Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
1h 37m
Running Time
May 2, 1986Release Date
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
1h 37m
Running Time
May 2, 1986Release Date
Plot.
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. 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. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Pryor
Jo Jo Dancer
Debbie Allen
Michelle
Art Evans
Arturo
Fay Hauser
Grace
Barbara Williams
Dawn
Carmen McRae
Grandmother
Paula Kelly
Satin Doll
Diahnne Abbott
Mother
Scoey Mitchell
Father
Tanya Boyd
Alicia
Billy Eckstine
Johnny Barnett
Wings Hauser
Cliff
E'Lon Cox
Little Jo Jo
Michael Ironside
Detective Lawrence
Rocco Urbisci
Writer
Paul Mooney
Writer
J.J. Barry
Sal
Mike Genovese
Gino
Marlene Warfield
Sonja
Virginia Capers
Emma Ray
Herbie Hancock
Composer
Dennis Farina
Freddy
John A. Alonzo
Cinematographer
Frederick Coffin
Dr. Weissman
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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. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling was Richard Pryor's first and only directorial effort, although he is credited as such on the screen version of his 1983 stand-up comedy concert film.