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Eddie influenced by Prince?

posted 18 years ago by heisenberg83
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Eddie Murphy is a big-time Prince fan (he was at the MTV Premiere Party for "Purple Rain", as seen on the new special edition "Purple Rain" DVD set).

Prince released "Under a Cherry Moon" in 1986 - a personal vanity project he directed and starred in set in a more traditional, classical timeframe. All lush landscapes, gentleman and dames.

I'm sure Eddie must've seen it.

In 1989 Eddie released "Harlem Nights" - a personal vanity project he directed and starred in set in a more traditional, classical timeframe. All lush landscapes, gentleman and dames.

Amazing. Eddie must've been influenced by Prince.

D.

[–] zachattack420 18 years ago

has anyone seen that dave chapelle *beep* its halarious charlie murphy vs. prince. game...blouses. hahaha

[–] Milo_Kerrigan 18 years ago

Charlie vs Prince is one of THE funniest things I have ever watched (and I've watched a lot of funny $hit!) And I have to say that Harlem Nights was amusing.

Nows I gotta cutcha!

[–] clj2 14 years ago

There's actually some TRUTH in that "True Hollywood Stories" skit on Dave Chappelle's Show: Prince actually was a star basketball player in high school and I've heard that he can still hoop to this very day!!!

[–] ssny27 17 years ago

Have you ever noticed Eddie's mannerisms during his Prince period? He started acting like the guy!

[–] Cognoscente (2464) 2 years ago

I think he was also influenced by Jackie Chan, of all people. Jackie began making a similar kind of film in 1988. It's known in some English-speaking markets as Miracles but the original English title was Mr. Canton and Lady Rose. The surname of the detective in Eddie's film, Cantone, could be seen as a reference to this.

What also connects the two productions is the replacement of an actress. The difference is that you can still see a photo of the original actress in Jackie's film.