Richard Pryor
Author
Language
English
Description
Some say the destiny of man has always been in his own hands. Given his superior intellect through eons of evolution, he remains unchallenged on Earth. What he is, what he thinks, what he does and where he wants to go are all indisputable facts totally within his control, right? Not so fast. He is about to find out that there are others in the universe that have a lot more to say about him and his ultimate destiny. Many have also said that they know...
2) Moving
Author
Language
English
Description
Richard Pryor stars as Arlo Pear, a mass-transit engineer who, along with his family, faces the horrors of relocating from his lifelong home in New Jersey. After losing the position he has held for 14 years, Pear receives an offer for a dream job in Boise, Idaho. There is just one catch: The new job will require Pear and his family to face the one thing they dread most--Moving.
Author
Language
English
Description
The symptoms: acute tickling of the funny bone and sever belly laughs. The diagnosis? Richard Pryor in Critical Condition. Playing a criminal who fakes insanity to avoid prison, Pryor ends up in a hospital mental ward. That's when the craziness starts as he escapes during a blackout and disguises himself as a doctor. Somehow Pryor brings order to chaos even while performing unorthodox physical examinations, delivering a baby and using a helicopter...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen. Special collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
8) The toy
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gleason is U.S. Bates, a megalomaniac millionaire who owns most of south central Louisiana. Pryor is Jack Brown, a former journalist who has worked his way down the vocational ladder to the position of janitor in Bates' department store. Bates' son, Eric, selects an elaborate toy--Jack Brown--and the relationship teaches Eric more about life than fun and games.
Publisher
GoodTimes Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 1 hr., 33 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe is an ex-con given a second chance after violating his parole. He has been hired by a schoolteacher to drive a group of special kids to their new home. Joe's a bit unnerved by their mental problems, but soon they bond and become friends.
10) Silver streak
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wild action comedy about a murder mystery aboard a cross-country train.
13) Which way is up?
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of an orange picker who accidentally becomes a union hero and leaves his wife and family at home while he seeks work in Los Angeles where he finds a new woman and starts a second family. Richard Pryor plays three roles.
14) Stir crazy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1980
Edition
Widescreen ed., full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo.
15) Wattstax
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100,000 concertgoers and first billed as the 'black Woodstock, ' gets ya plenty. Its performances burn with vitality. Its forays into the neighborhood are a time capsule of pride and pain. And the Richard Pryor comedy riffs that provide the film's running commentary are a treasure all by themselves.
16) California suite
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five couples have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles for diverse reasons, and they must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas.
17) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen 30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
18) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen version (aspect ratio: 1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all.
20) The Mack
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It takes a street fighter to clean up the streets and Mack, a sharp, smooth talking hustler newly out of prison, and his pals, are up to the challenge.