The Empire Strikes Back

Pryor would light himself on fire during the filming of this film. The first night was an unambiguous disaster, he says. Richard Pryor in this movie mostly has like a faraway expression on his face. He's the Buster Keaton to Gene Wilder's Jimmy Duranchi.

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