Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

Directed by

Joe Layton

Genre

comedy film, stand-up comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 99 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Richard Pryor performs a stand-up comedy set recorded live at the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. He talks about his life, his recent drug addiction, and the accident where he set himself on fire.

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What happens

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a 1982 American stand-up comedy film directed by Joe Layton. It stars and was produced by Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney. The film was released alongside his album of the same name in 1982, and the most financially lucrative of the comedian's concert films. The material includes Pryor's frank discussion of his drug addiction and the night that he caught on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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