Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
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| Directed by | Richard Pryor |
| Produced by | Richard Pryor |
| Written by | Rocco Urbisci Paul Mooney Richard Pryor |
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| Music by | Herbie Hancock |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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97 min. |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $18,034,150[1] |
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 semi-autobiographical[2] film starring Richard Pryor. This was the first[3] and only feature film he directed (although he is credited as such on the screen version of Richard Pryor: Here and Now).
Plot
Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. The film came out after Pryor had set himself on fire in an attempted suicide.
As Dancer lies hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top-rated comedian. However, his success leads to extensive drug use and womanizing that takes its toll on his life. Jo Jo's spirit watches and attempts to convince his past self to end the cycle of self-destruction.
Cast
- Richard Pryor as Jo Jo Dancer
- Paula Kelly as Satin Doll
- Billy Eckstine as Johnny Barnett
- Carmen McRae as Grandmother
- Diahnne Abbott as Mother
- Debbie Allen as Michelle
- Art Evans as Arturo
- Barbara Williams as Dawn
- Wings Hauser as Cliff
- Michael Ironside as Detective Lawrence
Production
The earlier parts of the film were shot in Pryor's hometown of Peoria, Illinois.
Reception
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a 55 percent "Rotten" rating on the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
References
- ↑ "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling", Box Office Mojo.
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External links
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