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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical[2] 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[3] and only directorial effort,[4] although he is credited as such on the screen version of his 1983 stand-up comedy concert film.

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Pryor
Written by	Rocco Urbisci Paul Mooney Richard Pryor
Produced by	Richard Pryor
Starring	Richard Pryor
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Donn Cambern
Music by	Herbie Hancock
Production company	Indigo Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 2, 1986 (1986-05-02)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$18,034,150[1]

Background

Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian, who has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. The film came out six years after Pryor had set himself on fire while freebasing.

Synopsis

As Dancer lies hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego 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 leads to extensive drug use and womanizing that takes its toll on his life. It affects every relationship, including his marriages. Jo Jo's spirit watches and attempts to convince his past self to end the cycle of self-destruction.

Cast

Production

The earlier parts of the film were shot in Pryor's hometown of Peoria, Illinois.

Reception

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a 54% "Rotten" rating on the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.

In popular culture

The title of the film is mentioned in the lyrics to the 2013 Afrojack song "The Spark" and the 2016 Danny Brown song “Downward Spiral”.

In the TV series Archer, the movie was referenced in the 8th episode of Season 7, "Liquid Lunch",[5] by Dr. Krieger as the one-man show, “Jo Jo Dancer - Ihr Leben Ruft”, he was performing. The implication being a German language version of the screenplay performed in black face. Although the German title for the film is actually Jo Jo Dancer – Dein Leben ruft

References

External links

• Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling at IMDb
• Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Jo Jo Dancer – Dein Leben ruft

Jo Jo Dancer – Dein Leben ruft (Originaltitel: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmbiographie aus dem Jahr 1986 von Richard Pryor. Pryors Regiedebüt zeigt semi-biographisch die Lebensgeschichte der fiktiven Figur des Jo Jo Dancer, die sehr stark an das Leben Pryors und dessen berühmten Unfall, bei dem er sich im Kokain-Rausch selbst anzündete, angelehnt ist.

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- [en] Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

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