Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
| Richard Pryor: Live in Concert | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jeff Margolis[1] |
| Produced by |
Stephen Blauner Hillard Elkins Del Jack William Sargent William Sargent Jr. J. Mark Travis |
| Written by | Richard Pryor |
| Starring | Richard Pryor |
| Music by | Patti LaBelle |
| Distributed by | Special Event Entertainment |
Release dates | January 1979 |
Running time | 78 min.[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000[2] |
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a stand-up comedy concert film starring Richard Pryor.[1] Pryor's performance earned him a 5th place nomination for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.
Shot in Long Beach, California[1] in December 1978, it was produced and distributed independently and is the first full-length, feature movie consisting of only stand-up comedy, often hailed as one of the seminal and most influential recorded stand-up performances of the modern era. Eddie Murphy has called it "the single greatest standup performance ever captured on film."
In her review of Richard Pryor Live in Concert, Pauline Kael commented, "Probably the greatest of all recorded-performance films. Pryor had characters and voices bursting out of him .... Watching this mysteriously original physical comedian you can't account for his gift and everything he does seems to be for the first time."
An album version was released in 1978 titled Wanted: Live in Concert. The film is owned by Gary P. Biller.
Accolades
| Recipient(s) | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Pryor | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor (5th place) (tied with Klaus Kinski for Nosferatu the Vampyre and Roy Scheider for All That Jazz) |
Nominated | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Maslin, Janet (February 16, 1979). "Richard Pryor Live in Concert (1979) Film: 'Pryor in Concert':Mime and Mimic". The New York Times.
- ↑ David Permut: By Permut Only Movieline Staff (December 1, 1992). "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert". p. 2.
