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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