Brewster's Millions

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comedy film film

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast fortune in a short time to inherit an even larger one.

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Brewster's Millions (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork George Barr McCutcheon ⓘ
basedOn Brewster's Millions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brewster's Millions (novel)

Brewster's Millions (stage play) ⓘ
characterPlayedBy Richard Pryor ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ric Waite ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Walter Hill ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Richard Marks ⓘ
featuresSport baseball ⓘ
filmingLocation New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasFilmRating PG ⓘ
hasTagline You don't have to be crazy to blow 30 million dollars in 30 days. But it helps. ⓘ
hasTheme responsibility and money ⓘ
spending challenge ⓘ
sudden wealth ⓘ
isAdaptationOf Brewster's Millions (stage play) ⓘ
surface form: Brewster's Millions (novel)
language English ⓘ
leadActor John Candy ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
mainCharacter Montgomery Brewster ⓘ
musicBy Ry Cooder ⓘ
notableFor featuring Richard Pryor in a lead comedic role ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Brewster's Millions adaptations ⓘ
plotSummary A minor-league baseball player must spend a large sum of money within a limited time to inherit an even larger fortune. ⓘ
producer Lawrence Gordon ⓘ
productionCompany Lawrence Gordon Productions ⓘ
releaseDate May 22, 1985 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
runtime 102 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Herschel Weingrod ⓘ
Timothy Harris ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
starring Hume Cronyn ⓘ
John Candy ⓘ
Lonette McKee ⓘ
Pat Hingle ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Stephen Collins ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s ⓘ
title Brewster's Millions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Brewster's Millions → basedOn → Brewster's Millions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
this entity surface form: Brewster's Millions (novel)
Richard Pryor → notableWork → Brewster's Millions ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → title → Brewster's Millions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)