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Richard Pryor
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Richard Pryor - what members say
review by from London
Great Comedy, Great Score 18 May 2006
review by from CRAWLEY
29 January 2004
review by A customer from GLASGOW
TOP MOVIE !!! 4 March 2006
Richard Pryor - filmography
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Lost Highway
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty
Director: David Lynch
Certificate: 
Five years after the critical and commercial disappointment of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, director David Lynch returned to the big screen with this cryptic thriller about confused identities and erotic obsession. Fred (Bill Pullman) is an avant-garde jazz saxophonist who shares a luxurious but ..read more »
 
68%
from 7,480 members
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Lost Highway - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
Saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) receives a series of videos showing the exterior, then the interior, of the house he shares with his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette). Then, after meeting a mysterious man at a party, he receives another tape showing him with Renee's dismembered corpse. Found ..read more »
68%
from 151 members
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Another You
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: Maurice Phillips
Certificate: 
Richard Pryor plays a conman who is sentenced to do community service; in this instance to escort a mental patient named George (Gene Wilder) around local museums. George is a compulsive liar and when he is constantly mistaken for a missing rich brewer named Abe Fielding, he cannot help but go ..read more »
55%
from 1,048 member
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Joan Severance, Gene Wilder, Anthony Zerbe
Director: Arthur Hiller
Certificate:
Dave (Gene Wilder) is a deaf news-stand owner who hires Wally (Richard Pryor), a blind man, to work for him. However, when Wally's bookie comes to collect some money that he is owed the bookie is murdered by a woman, leaving Wally and Dave as particularly bad witnesses to the shooting. ..read more »
72%
from 7,611 members
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Uptown Saturday Night
(1988)
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte
Director: Sidney Poitier
Certificate: 
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby team up in this hilarious misadventure as buddies Steve and Wardell, who head uptown to a swanky nightclub. Unfortunately, thieves hit the club and steal Steve's wallet-which happens to hold a winning lottery ticket.
78%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Moving
(1988)
Starring: Richard Pryor, Randy Quaid, Beverly Todd
Director: Alan Metter
Certificate: 
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
67%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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Critical Condition
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Ruben Blades, Randall, Rachel Ticotin
Director: Michael Apted
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Richard Pryor plays a con man who takes over a hospital during a major power cut. He was sent to prison for street hustling, but in order for him to stay out of prison he pretends to be insane, whilst under observation, and before he knows it he is running the hospital.
61%
from 738 members
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Brewster's Millions
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Collins, Pat Hingle
Director: Walter Hill
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In the seventh screen version of this perennial tale, Richard Pryor plays a man who stands to inherit $300 million - if he can first spend $30 million in 30 days without letting anyone in on the reason. This proves harder than he'd imagined, even with the assistance of team mate Spike (John Candy).
68%
from 9,215 members
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Superman III
(1983)
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Synthetic Kryptonite turns the normally upstanding Superman (Christopher Reeve) into a low-grade Supersleaze, clearing the path for a megalomaniac tycoon (Robert Vaughn) and a computer whiz (Richard Pryor) to take over the world.
61%
from 6,373 members
Currently unavailable
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Some Kind Of Hero
(1982)
Starring: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
Director: Michael Pressman
Certificate:
Pryor effectively mixes poignant drama and slapstick comedy in this story of a P.O.W. who returns home to find his world shattered. He takes revenge on society by turning to a life of petty crime.
54%
from 15 members
Not available for rental
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Bustin Loose
(1981)
Starring: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson
Director: Oz Scott
Certificate:
Foulmouthed Joe (Richard Pryor) breaks his parole, but is given a chance to prove his worth by a schoolteacher (Cicely Tyson). She hires him to drive a bus full of Special School kids from Philadelphia, but Joe is a bit unnerved by their various mental problems. Soon, however, the bonds of ..read more »
56%
from 19 members
Currently unavailable
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Stir Crazy
(1980)
Starring: Lee Purcell, Craig T. Nelson, Gene Wilder
Director: Sidney Poitier
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Long-time losers Skip Donahue (Gene Wilder) and Harry Monroe (Richard Pryor) are hired to wear woodpecker costumes to help promote a bank's opening, only to be wrongfully imprisoned when a pair of criminals, wearing identical outfits, rob the bank. Their claims of innocence ignored, Skip and Harry ..read more »
71%
from 6,484 members
Currently unavailable
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Wholly Moses!
(1980)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco
Director: Gary Weis
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Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses.
60%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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In God We Trust
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Marty Feldman, Richard Pryor, Peter Boyle
Director: Marty Feldman
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Marty Feldman writes and directs this comedy in which he also stars as a monk trying to prevent his monastery from going bankrupt. Brother Ambrose (Feldman) needs to raise $5,000 to save his home, a feat which takes him to Hollywood where he meets and befriends con man Dr. Sebastian Melmoth (Peter ..read more »
57%
from 27 members
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Richard Pryor - Live In Concert
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Richard Pryor
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Recorded live at the height of his powers in 1978, this concert shows fast-talking comedian Richard Pryor at his crudest, foulest best. From vibrators to randy monkeys, police dogs to jacking up, Pryor runs the gamut of outrageous and taboo topics, including events in his own life like his heart ..read more »
69%
from 5,060 members
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The Wiz
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, Roberta Flack
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate: 
Dorothy, a young African-American kindergarten teacher leaves a large family dinner one night to chase after her dog during a New York City snowstorm and gets swept up by a cyclone and transplanted to the urban version of the land of Oz.
52%
from 971 members
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California Suite
(1978)
Starring: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Maggie Smith
Director: Herbert Ross
Certificate: 
Four couples are guests in the same California hotel on the eve of the Academy Awards, in this episodic comedy based on Neil Simon's play. Starring Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith (who won an Oscar for this role), Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
59%
from 816 members
Currently unavailable
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Blue Collar
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Ed Begley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Schrader
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Three guys, two African-American and one Polish, work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers' union is doing them no greater good than their screwed-up bosses. So the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at ..read more »
71%
from 1,015 member
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Which Way Is Up?
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Margaret Avery, Daniel Valdez, Dolph Sweet
Director: Michael Schultz
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Richard Pryor takes on three roles in this comic farce about a man whose life turns into a game of pinball when he's fired from his job. When he inadvertently joins a union, orange picker Leroy Jones (Pryor) is sacked by his employers. Setting out for Los Angeles to find work, Leroy has to leave ..read more »
51%
from 31 members
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Silver Streak
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Gene Wilder
Director: Arthur Hiller
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A comedy with Gene Wilder as a passenger on the U.S 'Silver Streak' train travelling from Los Angeles to Chicago. He witnesses a murder - and soon finds himself being persued by the crooks in that kind of boistrous Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor style.
67%
from 1,501 member
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Car Wash
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Tracy Reed, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters
Director: Michael Schultz
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A musical day in the life of the Dee Luxe Car Wash, where the employees while away the hours until closing time by doing anything other than work. Amongst those pulling up to get their windscreens buffed are George Carlin, The Pointer Sisters and Richard Pryor, as a Reverend preaching the holiness ..read more »
60%
from 621 members
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Blazing Saddles
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
Director: Mel Brooks
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. Little and co-star Gene Wilder have ..read more »
70%
from 15,329 members
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The Mack
(1973)
Starring: Max Julien, Carol Speed, Richard Pryor
Director: Michael Campus
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Goldie's a cutthroat, penny-pinching black businessman, eager to climb to the top of his profession. Just because he's a pimp doesn't mean he wants any less than the very best cars, clothes and women. But when he finally gets what he wants, he'll have more than he bargained for: white detectives, ..read more »
42%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Wattstax
(1973)
Starring: Ossie Davis, Richard Pryor, Fred Berry
Director: Mel Stuart
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Originally released in 1973, WATTSTAX is a musical and cultural artifact that pays tribute to the Watts riots, which ravaged Los Angeles for six days beginning August 11, 1965. The film's main focus is the Watts Summer Festival's 1972 concert held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, featuring performances ..read more »
47%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Dynamite Chicken
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Richard Pryor
Director: Ernest Pintoff
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Sketch-based comedy featuring performances and interviews with leading counter-cultural figures from the 1960s and early 1970s. Richard Pryor's stand-up routines link contributions from John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol, Leonard Cohen, the Ace Trucking Company, and Joan Baez.
35%
from 188 members
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Richard Pryor - Live And Smokin'
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Richard Pryor
Certificate:
Early ground-breaking stand-up performance from the pioneering comedian, recorded in New York while Pryor was still relatively unknown.
58%
from 1,805 member
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Black Brigade
(1969)
Starring: Robert Hooks, Glynn Turman, Roosevelt Grier
Director: George McCowan
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Bigoted white officer Captain Beau Carter is forced to lead an all black unit on what is basically a suicide mission behind enemy lines. The unit's combat experience to date has been confined to digging graves and latrines - they've got two days to shape up into a mean precise and disciplined ..read more »
36%
from 36 members
Due for release on 2nd December 2013
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The Richard Pryor Show
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Richard Pryor
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Compilation of clips from the groundbreaking stand-up comedian's NBC show, featuring rare, previously unseen footage of outtakes and improvisations, as well as guest appearances from stars such as Robin Williams.
51%
from 400 members
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Saturday Night Live - Series 1 - Complete
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Laraine Newman, Jane Curtain, Elliott Gould
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All 24 episodes from the first season of the US comedy sketch show. Features appearances from Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, George Carlin, Rob Reiner, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould and Candace Bergen.
59%
from 169 members
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Richard Pryor Stand-Up Comedy Boxset
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Richard Pryor
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Legendary comedian Richard Pryor displays his wit and humour in two stand-up titles. Filmed at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, HERE AND NOW sees Richard Pryor delight his audience with a succession of sharp, witty and outrageous tales of sex, drugs and politics.
LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP sees ..read more »
70%
from 706 members
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Richard Pryor facts
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... Alda and Jane Fonda - and really chokingly funny slapstick from Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor. There's also a great jazz score from Claude Bolling that makes this movie a f...
