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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

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Original title

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Year

1986

Running time

97 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Pryor

Screenwriter

Richard Pryor, Rocco Urbisci, Paul Mooney

Cast

Music

Herbert Hancock

Cinematography

John A. Alonzo

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama | Biography

Synopsis

In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and begins a journey of his own. He 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 brings new problems as he develops a tragic pattern of substance abuse that begins to screw up his life. All the while, Jo Jo's spirit watches these events and attempts to convince his past self to turn off from his path of self destruction.

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

Richard Pryor

4.8

(60)