Starring: Danny Aiello, Thomas Mikal Ford, Redd Foxx, Michael Goldfinger, Jasmine Guy Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 29, 2002 Running Time: 115 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1989
Product Description: A 1930's nightclub owner has a scheme to keep mobsters from muscling in on his Harlem hot spot. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 29-DEC-2004 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: This is a supremely disappointing film, especially considering the talent involved. Indeed, the cast would seem to be the summit of African American comedians, starring the three most influential standups of the modern era: Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy. Murphy obviously was paying respect to his elders when he cast them as his father and grandfather in this story of Harlem in the 1930s. Written and directed by Murphy, the plot involves gangsters and rival nightclub owners but doesn't add up. What's a particular shame is that, with three comics as funny as Murphy, Pryor, and Foxx, there are so few laughs and so much misogyny. Do you really want to watch Della Reese get shot in the foot to shut her up? That's the level of the humor here. --Marshall Fine
Eddie,Richard & Redd at their best Harlem Nights is a great that stars the funniest three black comics to ever grace a comdey stage. Eddie Murphy knew what he was doing when he decided to cast Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor in the other two male leads. The film has great one-liners and a amusing fight scene between Eddie and Della Reese. If you've never seen this film, you're in for a treat
Classic Eddie Murphy For some strange reason Harlem Nights has always been panned by critics (the same critics that panned other classics like Fight Club). It wasn't a box office smash either. Yet, from the very first viewing, I've been in love with this film. It's fall-on-the-floor funny. Pryor, Eddie, Red Fox, and Arsenio Hall make a fantastically funny cast.
I believe this was Eddie Murphy's directorial debut. If so, he did a splendid job. The film holds up superbly today and is fun-filled adventure. Don't miss out!
Wonderful "old" movie. My husband loves this movie. We did not have it in our collection, so I found it on Amazon and ordered it for him. He was so thankful.
The cast line-up is outstanding and the acting is great.
Murphy and Pryor are an incredible pair! Saturday Night Live alum and stand-up comic Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor,also a stand-up comic,deliver an incredible performance set in the 1940's,when guys wore suits and hats when out in public. This film is one of a multitude of Paramount films Murphy did. Pryor did buddy films with Gene Wilder previously(and one subsequently),but no one can imagine Wilder doing a film like this,set in a New York town that was mostly populated by blacks. Della Reese,late of CBS's Touched By An Angel,even has audiences cracking up over her schtick. Pryor influenced Murphy's brand of humor,neither's is 100% clean like those of some other comedians I could name. Pryor's film career didn't last too much longer after this film because the multiple sclerosis victim became confined to a wheelchair in the early 90's. Despite the paralysis,Pryor occasionally still did comedy concerts. Sadly,the good Lord took away 65-year-old Peoria,Illinois-born Pryor on December 10,2005. Murphy continues his film career to this day,but in mostly non-profane,family-oriented films.
Harlem Nights What a funny, FUNNY movie! I don't think of it as essential but it's hilarious. If one bases a review upon the entertainment value of an item, then one must rate it accordingly. This movie scores five stars for that reason, because this movie is HIGHLY entertaining. The only problem I have with this movie is the language, but I understand that it adds to the realism of it. Eddie Murphy is the genius behind the movie (check the credits). There isn't any role in this movie that's a miscast; all are funny including Danny Aiello. The cast is all-star ensemble of comedians including Richard Pryor (the tamest role in the film), Redd Foxx & Della Reese. Get this one because it has to be one of the funniest movies made in the last forty years!
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