown on TV were back in those days.
Pryor - "say what are you, f***ing deaf or something??"
Wilder - "YES! I'm F***ING DEAF!!!"
I first saw it on video at my older sister's house, and, having grown up to that point in the dark era of "TV versions" and our own family not having a video recorder, had come to simply assume that no-one swore in the movies. It was quite a revelation - surpassed only on seeing the 'sanitised' version on ITV a year or two later and with it the realisation of how drastically altered films shown on TV were back in those days.
Madness to magnet.
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I loved this film when I first saw it on video when it first came out
Despite having the dvd for many years I've never got round to seeing it again.
I liked the music by Police member Stewart Copeland too
Despite having the dvd for many years I've never got round to seeing it again.
I liked the music by Police member Stewart Copeland too