“Now why should I want to make fun of Richard Pryor?” a “narked” Lynch responded. “And why shouldn’t he be in the film? Richard Pryor is a great guy. He’s in a wheelchair, and he can ...

That's why he returned three times to the medium of the concert film. It was one thing to listen to a Richard Pryor on a turntable--as many did in clouds of weed smoke in basements during the ...

While both Richard Pryor’s daughter Rain and son ... classics and some unique obscure ones, too, in our list of the best ...

The Criterion Collection’s edition of “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling,” a 1986 autobiographical film by Richard Pryor. Cover illustration is by Matt Small. (Criterion) That wide-eyed ...

Richard Pryor helped define modern stand ... Of his sometimes dubious film roles he said: 'I'm sorry, but they offered us the money. I was a pig, I got greedy.’ Pryor had been lined up to play the ...

Richard Pryor helped define modern stand ... Of his sometimes dubious film roles he said: 'I'm sorry, but they offered us the money. I was a pig, I got greedy.’ Pryor had been lined up to play the ...