Is the One-Sheet for A Thousand Words Too Airbrushed, Or is Eddie Murphy Just 14 Years Old?
Either Eddie Murphy has a sprightly nephew named Eddie Murphy who is beginning a career in film, or the people behind A Thousand Words Photoshopped the bejesus out of the Eddie Murphy we already know and lament. The new one-sheet for the March release features a mysteriously youthful Velvet Jones gawking at the camera with eyes that look like Henson workshop appliques. One glance at this and James Brown would have a heart attack right in the hot tub.
Make every word count, indeed! Here come six: Eddie, is that you under there?
A Thousand Words stars Murphy as a "a fast-talking salesman who discovers that he only has a thousand words left to speak before he dies." It costars people I care about like Kerry Washington and Allison Janney. Hopefully they remain recognizable.
A Thousand Words Poster [MovieWeb]
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I think they just took that giant plaster head that promoted Meet Dave and used that instead of bothering Mr Murphy.
This has to be the most subtle product placement for Cocoa butter ever!
You'd think after all that work they could have placed his eyes on the same axis. He looks like his face is sliding as a result of a stroke.
Are you sure this isn't a still from the Xbox 360 game based on the film?
Maybe the pic is from when they actually filmed the movie, 15 years ago!!!!
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