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Director Maurice Phillips Stars Richard Pryor Gene Wilder Mercedes Ruehl. 2. Silver Streak. 1976 1h 54m PG. 6.9 (22K) Rate. 41 Metascore. On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. Director Arthur Hiller Stars Gene Wilder Richard Pryor Jill Clayburgh. 3.
- Because of His Substance Abuse, Pryor Was Unpredictable to Work with
- Pryor and Wilder Were Originally The Leads in 'Trading Places'
- Wilder Compared Their Working Relationship to 'Sexual Attraction'
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Pryor and Wilder were supposed to have been paired together earlier, in Mel Brooks' satirical Western Blazing Saddles(1974). However, while Pryor earned a screenwriting credit, he also reportedly torpedoed his chance to star as Sheriff Bart, alongside Wilder's Waco Kid, by showing up high to script sessions, and Cleavon Little was offered the role ...
A few months before the film hit theaters, after an extended binge of freebasing cocaine, Pryor doused himself with 151-proof rum and set himself on fire. Along with threatening his life, his actions derailed his Hollywood career and impacted Wilder's as well: The lead parts in Trading Places, intended for Pryor and Wilder, instead went to Eddie Mu...
In his memoir Kiss Me Like a Stranger, published the same year as Pryor's death (2005), Wilder recalled the magic of working with Pryor, likening it to "sexual attraction" because of their unexplainable chemistry. But he also confirmed the reality of their muted personal relationship, noting, "as close as we were on film, it just didn't carry over ...
Learn how the famed costars met, worked and parted ways in their four feature films, and how their off-screen relationship was complicated by Pryor's substance abuse and Wilder's normalcy.
12 de mai. de 1989 · See No Evil, Hear No Evil: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey. Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
- (58K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Arthur Hiller
- 1989-05-12
Sinopse: O dono de uma banca de jornais, Dave Lyons (Gene Wilder), que é surdo, dá um emprego para Wallace "Wally" Karue (Richard Pryor), que é cego. Perto da banca há um assassinato cometi.
- (118)
- 9 de novembro de 1989
- Arthur Hiller
- 103
12 de dez. de 1980 · Stir Crazy: Directed by Sidney Poitier. With Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams. Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
- (30K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Sidney Poitier
- 1980-12-12
Silver Streak is a 1976 American thriller comedy film, about a murder on a Los Angeles -to- Chicago train journey. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richard Kiel in supporting roles.
5 de set. de 2016 · Alguns dos trabalhos mais memoráveis de Gene Wilder, que morreu semana passada devido a complicações relacionadas à síndrome de Alzheimer, veio de sua parceria cômica com Richard Pryor. Wilder e Pryor entregavam um bom tanto de magia nas telas, e estavam entre as duplas de comédia inter-raciais mais bem sucedidas de Hollywood.
