The Toy
by Richard Donner
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Actor: Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Richard Pryor, Scott Schwartz, Teresa GanzelDirector: Richard Donner
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Toy
Movie Review: Great comedy wasted on PC idiologica
Summary: 5 Stars
I won't post too much since enough good things have been said. Since most specifics come from those of use who were between 10-15 when this movie came out, it goes to show how our mentality was the 1st true generation to mature into a society where the racial undertones of such movies was lost on us to the actual comedic content.
For those who stick to the stereotypes to bash while veiwing this movie, you have truly wasted a good performance of two comedic geniuses working together. For those of use who enjoy the movie, let's continue to challenge those who bash it!!!
Summary of The Toy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/23/2004 Starring: Ned Beatty Richard Pryor Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Richard DonnerThis well-packaged 1983 remake of the French comedy Le Jouet features two legendary actors in an unlikely pairing. Richard Pryor (Live on the Sunset Strip, Stir Crazy) plays a down on his luck writer who is talked into taking a job as a plaything for the spoiled rich kid of billionaire Jackie Gleason (The Hustler), who just can't communicate with his own son. Amidst a constant stream of abuse and slapstick adventures, Pryor manages to bring out the heart in both father and son and bring them closer together, as he fights to retain his own dignity. Director Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon) concentrates on the outlandish set pieces and wisely leaves the comic timing up to the two old pros, making The Toy an entertaining diversion. --Robert Lane
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