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"Richard Pryor: Live in Concert" was added Tuesday to the National Film Registry. Every year, the Library of Congress selects 25 motion pictures to join the registry for their "cultural, historic ...
As director Richard Linklater noted during a screening in 2019, Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling is a “brave” film that’s been unjustly overlooked, even by Pryor fans. “It was like it ...
After Richard Pryor filmed the 1973 movie "The Mack," about a pimp, VonHeitman said, he tried immersing himself in that life. Richard wasn't interested in being safe ever in his life.
In the documentary 'I Am Richard Pryor,' Pryor's widow Jennifer Lee Pryor speaks about his love life, drug use and the time he set himself on fire.
Richard Pryor movies were exceptionally popular in the 1970s and 1980s, but that was a problem for TV networks — the comedian’s foul-mouthed jokes were hilarious in theaters but could cause a ...
Richard Pryor performs on-stage at New Orleans' Saenger Theatre as part of his 1983 concert film 'Here and Now.' The then and there of "Here and Now" is New Orleans' Saenger Theatre in 1983. Their ...
Superman III actually made me angry. If I wanted to watch a Richard Pryor movie, I would have done that. This was clearly just Richard Pryor starring in a Superman movie, not the other way around ...
MGM won a heated film rights auction and will partner with black-ish creator Kenya Barris for a movie on iconic comedian Richard Pryor.Barris will make his directorial debut on a film he will ...
A Norma Shearer silent, film noir from Argentina and a classic Richard Pryor comedy TV special are among the rarities at this year's Festival of Preservation. Must-see films at 2024 UCLA Festival ...
How stand-up comedy's GOAT gave new life to the concert film In 1982, E.T. topped the box office. But Richard Pryor's otherworldly genius needed no more than words to set his own record with Live ...