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Best Costume Design | 1990 | Joe I.
Worst Director | 1990 | Eddie
Budget 30,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 60,864,870 USD
Eddie Murphy once said that the jokes and camaraderie between him, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Robin Harris, and Della Reese behind the scenes were much funnier than anything that was in the film.
In his autobiography, "Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences (1997)", Richard Pryor states that he "never connected with Eddie Murphy. People talked about how my work had influenced Eddie, and perhaps it did. But I always thought Eddie's comedy was mean. I used to say, "Eddie, be a little nice" and that would piss him off. I finished Harlem Nights thinking that Eddie didn't like me."
According to Gabi Tartakovsky's June 7, 2011 article "Harlem Nights (1989): Eddie Murphy and the Original Gangsters of Black Comedy" at the Pop Matters website, "Pryor's toning down the Sugar Ray character wasn't scripted as such, and Pryor believed his performance was the result of being bothered with a recent Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, which he kept to himself at the time."
The vulgar, yet playful arguments between Redd Foxx and Della Reese on the set inspired Eddie Murphy to create a series starring the two. The result was The Royal Family (1991), which was Foxx's final project before his death.
Final feature film of Redd Foxx.
"Richie Vento: Yeah, get me Hollycourt 55377. Hello, it's Daddy. Hey, darling. Put Mommy on the phone. Yeah, Barbara, it's Richie. Yeah lookit, I ain't never coming home no more. Take it easy."
"Vera: YOU shut the fuck up, Bennie! I would tell you to kiss my ass, but knowing you, you probably can't find it, you blind motherfucker!"
