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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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