Buddy film alienation" felt in the era. Beyond Hollywood, a notable buddy road movie of that era was the Bollywood "Curry Western" film "Sholay" (1975), which was the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. Biracial buddy films emerged in the 1970s and 1980s; Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder initiated the movement with "Silver Streak" (1976) and "Stir Crazy" (1980). Eddie Murphy was a key actor in biracial buddy films, starring in "48 Hours" (1982) with Nick Nolte and in "Trading Places" (1983) with Dan Aykroyd. Throughout the 1980s, the individual roles in biracial buddy films are reversed. The "racial other... is too
Eddie Murphy in 2014 from Paramount Pictures. No other word was released about or who else was attached. On March 15, 2015, it was announced that Murphy will play comedian Richard Pryor's father, LeRoy Pryor, in the upcoming biopic directed by Lee Daniels with Mike Epps playing Pryor. Murphy co-starred with actress Britt Robertson in the drama "Mr. Church". Murphy is also a singer, having frequently provided background vocals to songs released by The Bus Boys; the song "(The Boys Are) Back in Town" was featured in "48 Hrs." and Murphy's comedy special "Eddie Murphy Delirious". As a solo artist, Murphy had