Directed by Joe Layton   Written by Paul Mooney   Richard Pryor   Cast Richard Pryor ... Self Uncredited Cast Gene Cross ... Stoned Hippie Julie Hampton ... Self - Audience Member Jesse Jackson ... Self - Audience Member Produced by Richard Pryor   Original Music by Harry Betts

Additional Info Premiere: March 12, 1982 DVD Release: November 25, 2003 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures Rastar Pictures Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1982) (United States) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1999) (United States) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (United States) (reprint of 1985 RCA/Columbia VHS) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.6 / 10 Our Rating 4.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.7 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,036 / 21,075 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #6,031 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Masters (2011) #6,033 Guinea Pig 2: Flower Of Flesh And Blood (1985) #6,034 Beethoven's 4th (2001) #6,035 Ghost In The Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013) #6,036 Richard Pryor: Live On The Sunset Strip (1982) #6,037 Code 8 (2016) #6,038 The Baby (1973) #6,039 Gracie (2007) #6,040 Midnight Movie (2008)