Adios Amigo 1976   PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Fred Williamson
Cast: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, Thalmus Rasulala, James Brown, Robert Phillips, Mike Henry, Suhaila Farhat, Victoria Jee, Nick Dimitri, Heidi Dobbs
Aspiring scam artists Big Ben and Sam Spade (Fred Williamson and Richard Pryor) bungle one attempt after another proving their ineptness in the criminal world. 1 User Review
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| | enjoyable comedy western | nightstar 07/23/2007 | | An enjoyable comedy western with solid chemistry between it's stars and good ad libbing by Richard Pryor and though episodic moves at a brisk paced and has solid direction by co star Fred Williamson. |
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Another You 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Maurice Phillips
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang, Vanessa Williams, Phil Rubenstein, Peter Michael Goetz, Billy Beck, Jerry Houser, Kevin Pollak
George (Gene Wilder), a pathological liar, is released from a mental institution, and as part of a community service commitment, ex-con Eddie (Richard Pryor) helps George in his transition back into society. When George is mistaken for Beer Baron Abe Fielding, the fun (?) begins. Weak.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings 1976  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Stan Shaw, Jophery Brown, Leon Wagner, Tony Burton, Sam Briston, DeWayne Jessie
A 1930s' baseball team defects from its all-Black league and sets off into the country challenging–and winning against–local White teams.
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Blue Collar 1977  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, Lane Smith, Cliff De Young, Lucy Saroyan, Harry Northrup
Three workers at a Ford plant–Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto)–hatch plans to make big money by robbing the local union.
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Brewster's Millions 1985 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, Joe Grifasi, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Collins, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan
This version of George Barr McCutcheon's novel involves baseball player Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor) who will inherit $300 million if he can obey the will's stipulations, which include spending all of the money within one month and keeping the inheritance a secret. His friends–baseball catcher Spike Nolan and girlfriend Angela (John Candy and Lonette McKee)–do not understand the reason behind Brewster's spending spree and try to help, but that task proves overwhelming.
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Bustin' Loose 1981 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Oz Scott
Cast: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Angel Ramirez, Jimmy Hughes, Edwin DeLeon, Edwin Kinter, Alphonso Alexander, George Coe, Bill Quinn, Roy Jenson
After ex-con Joe Braxton (Richard Pryor) is hired to drive a busload of mentally handicapped kids to Washington, D.C. to protest the closing of their school, Braxton's life is changed forever.
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California Suite 1978  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Maggie Smith, Elaine May, Richard Pryor, Herb Edelman, Denise Galik, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier, Kelly Harmon, David Sheehan, Michael Boyle
Based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, there are four stories about couples visiting a Beverly Hills Hotel. In this film version of the play, the stories are interwoven. First, divorced couple Bill and Hannah Warren (Alan Alda and Jane Fonda) rent a suite to talk to each other about the custody of their child. Then, Hollywood stars Sidney Cochran and Diana Barrie (Michael Caine and Maggie Smith) use the suite while waiting for the Academy Awards and use sex to fill their time. In the next episode, Willis Panama and Chauncy Gump (Bill Cosby and Richard Prior) bring their families to the hotel for a great vacation that turns out to be anything but. Finally, Marvin Michaels' (Walter Matthau) wife Millie (Elaine May) catches him in the suite with a hooker, and he is placed in the impossible position of explaining his behavior. The cast is great, and the film is worth watching. Maggie Smith won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Car Wash 1976 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, The Pointer Sisters, Bill Duke, Antonio Fargas, Brooke Adams, Clarence Muse, Jack Kehoe, DeWayne Jessie, Pepe Serna, Melanie Mayron, Garrett Morris
A day in the multiracial lives of customers and employees of the Dee-Luxe Car Wash in L.A. is the basis for this 1970s' ensemble piece. Cheapskate Mr. B. (Sully Boyar) owns the car wash, and those who work or hang out there include T.C. (Franklyn Ajaye), Irwin (Richard Brestoff), Marsha (Melanie Mayron), a taxi driver (George Carlin), and a preacher (Richard Pryor)–all of whom provide entertainment about one day in the '70s.
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Carter's Army 1970  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Black Brigade
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier, Moses Gunn, Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Stewart, Bobby Johnson, Napoleon Whiting, Paul Mooney
Captain Beau Carter (Stephen Boyd) is ordered to lead an all-Black unit on a suicide mission to take a bridge under Nazi control. An even bigger problem than taking the bridge is that Carter is a redneck and has been given only two days to train his men for the mission. Will he succeed?
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Critical Condition 1987  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Ruben Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy, Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Garrett Morris, Bob Saget
Richard Pryor plays a hustler who, after his arrest, must prove he is insane in order to avoid prison. While at a mental hospital for evaluation, he finds himself left in charge. Could be better–a lot better. 1 User Review
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| | crazy funny | slaphap 06/14/2007 | | hillarious |
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Harlem Nights 1989 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Eddie Murphy
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese, Stan Shaw, Arsenio Hall, Robin Harris, Jasmine Guy, Vic Polizos, Lela Rochon, David Marciano, Thomas Mikal Ford, Berlinda Tolbert
The plot of this movie involves mobsters taking over a Harlem nightclub. Illegal casino owner Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) joins forces with his adopted son, Quick (Eddie Murphy). They put their lives on the line to prevent gangster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) and corrupt cop Phil Cantone (Danny Aiello) from muscling in on the casino business. Their solution: fix a boxing match and collect Bugsy's cash.
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling 1986 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Pryor
Cast: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Paula Kelly, Billy Eckstine, J.J. Barry, Barbara Williams, Wings Hauser, Virginia Capers, Art Evans, Dennis Farina
This is a pretty good movie about a famous entertainer (Richard Prior) who, because of crisis in his life, must take a second look at what he has considered important.
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 Lady Sings the Blues 1972 R, 144 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Scatman Crothers, Milton Selzer, Ned Glass, Paul Hampton
Diana Ross makes her film debut as Singer Billy "Lady Day" Holliday in this biography of Holliday's rise and ultimate fall. Diana Ross received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her work in this movie.
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 Lost Highway 1997 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Richard Pryor, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Lucy Butler, Michael Massee, Jack Nance, Jack Kehler, Henry Rollins, Giovanni Ribisi
This David Lynch film puts the viewer into a dream where characters are replaced by others in a "never-never" existence. Jazz saxophonist Fred (Bill Pullman) is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. Then, one day he is no longer in jail but is converted into another person (Balthazar Getty). Very weird, as we follow Fred into his new adventures with a gangster's moll (Patricia Arquette).
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The Mack 1973 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Campus
Cast: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed, Roger E. Mosley, William Watson, George Murdock, Dick Anthony Williams, Juanita Moore, Paul Harris
Recently released from prison, Goldie (Max Julien) sets up a prostitution ring but, in the process, he must deal with rival pimps, crooked cops, and drug dealers. 1 User Review
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| | Entertaining at best | Goldie 03/04/2007 | | |
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Moving 1988 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Dave Thomas, Dana Carvey, Randy Quaid, Rodney Dangerfield, Stacey Dash, Gordon Jump, Morris Day, Raphael Harris
A family's move from New Jersey to Boise, Idaho is fraught with difficulties in this film featuring Richard Pryor as the hapless dad.
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The Muppet Movie 1979 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor
Jim Henson's muppets are brought to the screen to tell their unique rags-to-riches story of success in Hollywood.
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Richard Pryor: Here and Now 1983 R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Pryor
Cast: Richard Pryor
This is one more of Richard Pryor's live performances and is funny, funny, funny.
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Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' 1984 TV, 45 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Blum
Cast: Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor fans will enjoy another taping of one of the star's live performances.
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Richard Pryor: Live in Concert 1979 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Margolis
Cast: Richard Pryor
This is Richard Pryor's first film of a live comedy performance. It will live up to his fans' expectations.
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1982 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Layton
Cast: Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor performs at the Hollywood Palladium with an outrageous monologue including the subjects of lawyers, Africa, the Mob, and sex, sex, and more sex.
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Anthony Zerbe, Louis Giambalvo, Kristen Childs, Hardy Rawls, Audrie J. Neenan, John Capodice
A blind man (Richard Pryor) and a deaf man (Gene Wilder) work at a newspaper stand in New York. One day, a murder takes place near their newsstand, and guess who is arrested for the dirty deed? The stars are there, the idea is there, but the execution of the film isn't all it could be.
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Silver Streak 1976 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, Clifton James, Stefan Gierasch, Valerie Curtin
Gene Wilder plays a book executive, and Jill Clayburgh is a student of art who is in the next compartment on the Silver Streak, a train going from New York to Los Angeles. An art thief (Patrick McGoohan) is also aboard. That combination should cause some excitement; however, it is not until Richard Pryor comes onto the scene that the thrills and laughter are fast and furious. Fun.
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Some Kind of Hero 1981 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Olivia Cole, Paul Benjamin, David Adams, Martin Azarow, Shelly Batt
A Vietnam vet (Richard Pryor) returns home to find surprises and personal problems after his six years imprisonment as a POW.
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Stir Crazy 1980 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Miguel Angel Suarez, Nicolas Coster, Jonathan Banks, Lee Purcell, Charles Weldon, Joel Brooks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis Van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo
Out-of-work friends Harry Monroe and Skip Donahue (Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder) dress up as woodpeckers to promote a bank opening. Their costumes are stolen and used for a bank robbery, and now they are sentenced to 120 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. From there on, comedy reigns as Harry and Skip frustrate prison officials and finally break out of prison to pursue the real thieves.
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Superman III 1983 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Nancy Roberts, Graham Stark, Gordon Rollings, Henry Woolf, Peter Wear
Computer genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is used by Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) who is planning to take over the world. The plans include toying with a weather satellite to ruin the coffee bean trade in Columbia and a synthetic form of Kryptonite to turn Clark Kent and Superman (Christopher Reeve) into two personalities.
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The Toy 1982 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, Ned Beatty, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Annazette Chase, Virginia Capers, Don Hood, Tony King
When Eric Bates (Scott Schwartz) visits his father U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason), the millionaire takes his lonely son to a department store and offers the precocious boy anything he wants. Eric chooses a store janitor, Jack Brown (Richard Pryor), and takes the man home as his new "toy." But roles reverse as Jack gradually teaches Eric empathy for others and becomes his devoted friend.
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 Uptown Saturday Night 1974  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Paula Kelly, Johnny Sekka, Calvin Lockhart
Two sequels, "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action," followed this comedy about Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) who are robbed at a gambling club and then try to regain their losses. Richard Pryor plays an unforgettable character, Sharp Eye Washington. 1 User Review
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| | very funny | aj pete 03/07/2007 | | |
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Which Way Is Up? 1977 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, DeWayne Jessie, Morgan Woodward, Dolph Sweet, Daniel Valdez, Luis Valdez, Tim Thomerson, Marc Alaimo, Bebe Drake, Ernesto Hernandez, Marilyn Coleman, Gloria Edwards, Morgan Roberts
Richard Pryor takes on three roles in this film. In the first role, Prior plays Leroy Jones, a poor orange picker, who accidentally joins a labor union and gets laid off. He leaves his wife Annie Mae (Margaret Avery) and father Rufus (also Prior) behind and travels to Los Angeles where he falls in love with Vanetta (Lonette McKee) but returns home after being rehired by his former employers. Now he learns that Annie Mae is pregnant, and the father is Reverend Lennox Thomas (also Prior). Leroy's solution to his problems: seduce Reverend Thomas' wife. This film has gained cult favorite status with Pryor's fans. 1 User Review
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| | FAMILY FAVORITE | Anonymous 05/11/2009 | | |
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Wholly Moses 1980  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Weis
Cast: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor, John Ritter, Jack Gilford
This tasteless film stars Dudley Moore as the "savior" who tries to replicate the deeds of Moses and lead his "people" out of Egypt.
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 Wild in the Streets 1968 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley, Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop
In this 1960s fantasy, pop singer/drug pusher Max Frost (Christopher Jones) is President of the United States–a position he won after 14(!)-year olds obtained the vote. Now Frost wants to ship all adults to internment camps.
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The Wiz 1978  G, 134 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Stanley Greene, Clyde J. Barrett, Carlton Johnson, Harry Madsen
This film version of the Broadway show is an update of "The Wizard of Oz." It is an African-American musical set in contemporary NYC. Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) is visiting her Aunt Em's (Theresa Merritt) home for Thanksgiving when she leaves the dinner party to chase her dog in a snowstorm. Magically, Dorothy ends up in the Emerald City (NYC) where she teams up with Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), Tinman (Nipsey Russell), and Lion (Ted Ross) to find The Wiz (Richard Pryor) who can show her the way home. They follow the yellow brick road (which includes the subway system) and do find The Wiz. But, he has sinister plans for them–before he will grant Dorothy's wish to get back to her family. Quincy Jones' musical score is a highlight. 1 User Review
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| | i love it | Anonymous 03/27/2007 | i watched it as a child, i think my kids love it more
than me, the graphics are amazing to say the least. i love it, love it, love it!!!!!
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| 1. Adios Amigo (1976)
2. Another You (1991)
3. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
4. Blue Collar (1977)
5. Brewster's Millions (1985)
6. Bustin' Loose (1981)
7. California Suite (1978)
8. Car Wash (1976)
9. Carter's Army (1970)
aka: Black Brigade
10. Critical Condition (1987)
11. Greased Lightning (1977)
12. Harlem Nights (1989)
13. In God We Tru$t (1980)
14. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
15. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
16. Lost Highway (1997)
17. The Mack (1973)
18. Moving (1988)
19. The Muppet Movie (1979)
20. Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)
21. Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1984)
22. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
23. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
24. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
25. Silver Streak (1976)
26. Some Kind of Hero (1981)
27. Stir Crazy (1980)
28. Superman III (1983)
29. The Toy (1982)
30. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
31. Which Way Is Up? (1977)
32. Wholly Moses (1980)
33. Wild in the Streets (1968)
34. The Wiz (1978)
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