(The “Influenced” list on Pryor’s Wikipedia page could rightly include “Literally everyone who followed.”) Onstage, he could be by turns angry, soulful, poetic, self-defeating, raw, tender, defiant, and sad. Pryor is frequently cited as the greatest comedian of all time his wrenching honesty and candor revolutionized stand-up. The film also doubles as a deeply sad, unconscious allegory for Pryor’s treatment at the hands of show business in general, and movies in particular. But The Toy establishes, in no uncertain terms, that Jack Brown is being bought for the amusement of a deranged moppet. The connection to slavery wouldn’t be quite so pronounced-yet still very present-if the film established that Pryor’s character, the proud but financially desperate Jack Brown, had been hired as the nanny of a spoiled little white boy, or even his personal assistant. In the Richard Donner-directed remake, he’s played by Richard Pryor, a casting choice that gave the film a disconcerting racial element that, in a more enlightened era, would have shut down the project. In the original, that man was played by impish white actor Pierre Richard, a regular Veber collaborator. In The Toy, a rich father arranges for a grown man to be purchased, or at least rented, as his prepubescent son’s playmate for a week.
But when Richard Pryor was cast as the lead in the 1982 remake of Veber’s 1976 French hit The Toy, his race irrevocably altered the nature of the project. Veber is so gifted at orchestrating the elaborate mechanics of farce that it usually doesn’t matter which parts go into which machine, or their country of origin. Veber’s films tend to feel like machines as well: formulaic, slick, and more than a little soulless. Veber isn’t just an unusually prolific screenwriter, playwright, and director he’s a comedy machine, like Neil Simon or Tyler Perry, and with nearly as distinctive a sensibility. Veber’s farcical scripts have been turned into the American films Buddy, Buddy (Billy Wilder’s final film, released in 1981), The Man With One Red Shoe, Three Fugitives, Pure Luck, My Father The Hero, The Birdcage, Fathers’ Day, and most recently, Dinner For Schmucks. Good to rent first and then decide if you wanna keep it.Films written by Francis Veber have probably been remade more than those of any other French filmmaker. Most other folks probably wont be too interested.
Scott schwartz porn movies movie#
If you want to watch the novelty of a regular movie star getting into porn, this will provide some entertainment. If you need to see a 1996 porn-with-plot and an excellent DVD transfer, this movie is for you. The Making-Of featurette was OK, but could have been a little longer or more interesting. Eventually we do see Scotty get into a hardcore scene with Miss Ashton and its not really impressive. The plot in between the sex was somewhat amusing and a nice break from the action. Wide variery of sex scenes but its all pretty typical of Wicked Pictures at this time and didnt really WOW me. Most 1996 movies dont look nearly as good. Was shot on film and they did a marvelous digital widescreen transfer.
I will say this is one of the better porn-with-plot movies I've seen in a while and it also happens to be an excellent DVD. I wont waste time talking about the basics because the box text says it all.
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