Brewster's Millions 1985  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, Joe Grifasi, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Collins, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan
This version of George Barr McCutcheon's novel involves baseball player Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor) who will inherit $300 million if he can obey the will's stipulations, which include spending all of the money within one month and keeping the inheritance a secret. His friends–baseball catcher Spike Nolan and girlfriend Angela (John Candy and Lonette McKee)–do not understand the reason behind Brewster's spending spree and try to help, but that task proves overwhelming.
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Tune in Tomorrow... 1990  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Bill McCutcheon, Patricia Clarkson, Jerome Dempsey, Dan Hedaya, Buck Henry, Hope Lange, Richard Portnow
Martin (Keanu Reeves) is a young scriptwriter at a radio station in the early 1950s. To improve ratings, a well-known writer, Pedro (Peter Falk), is hired and takes Martin under his wing. Meanwhile, Julia (Barbara Hershey)–Martin's aunt (by marriage)–returns home in search of a new husband. With prompting from Pedro, Julia and Martin begin an affair, which becomes the storyline of Pedro's radio script. Falk is great!
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| 1. Brewster's Millions (1985)
2. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
aka: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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