Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

UPC: 026359364624

Studio: HBO Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Humor, Profanity]

Summary: Richard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of the 1970s. Here, in his first concert film, he is at his caustic, gritty best. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: cc

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

Format: DVD

Release Date: 08/01/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 78 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
1. Arrival [1:44]
2. White People [2:19]
3. Sit Your Ass Down [3:42]
4. Thank You for Coming [1:20]
5. Police [2:03]
6. Dobermans [4:17]
7. Monkeys [4:03]
8. Horses [3:00]
9. Heart Attacks [3:05]
10. Blood and Piss [2:57]
11. My Father's Death [1:41]
12. Funerals [2:09]
13. Discipline by Grandma [4:10]
14. Discipline by My Father [3:22]
15. The Great Outdoors [8:07]
16. Leon Spinks [2:50]
17. Ali [1:22]
18. Boxing [7:00]
19. Learn to Run [3:22]
20. My Kids [4:07]
21. Lights Up Please [1:39]
22. The Chinese [2:14]
23. Orgasms [6:52]
24. End Credits [:52]

Nathan Southern

Arguably the single most brilliant stand-up film ever mounted and shot, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a masterpiece of comedic invention and delivery. Those only familiar with Pryor from his uneven career as an actor in Hollywood comedies will be knocked out by the breadth of the comic's gifts on stage, as a monologuist - for instance, the fluidity with which he slips into and out of character voices, and also the balletic grace that he demonstrates as a physical comic, whether illustrating his reaction to his grandmother's "ass-beatings" or the experience of suffering from a massive coronary. The routines draw their power from the many familiar chords that Pryor strikes with his anecdotes, and the inventive spin that he places on all of them. He consistently manages to find the delirious amid the familiar, and yet, pain and fear are never far from the surface. As a result, it is impossible to think of another stand-up routine so riotously funny (there are no dead spots in its brief 78 minutes) and yet so profound. One need only wonder why in the world Pryor even bothered with feature roles - many of which were far beneath him anyway - and didn't continue to blaze a new trail as a stand-up act. As a result of that decision, this film is one of only four stand-up performance movies (only three of which were theatrically released) that the comedian did before his death at the relatively young age of 65, and that realization leaves one somewhat sad; in this case, there could never be too much of a wonderful thing. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Richard Pryor  Actor 
Del Jack  Producer 
Jeff Margolis  Director 
David Permut  Producer 
J. Mark Travis  Producer 

Country: USA