Filming Brewster's Millions--that classic about a guy who has to spend a huge amount of money in a short amount of time in order to be eligible for an even larger inheritance--has become something of an American tradition. It seems to occur about once a decade (the earliest version we turn up is 1914), and with good reason: it's an American excess story that only expands with inflation. The bright new comedy directed by Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) finds Richard Pryor faced with the heart-rending problem of how to spend $30 million in 30 days (in 1935 it was a quarter of a million in six months, but who's counting?). In keeping with tradition, this satire of a man wasting a lot of money is filmed on a grand scale, with a cast of “thousands"--in 1935 it was “songs, dances, girls and more girls,” today it's mimes, break dancers, jugglers, and other surprises. But the key to Brewster's Millions' success is and always has been a clever script and a strong cast. The ascerbic Richard Pryor and his sidekick John Candy fall into a comic tradition that just keeps on keepin' on.