Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)

The second stand-up performance of Richard Pryor filmed.

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writer:

Richard Pryor

Stars:

Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle, Jennifer Lee Pryor

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Pryor	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patti LaBelle	...	Herself (scenes deleted)

Storyline

The second stand-up performance of Richard Pryor filmed.

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Plot Keywords:

stand up | shock humor | anger | social satire | vulgarity | 

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Taglines:

WARNING: The Picture Contains Harsh and Very Vulgar Language and May Be Considered Shocking and Offensive. No Explicit sex or Violence is Shown.

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Another Pryor

Filming Locations:

Terrace Theatre - 300 E. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$300,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$15,800,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

SEE Theater Network,Elkins Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Second of four Richard Pryor live performance concert films. The others are Richard Pryor... Here and Now (1983), Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' (1971), and Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982).

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Quotes

Richard Pryor: I'd always try to go to sleep to get out of an ass whupping. You know, pass up supper and everything, ease in the covers, think I got it made. She'd wake your ass up. One in the morning...
Richard Pryor: [making motions as if he was beating someone] Get your ass, out of that bed. I told you, put your... don't you run from me! Don't you ever run from me! As long as you black, don't you run from me!

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Crazy Credits

This concert was recorded live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California

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Connections

Featured in Playboy: The Story of X (1998)

User Reviews

A wonderful comic!

Richard Pryor is without a doubt one of the best stand-up performers to ever grab a mike, because he breaks the performance wall, and just has a conversation with the audience, which is rare for a comic to do. He talks to the audience, and involves them in the show, and the things he talks about on stage are not really jokes, but his retelling of certain life events that he has had, and you get the feeling that you would be hearing the same thing if you were just sitting alone with him in a room, and that is what makes his comedy so good, that conversational quality. No other comic that I can think of has done that with such a level of success that Pryor did...he was a real natural.

As far as profanity goes, Pryor doesn't use it to shock, he just talks that way naturally, and so the cursing doesn't stick out that much. Still, if you're easily offended by such language, then avoid it, but you are only robbing yourself of seeing a legend working his magic.