Richard Pryor
Jo Jo Dancer/Alter Ego
Search results
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci.
- $18,034,150
- Richard Pryor
- Richard Pryor
- Herbie Hancock
May 2, 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling: Directed by Richard Pryor. With Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser. After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
- (1.9K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Richard Pryor
- 1986-05-02
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling. “Jo Jo Dancer” begins when its hero already is an entertainment superstar. We track him restlessly around his luxurious Hollywood home as he calls a drug dealer and sets up a party, all the time claiming that he's off drugs.
African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer (Richard Pryor) calls friends to invite them to a Friday night party. He does not expect they will come, but when they accept his invitation, he must throw the party.
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. 1986 · 1 hr 38 min. R. Drama · Comedy. A comedian at the peak of success and the pit of self-esteem buckles under the pressure and suffers an accident that forces him to reexamine his life.
- Richard Pryor
- January 1, 1986
- Debbie Allen
People also ask
Who plays Jo Jo Dancer in Your Life Is Calling?
What happened to Jo Jo Dancer?
Does Jo Jo Dancer want to live?
Who is Jo Jo Dancer?
After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled...
- (16)
- Comedy, Drama
- R
After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed.
