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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

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

In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and begins a journey of his own. He revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top rated comedian. However, his success brings new problems as he develops a tragic pattern of substance abuse that begins to screw up his life. All the while, Jo Jo's spirit watches these events and attempts to convince his past self to turn off from his path of self destruction.

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Info about Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Studio(s): Columbia Pictures, Delphi V

Originally Released: United States, May 02, 1986

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $18,034,150.00

Budget: $14,000,000.00

Genres:Biography, Comedy, Drama