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Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Supporting Role Feature Film Comedy Fantasy or Drama | 1987 | ELon
The film is basically Richard Pryor's autobiography, paralleling many incidents and experiences in his life, although he said that not everything in the film actually happened to him, and some of the characters aren't based on real people. However, the movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and in Peoria, Illinois, at the locations where much of the story takes place.
The dark side of Jo Jo's (Richard Pryor's) growing acclaim in the film's story line is a reliance first on booze, then drugs. It is an aspect of the film which, Pryor admits, was painful to evoke as a writer, director, and actor. He said, "I look at the movie now and ask myself, 'Why did you show people that?' But I had no choice. It was something I had to do. I won't cop out, trying to explain why Jo Jo, or I, did drugs. I know why. I understand it even better after making the picture. But it's all there on film for people to take as they see fit. I'm one of the lucky ones. I was gone, crazy, out of my mind. But I'm alive."
The film features exotic dancer Satin Doll (Paula Kelly) and veteran showman Johnny Barnett (Billy Eckstine). Richard Pryor said that they were among "dozens of performers who helped me get started working as a comic in the Midwest."
Feature directorial debut of Richard Pryor. He had previously directed a comedy concert film, Richard Pryor... Here and Now (1983).
Richard Pryor once commented on this movie: "Throughout the picture, I felt I was walking a narrow edge between my own reality and Jo Jo's fantasy. Which is which? I'm still not sure."
"Jo Jo Dancer: [to his wife as he gets on the bus] I'm gonna write you, I'm gonna write you."
"Jo Jo Dancer: I haven't been real honest with you, either. I got some stuff I gotta tell you. I'm gonna be honest, starting today."
