Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a 1982 American stand-up comedy film directed by Joe Layton, starring and produced by Richard Pryor who wrote it with Paul Mooney. The film is released alongside Pryor's album of the same name in 1982, and 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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| Directed by | Joe Layton |
| Produced by | Richard Pryor |
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| Starring | Richard Pryor |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Edited by | Sheldon Kahn |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $36,299,720[2] |
Cast
- Richard Pryor as Himself
- Gene Cross as Stoned Hipple
- Julie Hampton as Herself
- Jesse Jackson as Himself (audience member, uncredited)
Production
The film cost $4.5 million of which $3 million went to Pryor.[1]
Reception
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.[3]
The film grossed $36.3 million,[2] the highest-grossing concert film of all-time until surpassed by Eddie Murphy Raw in 1988.[4]
References
- RICHARD PRYOR: AT 41, MAKING A YOU-TURN?: RICHARD PRYOR: SECOND LOOK AT LIFE Lee, Grant. Los Angeles Times 1 Apr 1982: j1
- "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- "'Raw' Passes 'Pryor' As Top Concrt Pic". Variety. January 13, 1988. p. 7.