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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)

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Produced by
  
Richard Pryor

Edited by
  
Sheldon Kahn

Director
  
Joe Layton

7.6/10
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Directed by
  
Joe Layton

Starring
  
Richard Pryor

Initial release
  
12 March 1982 (USA)

Cinematography
  
Haskell Wexler


Written by
  
Paul MooneyRichard Pryor

Productioncompany
  
Columbia PicturesRastar 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

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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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Cast

  • Richard Pryor as himself
  • Gene Cross as Stoned Hipple
  • Julie Hampton as herself
  • Jesse Jackson as himself

    • Critical response

    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.

    References

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film) Wikipedia
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