Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Richard Pryor

Writers:

Rocco Urbisci (writer) &
Paul Mooney (writer) ...

Release Date:

2 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

Plot Keywords:

Comedian | Drugs | Death | Hospital | Stand Up Comedian

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Richard Pryor	...	Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
Debbie Allen	...	Michelle
Art Evans	...	Arturo
Fay Hauser	...	Grace
Barbara Williams	...	Dawn
Carmen McRae	...	Grandmother
Paula Kelly	...	Satin Doll
Diahnne Abbott	...	Mother
Scoey Mitchell	...	Father
Billy Eckstine	...	Johnny Barnett
Tanya Boyd	...	Alicia
Wings Hauser	...	Cliff
E'Lon Cox	...	Little Jo Jo
Michael Ironside	...	Det. Lawrence
J.J. Barry	...	Sal

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Richard Pryor's autobiographical film and his directorial debut. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles and in Peoria at the actual locations where much of the story takes place.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

OOH BABY, BABY

Good Bio, but not perfect

I found this film to be a really good depiction of Richard Pryor's life. But, I would've used the actual story of his life instead of using a fictional character to depict his life. Only a suggestion though Richard. But besides that, it is a great bio that has charm and laughs along the way (that later reminded me of Andy Kaufman's Man on the Moon). Trivia note- Pryor wrote, produced, directed (his first real film, though he directed Richard Pryor Here and Now) and starred in this film, which would be his last film to have writer, producer and director on his credits (he now has MS). A-