Please don't spend money on this.

Memorable, crazy movie

Great Film overall

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

...who edited this?Could this not have been as good if they had just edited it as it was?They cut to audience responses that did not mesh with the moment. I would rather have had them print this as it went (maybe no applause at the right time) than to have them show audience response in the wrong places.This was a let down from his first stand-up movie.Don't make crap out of gold!I'm obviously out of critique so I'm padding here.Bad editing, that's it!

I saw this a few weeks back on Comcast's "On Demand." On Demand usually offers independent films, old films or recent films that flopped. "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip" is somewhere in between - it is older (released in 1982) but probably also flopped. It's not a very good indication of Richard Pryor's comedy - I've heard much funnier stuff coming out of his mouth in the past.The whole project feels too "large budget" - from the grand opening to the camera work inside the place. It's all too glossy, polished and over-produced - sticking a camera on stage and just WATCHING Richard Pryor for an hour and a half would have been funnier.On the other hand, this is still very funny. Pryor's funny no matter what - as a result I've rated this a seven (out of ten) but I can't help but imagine it could have been much, much better.Worth checking out if you're a Pryor fan - otherwise, start out with some of his albums if you're not familiar with his comedy.

Whoa! After seeing Richard Pryor Live some years ago, I was eagerly looking forward to this when it appeared on satellite TV a while back. Boy was I disappointed. As soon as I saw that the whole thing had been filmed in soft-focus, and that it had quite obviously been edited with canned laughter like an episode of Happy Days, my shoulders slumped. I barely managed a smile during the whole sad affair, and thought to myself, 'What happened to the genius that I enjoyed in the other concert?'. I can also honestly say that I cannot remember any of the tedious observations that Mr Pryor offered up. This was probably made during his substance abusing days.Live?...It looked dead to me!

Richard Pryor proves his comedic genius here with another comedy film, this time live from the sunset strip. Here, he talks about women, african roots, and Pryor on fire (which is his hilarious account of when he lit himself on fire mixing crack-cocaine). Funny stuff, but not as fully dandy as his 1979 special. Tries as hard as he can, and succeeds in winning the audience over. It also worked for me. Sort of. First of two Pryor comedy films from Columbia-Tristar. A-