Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

Director:

Joe Layton

Writer:

Richard Pryor (writer)
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Release Date:

12 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Plot:

One of comedian Richard Pryor's live performances (at the Sunset Strip, obviously) caught on film. Pryor talks about most of his standard subjects...

Plot Keywords:

Concert Film | Person On Fire | Vulgarity | Stand Up Comedy | Performer Name In Title

Cast

Richard Pryor	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gene Cross	...	Stoned Hipple (uncredited)
Julie Hampton	...	Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson	...	Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Layton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paul Mooney		uncredited
Richard Pryor		writer

Produced by
Richard Pryor	....	producer

Cinematography by
Haskell Wexler

Film Editing by
Sheldon Kahn

Production Design by
Michael Baugh

Production Management
Jerry A. Baerwitz	....	unit production manager (as Jerry Baerwitz)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Grossman	....	second assistant director
Daniel J. Heffner	....	second assistant director (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Lewis Stout	....	second assistant director (as L. Lewis Stout)
Don Yorkshire	....	first assistant director
Wendy Yorkshire	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Lee Strosnider	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Colean	....	camera operator
Joseph Cosko Jr.	....	second assistant camera
Paul M. Pollard	....	camera operator
Alan B. Samuels	....	video assist operator
John Toll	....	camera operator

Other crew
David Banks	....	assistant: Richard Pryor
Alex Daniels	....	assistant: Mr Layton
Rhoda Dreskenoff	....	assistant: Mr Layton
Lauren Glassman	....	assistant: Richard Pryor
Paul Mooney	....	creative consultant
Rashon Wilson	....	assistant: Richard Pryor

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Rastar Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Live on the Sunset Strip (Australia)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Richard Pryor: When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up *quick*! I saw something, I went, "Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like *fire*!" Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

Movie Connections:

Edited into The N Word (2004)

As good as it gets in stand up comedy!

I have no idea what is wrong with the authors of the negative comments about this film, but clearly they have no sense of humor because this is one of the funniest stand up routines ever - period.

Richard Pryor has terrific material, perfect delivery and great comic timing - he is a comic genius. His self deprecating style is simply perfect and extraordinarily funny.

I have seen this show several times on cable and I laugh often and out loud throughout every time. The opening 20 minutes have some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard particularly the bits about his relationships. And his description of Jim Brown trying to save him from crack addiction and the stories of his subsequent hospitilization for burn treatment are hilarious.

Highly recommended.