Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
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Directed by Marina Zenovich
Written by P.G. Morgan
Chris A. Peterson
Marina Zenovich
Produced bySara Hutchison
Starring Richard Pryor
Paul Mooney
Robin Williams
Whoopi Goldberg
Dave Chappelle
Mel Brooks
CinematographyChristine Burrill
Edited byChris A. Peterson
Music by Mocean Worker
Production
company
Distributed by BBC Worldwide
Showtime Networks
Release date
  • April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)(Tribeca)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is a 2013 American biographical documentary film directed by Marina Zenovich, who also writing with P.G. Morgan and Chris A. Peterson. The film is about the life of comedian and actor Richard Pryor. [1] [2]

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2013. [3] It also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Four as part of their Storyville strand of documentaries and in the United States on Showtime on July 31, 2013. The documentary won the NAACP Image Award for Best Television Documentary and editor, Chris A. Peterson, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. The New York Times
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