A Thousand Words (2012)

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He only has 1000 words left to discover what matters the most.

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. 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. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.

• Released: 2012-03-07
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
• Runtime: 1h 31m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 1,460 votes

Directed by Brian Robbins.

Top cast

• Eddie Murphy as Jack McCall
• Kerry Washington as Caroline McCall
• Cliff Curtis as Dr. Sinja
• Clark Duke as Aaron Wiseberger
• Allison Janney as Samantha Davis
• Ruby Dee as Annie McCall
• Alain Chabat as Christian Leger de la Touffe
• Jill Basey as Woman in Starbucks
• Greg Collins as Construction Worker
• Edi Patterson as Young Female Agent

Full cast & crew

Where to watch A Thousand Words

• United States: stream on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: watch free on YouTube Free; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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