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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

Drama Comedy Fantasy

A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.

Release Date: 1986, May 2
Directors: Richard Pryor
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Delphi V
Cast: Charlie Dell, Beau Starr, Michael Ironside, Dennis Hayden, Diahnne Abbott, Charles Knapp, Dennis Farina, Tracy Morgan, Michael Anthony Williams, Frederick Coffin, Mary Bond Davis, Art Evans

Overview:

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.