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100% Rotten Tomatoes Produced by Richard Pryor Edited by Sheldon Kahn Director Joe Layton | 7.6/10 IMDb Directed by Joe Layton Starring Richard Pryor Initial release 12 March 1982 (USA) Cinematography Haskell Wexler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Paul Mooney
Richard Pryor Production
company Columbia Pictures
Rastar Pictures Cast Richard Pryor, Jesse Jackson, Julie Hampton Screenplay Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney Awards Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album Similar Richard Pryor movies, Movies about concerts, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard pryor live on the sunset strip trailer
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a 1982 American stand-up comedy film directed by Joe Layton and written by and starring Richard Pryor. The film is based on Pryor's album of the same name. Released in 1982, the film was the most financially lucrative of the comedian's concert films. The material includes Pryor's frank discussion of his drug addiction and of the night that he caught on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980.
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip has received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 100% based on reviews from 13 critics, with an average rating of 8.8/10.
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