Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Pryor
Written byPaul Mooney
Richard Pryor
Rocco Urbisci
Produced byRichard Pryor
StarringRichard Pryor
CinematographyJohn A. Alonzo
Edited byDonn Cambern
Music byHerbie Hancock
Production
company
Indigo Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 2, 1986 (1986-05-02)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$18,034,150[2]

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical[3] 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[4] and only directorial effort,[5] although he is credited as such on the screen version of his 1983 stand-up comedy concert film.

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  2. ^ "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling", Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ Siskel, Gene (May 4, 1986). "Richard Pryor Comes Clean In Harrowing Recap Of Life". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Short Circuit A Box-office Live Wire". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  5. ^ "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 10, 2016.