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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (2-May-1986)

Director: Richard Pryor

Writers: Paul Mooney; Richard Pryor; Rocco Urbisci

Keywords: Drama, Biography, Cocaine

Autobiographical film starring Richard Pryor, who portrays himself as Jo-Jo Dancer, a dope-addled comedian. In intensive care at a hospital burn unit, Jo-Jo revisits moments in his life, trying to figure out where it all went wrong. Lovely sets and cinematography frame the early part of the film, as the comic leaves home to make it in the big city, but the second and third acts suffer from an unfocused plot, interminable montages, and the shallow characterizations of Jo-Jo's ex-wives.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Debbie Allen
Dancer
16-Jan-1950   All About You
Frederick Coffin
Actor
16-Jan-1943 31-Jul-2003 Character actor
Billy Eckstine
Singer
8-Jul-1914 8-Mar-1993 First African-American singing idol
Art Evans
Actor
27-Mar-1942   A Soldier's Story
Dennis Farina
Actor
29-Feb-1944 22-Jul-2013 Ray Barboni in Get Shorty
Ken Foree
Actor
29-Feb-1948   Dawn of the Dead
Fay Hauser
Actor
28-Dec-1948   Roots: The Next Generations
Wings Hauser
Actor
12-Dec-1947   Life Among the Cannibals
Michael Ironside
Actor
12-Feb-1950   Scanners, Top Gun, Starship Troopers
Paula Kelly
Actor
21-Oct-1943   Sweet Charity
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
Scoey Mitchell
Actor
12-Mar-1930   Barefoot in the Park
Richard Pryor
Comic
1-Dec-1940 10-Dec-2005 Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 23-Jul-2006)

People might say I am a little prejudice when I give them my thoughts about this movie. That is only because my mother, Anne Righi, played a bit part in the movie as a "Madame" in a scene (there really are no small parts) where she is standing on the front porch of a house of "ill repute" motioning for the men to come over on such a warm inviting day and as she is waving, she speaks....with the sound of her beautiful voice and enticing red hair blowing in the wind..you can only capture a glimpse of what this beauty is all about. Not only that, but, Richard Pryor was a truly dear friend of my mother and she invited him to our house in Peoria,whereby, she cooked him the finest homecooked meal you could ever want or desire, for among her many talents was the art of cooking besides making you feel welcomed in her home. This movie means a great deal to me and my family, as we had a closeness to who Richard Pryor was and what he was all about. In the true sense of the word "acting" there can be no other like Richard Pryor and he proves it once again in this movie. It was a saddened day for all when he passed...but...forever..he will be in our hearts and in this film and many more he created. Enjoy!


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