Richard Pryor – Scripts on Screen

Bustin’ Loose Script

Year:1981

Director:Oz Scott

Written by:Lonne Elder III (Adaptation), Richard Pryor (Story), Roger L. Simon (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation he is given a second chance, all he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country.

Bustin' Loose Script Resources:

Bustin' Loose Script PDF - 9/25/79 REVISED at Script City ($)
Bustin' Loose Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Bustin' Loose Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling Script

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Year:1986

Director:Richard Pryor

Written by:Rocco Urbisci (Screenplay), Paul Mooney (Screenplay), Richard Pryor (Screenplay)

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

Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling Script Resources:

Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling Script PDF at Script Slug
Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling Script PDF - 1/14/85 REVISED at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Blazing Saddles

Year:1974

Director:Mel Brooks

Written by:Andrew Bergman (Screenplay), Andrew Bergman (Story), Mel Brooks (Screenplay), Norman Steinberg (Screenplay), Richard Pryor (Screenplay), Alan Uger (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

Blazing Saddles Script Resources:

Blazing Saddles Script PDF at Script Slug
Blazing Saddles Script PDF at archive.org
Blazing Saddles Script PDF - 2/6/73 FINAL at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.