Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writer:

Richard Pryor (writer)

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Performer Name In Title | Concert Film | Racial Slur | Punctuation In Title | Stand Up Comedy

Cast

Richard Pryor	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patti LaBelle	...	Herself (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Another Pryor (USA) (alternative title)
Richard Pryor Is Back Live in Concert (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Iceland:L | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | UK:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Terrace Theatre - 300 E. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Elkins Entertainment

Trivia:

Huey P. Newton was sitting in the audience. Richard Pryor announces this fact to the audience but Newton is not actually shown in the film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 50 Most Shocking Comedy Moments (2006) (TV)

Quite Simply the Greatest Stand-Up Routine Ever Recorded

I can't express how dazzlingly brilliant this routine is. The jokes, the faces, the mime, the banter, ad-libs - everything amazes. This is the 'Citizen Kane' of routines and many comedians since have taken inspiration from it including Eddie Murphy (esp.) Chris Rock and Eddie Izzard.

Yes it is profane, but if you are stupid enough to watch a Pryor stand- up without being prepared for extreme 'vulgarity' then frankly you deserve to be offended. The language, although extreme isn't that shocking (even the now dreaded 'N' word) because it is all part of Pryor's 'jive' and would be poorer without it.

Watch this and see a master at the top of his game.