When jack finally apparently redeems himself, it seems to be by instinct or good luck. Mar 12, 2012 jack mccall eddie murphy is a very successful man. Fasttalking jack mccall says whatever it takes to close a deal. Dec 20, 2018 eddie murphy stars in a thousand words as loquacious literary agent jack mccall who has only a thousand words to speak when a bodhi tree appears magically in his backyardafter agreeing to get a selfhelp gurus book published. A thousand words dvd austin public library bibliocommons. One twentyfour hours he propose to sell a book that will be written by dr. After stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves, one for every word he has left. A thousand words dvd central rappahannock regional. The first jennifer brown book i read made me an instant fan of her work, and thousand words shows me she has more than one story to tell. Request to remove one thousand words project it all started with words. Sypnosis jack mccall is a book agent working in a company. What a thousand words needs is some sort of a mystical score card to keep track of jacks status in the universe. After lying to a spiritual guru in an attempt to land a book deal, he finds his life shortening with every word he speaks, and every leaf that falls from a magical tree.
Title a thousand words directed by brian robins ii. Thousand words by jennifer brown is a book that i bought in hardback awhile back and was really excited about reading. The obvious, the pedestrian, the contrived all conspire with murphy s enormous selfabsorption to make a repellant rather than an uplifting story. Lightning struck and jack mccall fell to the ground experiencing a heart attack. Nov 29, 2011 eddie murphy is jack mccall, a fasttalking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. Jack mccall is a literary agent who never stops talking, and the majority of the words out of his mouth are lies in order to help him take shortcuts to success. Mar 09, 2012 if talk is cheap, jack mccall is one of the cheapest chaps around. Ive really enjoyed jennifer browns hardhitting subject matters and i found the idea of a book about a girl trying to get over and get past the fact that her exboyfriend spread around a naked picture that shed sent him. Jack accidentally scratches himself on a magic tree on the gurus property, and it ends up taking root back at jacks house and forming a sort of psychic link with him. Jack accidentally scratches himself on a magic tree on the gurus property, and it ends up taking root back at jack s house and forming a. Words have never failed jack mccall, but now hes got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or hes a goner. Mar 08, 2012 the tale of a smoothtalking, selfabsorbed book agent forced to turn over a new leaf when he finds that every utterance brings him one step closer to death, a thousand words springs from. He is a hstrung, motormouthed literary agent who becomes obsessed with signing the worlds hottest selfhelp guru dr. A thousand words on a thousand words a legally black.
Jack mccall is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get various book deals. Murphy stars as jack mccall, a cocky, motormouthed literary agent who courts a worldfamous spiritual guru cliff curtis shopping around a selfhelp book. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word he speaks. In this essay i am going to talk about the business and business ethics about a movie called a thousand words. Fasttalking jack mccall eddie murphy says whatever it takes to close a deal.
What a thousand words needs is some sort of a mystical score card to keep track of jack s status in the universe. A thousand words is a 2012 filmed in 2008 comedydrama film starring eddie murphy and directed by brian robbins loquacious literary agent jack mccall murphy uses his voice to strike book deals for his company all the while neglecting his wife caroline kerry washington and baby son tyler. Sinja is on to him, and jack s life comes unglued after a magical bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. Starring eddie murphy, cliff curtis, kerry washington, allison janney, clark duke, ruby dee and john witherspoon. A thousand words 2012 eddie murphy as jack mccall imdb. Jack, who is played by eddie murphy a world known hollywood actor and comedian is an overly energetic, fasttalking, and committed agent who is known to closing even the most difficult of authors and other deals with celebrities into his agency. It is later revealed that jack mccall eddie murphy is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get various book deals, and he isnt afraid to stretch the truth to. A thousand words is exactly as bad as you think it would be. It must have something to do with a guru whose book he is trying to sell. Murphy plays jack mccall, a selfabsorbed, sleazebag agent. A thousand words on eddie murphys a thousand words.
Over the top actor eddie murphy and the gorgeous kerry washington caroline mccall play husband and wife in the latest hollywood blockbuster, a thousand words. Abstract jack mccall, a star literary agent blessed with a gift of gab that permits him to capably hardsell book deals to various clients, finds a bodhi tree in his backyard after attempting to use his. This time, we meet a girl ashleigh who had her life turned upside down when a private picture text to her boyfriend goes viral. After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent jack mccall finds a bodhi tree on his property. The tale of a smoothtalking, selfabsorbed book agent forced to turn over a new leaf. Jack and caroline get back together, with jack buying the familyfriendly house caroline asked for earlier, and the tree is in their front yard.
Sinja cliff curtis, apparently knows something about this bodhi tree, but never explains the rules. Hes mean to his assistant clark duke, hot tub time machine and doesnt mind taking advantage of. The first and last five pages are all the guy needs to figure out whether the book is a bestseller or fishwrap fodder. A motormouthed literary agent is cursed by a magic tree to limit himself to 1,000 words the rest of his life, which throws his marriage and career into a tailspin. He and his wife live a good life with their little son, and jack. Sinja cliff curtis, he infiltrates sinjas seminar on selfdiscovery through silence, in order to seal a deal. Sinja a religous leader who is popular to many people for his teachings and healing. I am sure everyone can learn a few lessons from this movieplot summary. A thousand words book by jack mccall how to get help writing a book, a thousand words is a american comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and jack mccall eddie murphy is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get he does not get his job back aaron was promoted to jacks old position, but he writes a book about his experience, called a thousand words. A thousand words, directed by brian robbins the new. Oct 03, 2016 lessons learned from eddie murphy in the movie, a thousand words. In a thousand words eddie murphy plays jack mccall, a hotshot literary agent who is known for what else.
With every word jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Sinja, and he lies constantly directly to the mans face. Murphy plays jack mccall, a fast talking book agent who resorts to any means necessary to nail a book deal. A literary agent who doesnt bother to read books, the role is one that the actor.
It was released in theaters on march 9, 2012, four years after it was filmed in august 2008. A thousand words, directed by brian robbins the new york. As the fasttalking, quickthinking, yet hopelessly shallow book agent jack mccall, murphy takes on corporate venality in a script that is also hopelessly shallow. A thousand words book by jack mccall how to get help writing a book, a thousand words is a american comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and jack mccall eddie murphy is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get he does not get his job back aaron was promoted to jacks old position, but he writes a book about his experience, called a thousand words, and. He does not get his job back aaron was promoted to jack s old position, but he writes a book about his experience, called a thousand words. Eddie murphy stars in a thousand words as loquacious literary agent jack mccall who has only a thousand words to speak when a bodhi tree appears magically in his backyardafter agreeing to get a selfhelp gurus book published. Lou saliba directed by brian robbins screenplay by steve koren i could very easily come up with well over a thousand. But after a mysterious bodhi tree appears in his backyard, jack. One day he propose to sell a book that will be written by dr. As mentioned earlier, jack is aware and realizes he has only words left. Murphy plays jack mccall, a literary agent who never reads books, and. Fasttalking agent jack mccall eddie murphy has set his sights set on new age guru dr. A highpowered literary agent who never reads, jack mccall. With eddie murphy, cliff curtis, kerry washington, clark duke.
Mar 09, 2012 eddie murphy plays jack mccall, a type a literary agent who, like ari gold on entourage, abuses his loyal assistant an amusing clark duke in his quest to seal a deal, sparing no time for. Jack mccall is the main protagonist of the 2012 comedy a thousand words. But after stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leavesone for every word he has left. Ruby dee as annie mccall jacks mother jack mcbrayer as starbucks coffee employee. Eddie murphy is jack mccall, a fasttalking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. Lou saliba directed by brian robbins screenplay by steve koren. Jack mccall eddie murphy is a literary agent who uses his gift of. Apr 15, 2020 a thousand words is a 2012 american comedy drama film directed by brian robbins and starring eddie murphy.
When jack learns of a book recently completed by new age guru dr. Jack then does everything he can in order not to speak or write words. Jack mccall is a fasttalking literary agent who can close any deal, any time, any way. Jack discovers that the tree sheds a leaf with every word he speaks.
Hes some sort of agent by trade i believe its literary with a beautiful wife kerry washington, an adorable little baby boy, and. There is no hint of redemption, no laughs to be had only 91 minutes of sheer. Thousand words, a fasttalking jack mccall eddie murphy says whatever it takes to close a deal. A thousand words book by jack mccall how to get help writing a book, a thousand words is a american comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and jack mccall eddie murphy is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get he does not get his job back aaron was promoted to jack s old position, but he writes a book about his experience, called a thousand words, and. Jack mccall is a literary agent who has a way with words. Hes some sort of agent by trade i believe its literary with a beautiful wife kerry. Murphy stars as fasttalking jack mccall, a literary agent whose swift patter can get just about anybody to do anything he wants. He does not get his job back aaron was promoted to jacks old position, but he writes a book about his experience, called a thousand words, and gets aaron to make the deal.
A thousand words eddie murphy is jack mccall, a fasttalking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. A thousand words goodreads meet your next favorite book. Reece bremer goes through life with a scowl and cold personality. Fasttalking jack mccall eddie murphy will say anything to get what he wants.
Jack mccall eddie murphy is a highstrung, motormouthed literary agent who works for samantha allison janney and becomes obsessed with signing the worlds hottest. Jack mccall is a literary agent who uses his gift of gab to get various book deals, and he is not afraid to stretch. Sinja a religous leader who is popular to many people for his instructions and mending. With every word jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree. At his meditation facility, though, he scratches himself on the bark of a tree that then magically sprouts up in the backyard of his house. Here are some quotes and lessons i took away from this film. Sinja saying he has read the book before and that he is all. But after stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves one for every word he has le. Mar 09, 2012 a skilled literary agents deceitful techniques teach him a lesson when he uses them to try to get a book deal out of a spiritual guru. A thousand words is a 2012 american comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and starring eddie murphy. Jack mccall is a literary agent who uses his gift of gabbing to get various book deals, and he is not afraid to stretch the truth to get them.
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