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Pryor appears at the 1 hour mark

posted 10 years ago by NxNWRocks
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Is this a mistake? Should he have been introduced earlier into the plot?

"Worthington, we're being attacked by giant bats!"

[–] oregon-5 10 years ago

No, it works better that he shows up in the second act.

[–] Doom 10 years ago

Yep.

Made an already great movie even better (to say the least).

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[–] arthurab 8 years ago

I agree with the others here. Just as the film maxes out at about the one hour mark, Pryor comes in and the film really takes off.

I'll tell that to the judge!!

[–] stevewyzard 10 years ago

When Pryor's role begins, the entire movie is transformed: his entrance makes a perfect start to "Act 2".

By the way, his role was originally supposed to be much shorter, but the chemistry between him and Wilder made everybody want additional scenes between them. Pryor's original last line was, "Take it easy, killer - don't get yourself killed." The scenes beginning with him returning the wallet were not in the original script, but added later.

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[–] Doom 10 years ago

Yeah, I've heard that.

Excellent choice. It was so great to see him reappear towards the very end of the film.

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[–] franzkabuki 8 years ago

At that point, they didn't yet know Wilder and Pryor would mix so well.

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[–] louiseculmer 8 years ago

he is very funny, but it would have probably been difficult to fit him in earlier in the story.

[–] vilafire (607) 10 months ago

I like the way it is because it makes it one of those movies that feels like a couple different movies, but organically.