The Toy Page #3

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Richard Donner
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
16
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
PG
Year:
1982
102 min
749 Views


No calls. Time is money.

It's your son.

Oh. Excuse me.

JACK:

Time is money.

Hello, Eric?

How was the flight?

Good. Good.

I'm glad you're here.

We're gonna have a wonderful week.

And anything you want.

Anything. Absolutely.

Okay, son. I'll see you.

[CHATTERING]

[TABLE LEGS SCRAPING FLOOR]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

MAN:
That's my tomato salad.

WOMAN:
I'm sorry.

No, my salad.

Mine had four eggs on it.

No, mine has four eggs in it.

I can... I can help fix this.

I can fix this.

Excuse me, Mr. Whorehouse.

What are you doing?

JACK:

Don't be selfish.

I'm sorry, U.S. Goes back to you.

[TABLE LEGS SCRAPING FLOOR]

No, these other people got to eat.

MOREHOUSE:

Let him have the table.

He wants the table.

Psst.

Oh... Uh... Me, U.S.?

[GRUNTS]

He wants to talk to you.

Go on down there.

Cover your lip. Mustache.

Hmm?

Cover your lip.

[JACK YELLS THEN STAMMERS]

Oh...

Uh...

Sorry, Mr. Bates.

[HUMMING]

Is that all right, sir?

You're, uh, very strong

for a little lady.

And you have a lot

of hair on your lip.

Mm-hm.

Hmm?

We don't like our waitresses

to have hairy lips.

You see, I noticed...

Uh... Tell you what. Shave.

Shave?

Oh, uh...

And after you shave, you're fired.

Oh. Thank you, Mr. Bates.

Uh...

Oh, no, I can handle it.

I can, Mr. Bates. I can...

Ah!

Oh...

Okay.

What did he say?

What a great man.

He says I'm sexy

and he loves the chicken.

Heh. Hey. Ha-ha.

Know what I mean,

soul brother?

Power to the people. Right on.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Later, Morehouse.

[]

Here we are, young man.

Shall I wait?

Give me a hand.

Somebody give me a hand.

Let's see, hand, football. Hmm.

Do I have to stay? I'm an accountant.

Will he exceed his credit?

Shh.

JACK:
We gotta win this one.

All right. We got six seconds

or we don't win the Super Bowl.

I didn't come this far to lose, okay?

He's fired. Isn't he?

Did you fire him?

I didn't fire him.

You're the one...

Shh.

Shh, shh, shh.

Go deep.

Swing left on blue, okay?

On six. On three. On two.

So be ready.

Somebody get Matoussac.

Okay! Thirty-six, 44, on blue!

Hut, hut, hut! Go for it!

I'm okay, me.

Blue, 26, 32, hut, hut, hut.

It's always my toy department!

Why can't he get into stereos?

Or something we don't even sell.

We sell everything.

[]

Don't know my own strength.

"Danger. Do not touch."

Wonder Wheel.

Looks like a job for me.

Wonder Wheel.

This is great.

Bounces. Dance on it.

[HUMMING]

JACK [SINGING]:

What's so dangerous about...?

[HUMMING]

It doesn't work.

That's why it's dangerous.

It works! it works!

[SCREAMING]

Whoa, Wonder Wheel! Stop!

I admit it, it works!

Okay. Stop, Wonder Wheel!

Nice Wonder Wheel! Stop!

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Francis Veber

Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Eight French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe), L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy), La Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), and Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film Mon père, ce héros. Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance, Le dîner de cons). This theatrical experience contributes to his films' tight structure, resulting in what has been called "marvels of economy".Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon (a bungler) and François Perrin (a bully). more…

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