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starring: Richard Pryor, Jesse Jackson, Gene Cross, Julie Hamptondirected by: Joe Layton
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303451442
Format: Color, Live, NTSC
ISBN: 6303451446
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 04, 1996
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 20589
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 1982
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Amazon.com:
Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. In Sunset Strip, Pryor relates two life-changing experiences. The first is his trip to 'the motherland,' Africa. As funny as is the routine in which Pryor gives voice to a couple of cheetahs poised to prey on unsuspecting gazelles, he brings the audience up short with a moving revelation that leads him to forswear ever again calling another black person the 'N-word.' The second, of course, is his near-fatal freebasing accident, which Pryor at first jokingly passes off as an accident involving milk and cookies. Then, he takes the audience step by harrowing step through his growing cocaine addiction (abetted by his untrustworthy pipe which speaks to him in reassuring tones), alienation from friends, including the formidable Jim Brown ('Whatcha gonna do?'), the explosion that resulted in third-degree burns over the upper half of his body, and finally, the agonizing rehab. It is even more unflinching and savagely funny than his Live in Concert routine about his heart attack. Other memorable bits include his experiences as a 19-year-old stand-up comedian working at a Mafia-owned club, a monologue from one of his signature characters, Mudbone, and his visit to a penitentiary while filming Stir Crazy. Sunset Strip captures Pryor's triumphant return to the stage. He is a survivor, unbowed, winning this round over the demons that plagued him throughout his career. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - That negro's hilarious!
Peoria,Illinois-born Richard Pryor delivers another hilarious comedy routine filled with profanity of course. Unbelievably,one of the audience members was Rev. Jesse Jackson. Does Pryor mention the N-word? Of course,he does. Pryor,who followed in the footsteps back in the 1960's of another comedian three years his senior,Bill Cosby,influenced another trashmouthed comedian years later,Eddie Murphy. Both Pryor and Murphy influenced other trashmouthed black comedians such as Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle. ... Read More
Rating: - The King
Richard Pryor may be the funniest man to ever grab a mike on stage. This set has some moments that are absolute classics. His routine about the Mafia guys in the club he worked had me crying I laughed so hard.
His moments of reflection about his "freebase" accident are funny but meaningful and cautionary at the same time. Whatever material he was riffing on his intelligence always shines through. A real comic genius.
Rating: - Masterful
Pryor in brilliant form. Once again displaying his virtuoso skills of mimicry and an honesty most comics only dream of. His recounting of the freebasing episode is arguably one of the best pieces of standup caught on film.
Rating:  - Ad Hoc Humor
Pryor is obviously a skilled comedian. He has the audience eating out of his hand from beginning to end. The concert takes place in 1982. The audience appears to have been born between 1942 and 1955. They laugh from beginning to end. I didn't laugh once. Aside from the riffs about working for the Mafia and Visiting Africa, I didn't even know what he was talking about. Particularly distressing was the audience calling out for a certain well-loved bit. Pryor acquiesced. "Okay. This is the last time." It ... Read More
Rating:  - Live on the Sunset Strip
This is not what it is hypped up to be. It actually has it's moments. There is very view of those moments being under what is expected.
To be honest, just get the Bourbon Street video. THIS is all you need
to get the real Richard Pryor, I know this is short and not so sweet, but you will learn.
GREG
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