Directed by Jeff Margolis   Written by Paul Mooney   Richard Pryor   Cast Richard Pryor ... Self Patti LaBelle ... Self (scenes deleted) Uncredited Cast Huey P. Newton ... Self - Spectator Jennifer Lee Pryor ... Self Produced by Saul Barnett   Steve Blauner   Jeffrey Chernov   Hillard Elkins   Del Jack   William Sargent Jr.   J. Mark Travis

Additional Info Premiere: January 26, 1979 DVD Release: September 16, 1998 Country: Distributor: MPI Home Video Websites: Production Companies SEE Theater Network Elkins Entertainment Compact Video Systems Inc. Distributors Special Event Entertainment   (1979) (United States) (theatrical) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2006) (United States) (DVD) MPI Home Video   (2006) (United States) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,570 / 21,140 Site Ranking #5,566 The Bubble (2006) #5,567 Bloody Birthday (1981) #5,568 The Immaculate Room (2022) #5,569 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002) #5,570 Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979) #5,571 Appointment With Death (1988) #5,572 Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) #5,573 Man With The Screaming Brain (2005) #5,574 Here Today (2021)