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:

References "Kojak" (1973)

Greatest stand up comedy performance of all time

Most of the time, 99.9% of the time, I find comedy embarrassing and corny. No doubt this is because comedy is the hardest thing to do. Therefore if it is so hard, a lot of people are going to fail. And a lot of people do. You need to be intelligent to really be funny. Once again not many people are all that smart either. To give you an idea of some things I find funny: I like David Letterman but not Jay Leno. Find South Park and the Simpsons amusing and think 'The Office is one of if not the funniest things on television ever. In my opinion 'Live In Concert' is the greatest stand up comedy performance of all time. Add this to the list of things you MUST see. Pryor has got it all, voice and the way he uses it, facial expressions, acting ability, intelligence. One of the best things I notice about his style is that you are never aware when he has moved on to the next joke. The transitions between jokes are as good as the jokes themselves. This is something that the best speakers have, the ability to move from one topic to the next so that the listener is not aware of the transition. This is achieved by the speakers ability to relate topics.