Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
- Directed by
- Richard Pryor
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 37 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 plays a famous comedian who has a near death experience after a tragic accident. The film shows him reflecting on his life from childhood through his rise to fame and his struggles with relationships and addiction.
introspectivebittersweetemotionalrawreflectivepersonalearnestdarkly comic
What happens
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling was Richard Pryor's first and only directorial effort, although he is credited as such on the screen version of his 1983 stand-up comedy concert film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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