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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
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2 May 1986 (USA)
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After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Murphy To Portray Pryor In Biopic
(From WENN. 27 February 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005
(From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)
(From WENN. 27 February 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005
(From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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97 min
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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.
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Referenced in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)
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OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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Thin, sketchy story; interesting and well enough done but, like all these life history films, too little in too small a space. Dancer aged twenty years in about fifteen minutes of stage routines, then he went through three wives in around sixty minutes. If one wants to know about Pryor, reading his bio would be a wiser choice.