Harlem Nights

...as being his inspiration for getting into comedy. Murphy did a pitch-perfect imitation of Pryor in his concert film, "Raw," and he cast his idol in his sole directorial effort, "Harlem Nights. " It seemed only natural when it was announced in...

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...with goldfish in the glass soles of his shoes. Eddie Murphy's "Harlem Nights" and Denzel Washington's "American Gangster" are recent blaxploitation films more in the mold of the genre's origin. "Black Dynamite" stars Michael Jai White, who...

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...thought is, how can one person do all this? She occasionally directed "A Different World," starred in the Eddie Murphy film, "Harlem Nights" and "America's Dream" with Wesley Snipes on stage. She's been in revivals of "Chicago," "Grease,"...

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Eddie Murphy had been nominated for Razzies in the past: in 2002 as worst actor ("Pluto Nash") and worst screen couple (shared with "Showtime" costars Robert DeNiro and Owen Wilson) and he even "won" worst screenplay for "Harlem Nights."

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...and 40% from three-point range. While Martin Lawrence is his favorite actor and Halle Berry is his favorite actress, Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor's "Harlem Nights" is his favorite all-time movie. Terry was a member of the United...

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Harlem Nights Harlem Nights is a 1989 comedy-drama crime film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. The film also featured Michael Lerner , Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy. Murphy and Pryor star as...

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In 1991, after co-starring in the Eddie Murphy comedy Harlem Nights, Michael played film producer Jack Lipnick in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink, a performance for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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...Eddie Murphy will kill this role. He is a wonderful actor and Richard Pryor had an interesting life. I can't wait to see this movie! What, you mean to tell me Beyonce is not playing the role of Richard Pryor!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!! Many...

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...the spirit of it, and was a lot of fun." Lela Rochon, who was known for her role in Harlem Nights, a film which Eddie Murphy directed and starred in, was brought back for a small role in the picture. Chris Rock, who was a protege of Murphy's,...

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