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During an interview with Johnny Carson to promote this movie, Pryor mentioned that he had a 20 lb. weight loss and couldn't gain it back. A battery of medical tests found no problem. The next day, he lost the vision in his right eye. We now know that this was the beginning of his MS.

According to the book LENIN'S TOMB: THE LAST DAYS IF THE SOVIET EMPIRE a Pulitzer Prize winner), Stalin screened this movie after signing the death sentences of about 5,000 people (who had never had a trial), including many he knew personally, his friends.