Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Mar 12, 1982

1h 22m

★ 7.4

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.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

Rastar Productions

Columbia Pictures

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Trailers

Cast

Self

Richard Pryor

Stoned Hippie (uncredited)

Gene Cross

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Julie Hampton

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Jesse Jackson

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Trailers