The Toy
When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.
The Toy (1982)
Timing:
1:42 (102 min)
5.795/10
200
200
5.351/10
1043
1043
5.8/10
15000
15000
Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Family
Budget
$28 000 000
Revenue
$47 118 057
Director
Actors
Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Tony King, Annazette Chase, Don Hood, Karen Leslie-Lyttle
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Phil Feldman, Ray Stark
Operator
Composer
Patrick Williams
Artist
Audition
Editing
Richard A. Harris, Michael A. Stevenson
All team (20)
All team (20)
Short description
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to Scott Schwartz, the hardest part of working on the film was having Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) as a partner on set. Schwartz memorized his lines as he had been taught, while Gleason constantly improvised and would yell at Schwartz when he stumbled.
- The estate ('Charbonnet House') was huge, but still not large enough to film some scenes, such as the toy car races. A scaled-up replica of the estate's interior was built in a nearby hangar in 6 weeks (it covered an entire acre). It included a staircase, a playroom, a corridor, two bathrooms, and three bedrooms.
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