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Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel

Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits

Part live stand up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryors later stand up performances As foul mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows

A minor league baseball player has to spend 30 million in thirty days, in order to inherit 300 million However, hes not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity or tell anyone about the deal

Survey the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American comics of all time

Richard Pryors classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite target himself

A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies , but more a general patchwork than a

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didnt commit However, no prison cell could keep them locked in

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life

Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption by driving school kids to Philadelphia

An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat

Richard Pryor performs his stand up comedy act on the Sunset Strip

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race

I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to Americas stages and living rooms until his

During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business

Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time

Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening

A comedic take on the daily life of car wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way

Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems

Tired of the slave like treatment of his teams owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930s

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday

On a long distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sexually obsessed father, Rufus, and spouse, Annie Mae

A Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them Then they all leave f

An American comedy series hosted by comedian Richard Pryor

The life and times of Richard Pryor

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country

When three workers try to steal from the local union, they instead discover corruption and decide to use this information for blackmail