Richard Pryor: Here and Now

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Richard Pryor: Here and Now
Here and Now dvd.jpg
Directed by Richard Pryor
Written byRichard Pryor
Produced byAndy Friendly
Bob Parkinson
Jeff Scheftel
StarringRichard Pryor
Paul Mooney
Music by Jimmy Jam
Terry Lewis
Production
company
Delphi Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 28, 1983 (1983-10-28)
Running time
83 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Richard Pryor: Here and Now is a 1983 American stand-up comedy concert film starring, written and directed by Richard Pryor. The film was released in the United States on October 28, 1983.

Contents

Soundtrack

Here and Now
Live album by
Richard Pryor
ReleasedNovember 12, 1983
RecordedAugust 9, 1983
Genre Comedy
Length52:30
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer David Banks
Richard Pryor chronology
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
(1982)		Here and Now
(1983)		 ...And It's Deep, Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992)
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

The stand-up comedy album Here and Now was released by Warner Records. Recorded at Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was released alongside the film. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Here and Now" - 3:19
  2. "Southern Hospitality" - 1:38
  3. "Slavery" - 1:15
  4. "Motherland" - 6:38
  5. "I Met the President" - 4:15
  6. "Fire Exit" - 0:46
  7. "Mudbone (Part One)" - 6:24
  8. "Mudbone (Part Two)" - 4:40
  9. "Inebriated" - 5:54
  10. "One Night Stands" - 2:54
  11. "One Day at a Time" - 4:57
  12. "I Like Women" - 6:22
  13. "Being Famous" - 2:01
  14. "I Remember" - 1:36
  15. "Interview" (Boxset Bonus Track) - 22:43

Criticial reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film holds an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. [3]

Janet Maslin of The New York Times said in her review, "Together with his relentlessly bawdy wit and his brilliant physical mimicry, this makes him a concert performer of seemingly endless range." [4]

Film critic Roger Ebert rated the film four out of four stars and wrote, "Pryor works off issues and subjects that are absolutely current, and he addresses them with a humor that is aimed so well, we duck." [5]

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Newton, Steve (November 18, 1983). "Album review: Richard Pryor, Here and Now (1983)". The Georgia Straight . earofnewt.com.
  3. ↑ "Richard Pryor Here and Now". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ↑ Maslin, Janet (October 28, 1983). "FILM: 'RICHARD PRYOR HERE AND NOW'". p. 8C.
  5. ↑ Ebert, Roger (October 28, 1983). "Richard Pryor Here and Now". RogerEbert.com . Archived from the original on June 11, 2013.


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