A Thousand Words is a 2012 comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....

 and directed by Meet Dave

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director Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins

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Plot

A fast-talking Hollywood agent (Murphy) is cursed by a spiritual guru (Curtis) after lying to him and only has a thousand words to speak before he dies.

Cast

• Eddie Murphy
  Eddie Murphy
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   as Jack McCall
• Cliff Curtis
  Cliff Curtis
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   as Dr. Sinja
• Clark Duke
  Clark Duke
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   as Aaron Wisenberger
• Kerry Washington
  Kerry Washington
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• Allison Janney
  Allison Janney
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• John Witherspoon
  John Witherspoon (actor)
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• Ariel Winter
  Ariel Winter
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• Steve Little
• Jack McBrayer
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Production

The film has been in development since 2008. It was to be filmed in 2009 and released in 2010, but was shelved. During an interview for Fred: The Movie

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, director Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins

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 stated that the film would be released in 2011.
The film was then given a January 2012 release, but after Murphy was announced as Oscar host (he has since stepped down), the film was given an official release of March 23, 2012.