Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writer:

Richard Pryor (writer)
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Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Crude Humor | Satire | Pop Culture | Punctuation In Title | Richard Pryor

Cast

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

Directed by
Jeff Margolis

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

Produced by
Saul Barnett	....	executive producer
Steve Blauner	....	producer
Jeffrey Chernov	....	associate producer
Hillard Elkins	....	producer
Del Jack	....	producer
David Permut	....	producer
William Sargent Jr.	....	producer
J. Mark Travis	....	producer

Cinematography by
Tom Schamp

Film Editing by
Daniel J. Johnson		(co-editor)
Ken Johnson
Steve Livingston

Sound Department
Biff Dawes	....	sound mixer
Daniel J. Johnson	....	Co-Editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Tcimpidis	....	video controller

Other crew
Don E. Branker	....	live event production
Marcelle Garfield	....	executive production assistant
Carl Hanseman	....	technical production supervisor
Bill Hopkins	....	production coordinator
Thomas McConnell	....	associate director
Bill Povonda	....	production coordinator
Richard Pryor	....	executive album producer
Rashon	....	road manager
Rima Risziewicz	....	assistant to producers

Production Companies

• SEE Theater Network
• Elkins Entertainment
• Permut Presentations (producer)

Distributors

• Special Event Entertainment (1979) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wm. Lange & Associates (1979) (USA: Midwest) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• MPI Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Comedy Central (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Compact Video Systems Inc.  post-production sound facilities
• Compact Video Systems Inc.  video editing facilities
• Damask Productions Inc.  editorial services
• Heider Scoring Service  original sound recording facilities (as Heider Recording Services)
• Hill Production Services  camera facilities
• Howard Anderson Company, The  post-production and titles (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)

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:

SEE Theater Network

Trivia:

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was the first, live, stand up concert to be filmed, and at the time, especially with Pryor's language and topics, was considered a real risk.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "De wereld draait door: Episode #7.27" (2011)

The greatest comedian of all time

I am 34 year old and i was 6 years old when this concert was filmed in 1979,i saw it as a little boy and countless times until this day,i am so lucky to have been born in Richards Generation to have had the opportunity to witness this man come on stage with all of his imperfections and personal problems and share it with me and the rest of the world in a way where it makes us laugh.

Thinking about the loss of Richard Pryor makes me want to cry because i feel like he was someone i knew personally,thats the effect Richard Pryor had on everyone that watched him pro-form on stage,he broke the color line,even thought he is clearly a African American man,Richard Pryor made people of other races so comfortable listening to jokes revolving around race and social status.

I know there are other comedians that are great in their own right but the truth be told,Richard Pryor is and will always be regarded as the Best comedian that ever lived and this concert is the performance that proves that very fact.

RIP Richard,thank you for the laughs and joy and now the sadness you brought us all,we will never ever forget you....