Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor made a notable return in the much-acclaimed Live on the Sunset Strip. His comments on that event, as well as his notorious comment... read more 
DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000
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February 13, 2008One of the best stand-up comedy movies/specials I've ever seen. Richard Pryor was hilarious, may he R.I.P.
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April 4, 2012Richard Pryor's 1981 stand-up special is great, tons of laughs from one of the best comedians to ever take the stage, who also doesn't hold back when it comes to his own misfortune. He is able to laugh at his infamous freebasing incident (in which Pryor caught on fire while free... read more
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November 13, 2011Not Pryors Best...but a pretty damn good stand up show. One of the few Richard Pryor made into a major movie event. If you want to get someone into Pryor's comedy I wouldn't start here, I'd go with his 1979 stand up movie or Here and Now from 1983.
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February 6, 2011I saw this in the theater when it came out in Charlottesville, VA. Funny stuff. Just watched it again and nearly 30 years later it is just as funny. This is the stand-up I recall of Pryor's. Some funny stuff.
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February 19, 2007Pryor faces his near-death experience and reveals his true feelings toward the word "nigger", in one of his best comedic performances.
Critic Reviews
June 6, 2009
Cole Smithey, Daily Radar
May 17, 2006
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
A honestidade com que Pryor expõe seus demônios pessoais para consumo do público, utilizando o microfone não apenas para fazer humor mas também para a auto-análise, garantem a permanência deste filme ...
September 26, 2005
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Pryor hits the comedy running and doesn't let up until he's exhausted the audience with so much gut-wrenching laughter that you won't know whether to stand up or lie down.
October 23, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Funny, vulgar but Pryor in his prime comedy concert
June 19, 2003
Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Sheer, breathtaking brilliance. A must-see.
July 7, 2005
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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July 2, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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