Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

🎞️ Movie 97 min US
โ˜… 6.3 /10 1986

A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.

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.

Cast

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Jo Jo Dancer
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Alter Ego
Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Michelle
Art Evans
Art Evans
Arturo
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Fay Hauser
Grace
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Barbara Williams
Dawn
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Carmen McRae
Grandmother
Paula Kelly
Paula Kelly
Satin Doll
Diahnne Abbott
Diahnne Abbott
Mother
Scoey Mitchell
Scoey Mitchell
Father
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
Johnny Barnett
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Composer
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John A. Alonzo
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

1990 - Cable Promo for 'Jo Jo Dancer Your Life is Calling'
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1990 - Cable Promo for 'Jo Jo Dancer Your Life is Calling'