Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Starring: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Carmen McRae, et al.

JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING stars Richard Pryor as a well-known comedian at the peak of his popularity and the bottom rung of his self-esteem. Jo Jo has it all, Hollywood stardom, movie roles,platinum records. But the price he pays for fame and fortune is too great. He buckles under the pressures of success and suffers a life-threatening accident. Forced to examine his life, the film follows Jo Jo's compelling past through four decades from his upbringing in a brothel, to classic comedyperformances in cellar nightclubs, to ultimate stardom as a rowdy, irreverent comic. This film marks Pryor's directing debut with his personal vision of one man's odyssey of triumph and tragedy.

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 043396066731
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Mill Creek - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Richard Pryor
• Starring: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Carmen McRae, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams, Paula Kelly, Diahnne Abbott, Scoey Mitchell, Billy Eckstine
• Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.