Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 4,556 VOTES · DIR. Joe Layton

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip poster

Overview

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,140 lines

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00:01:42 Ladies and gentlemen, live on the Sunset Strip, Richard Pryor!
00:05:59 Nothin'.
00:09:21 for me not to be in jail and shit."
00:12:17 A black attorney who was my brother. Right on.
00:15:34 I'm telling you, I'm fuckin' trying, okay?
00:19:12 And then I'd have to come back. Like. You forget your keys.
00:21:55 I did a movie. Not me personally. I went to do a film in a penitentiary.
00:25:17 'Cause I do not want to be kidnapped.
00:28:23 I paid them all back now. I try to go back to Peoria.
00:31:49 It's nice to have pride about your shit.
00:34:46 "Where's Jane?" "She whoring in Nairobi."
00:37:47 "Say, nah. Man, they're too close. Shit.
00:41:26 You know. 'cause we never was no niggers.
00:44:29 Doing my best black shit. You know.
00:47:37 I said, 'Johnny Salami. What do I do? '
00:50:57 What?
00:54:47 They never let no black people do no shit like that.
00:58:01 I say. "Yesterday. That's as tar as I want to remember it."
01:01:54 And one night. I had some low-tat milk...
01:05:20 Leave me the fuck alone!"
01:08:43 "What you gonna do about that shit?"
01:12:00 and a brother come in wanting an autograph.
01:15:14 "Don't.
01:18:40 What's that? Richard Pryor running down the street.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,140
Dialogue density13.9 lines / min
First line00:01:42
Final line01:18:40

Production Record

DirectorJoe Layton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,556