Richard Pryor is best known for his trailblazing comedy, which served as an inspiration to generations. Richard Pryor began stand-up comedy at a time when Bill Cosby was the only major black comedian. Unlike Cosby, Pryor didn't want to play it safe for white audiences.
Dynamite Chicken is a 1972 film involving Richard Pryor, and partly funded by and featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is a collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement. Many famous figures appear as themselves in the film, including Joan Baez, Lenny Bruce, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Malcolm X (from archival...
Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.@
Utilizing archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends and scholars, this is the history of not only what makes us laugh, but how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history.
这被认为是大卫林奇拍得最混乱的一部电影。爵士乐手（比尔普尔曼 Bill Pullman 饰）和他的妻子（帕特丽夏阿奎特 Patricia Arquette 饰）一天早上收到了一盒录影带，他们发现里面的内容竟然是他们日常生活的点点滴滴。从此，他们每天早上都会收到这样的录影带。这天，乐手发现录影带里的内容竟然是他杀死了妻子！当他冲进卧室时，发现妻子果然死在了床上。
警察将他带走了。一晚过后，原本在监房里坐着的乐手变成一个年轻的维修工，莫明其妙的警察只好将他放了。维修工因一手出色的修车技术深得黑社会老大器重，这时，他发现老大的女人竟然和他的妻子长得一摸一样，只是头发颜色不一样。老大的女人主动勾引了维修工，两人携款潜逃。当他们来到荒漠公路时，维修工与女子疯狂做爱，之后他又变回了乐手……
Part live stand-up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryor's later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows.
