Richard Pryor — Actor (32)
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Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin'
director: Michael Blum actor: Richard Pryor
other title: Live & Smokin'
Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out of the four that were released in total. This film was filmed in 1971 but not released until 1985, on VHS. This was the first stand-up act that Pryor did before he hit the mainstream audience. With only 48 minutes of footage, it is the shortest of Pryor's stand-up routines.
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The Phynx (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Phynx
director: Lee H. Katzin actor: Andy Devine / Michael A. Miller …
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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Wild in the Streets (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wild in the Streets
director: Barry Shear actor: Shelley Winters / Christopher Jones …
other title: Quattordici o guerra / Wild in den Straßen …
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
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Blue Collar (1978) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Blue Collar
director: Paul Schrader actor: Richard Pryor / Harvey Keitel …
other title: Tuta blu / Vivendo na Corda Bamba …
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
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Superman III (1983)
Superman III
director: Richard Lester actor: Christopher Reeve / Richard Pryor …
other title: Superman 3 / Superman III - Der stählerne Blitz
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
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Harlem Nights (1989)
Harlem Nights
director: Eddie Murphy actor: Eddie Murphy / Richard Pryor …
other title: Les Nuits de Harlem / Noches de Harlem …
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
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The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppet Movie
★ 7.4 (5 ratings) director: James Frawley actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz …
other title: Ecco il film dei Muppet / As Aventuras dos Marretas …
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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Wattstax (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wattstax
director: Mel Stuart actor: Richard Pryor / Rufus Thomas …
other title: Sort på hvidt
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current-day Watts neighborhood.
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
director: Page Hurwitz actor: Joel Kim Booster / Lily Tomlin …
other title: Outstanding - La rivoluzione nella stand-up comedy
This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in America. The film combines rare archival materials, stand-up performances, and interviews with a show-stopping lineup to present a definitive history of queer comedy.