Dynamite Chicken

A series of countercultural sketches based around a stream of consciousness free form format.

Dynamite Chicken
The cover for the film
Directed byErnest Pintoff
Written byErnest Pintoff
Produced byErnest Pintoff
StarringRichard Pryor
Production
company
Dynamite Productions
Distributed byTango Entertainment
Release date
  • January 20, 1971 (1971-01-20)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dynamite Chicken is a 1971 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor.[1]

The film was partly funded by and features John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is a collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement. Many famous figures appear as themselves in the film, including Joan Baez, Lenny Bruce, Leonard Cohen, Tuli Kupferberg, Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Malcolm X (from archival footage), Andy Warhol, Al Capp, Muddy Waters, Sha Na Na and Al Goldstein.

See also

References
  1. Weiler, A. H. (January 4, 1972). "Dynamite Chicken (1970) 'Dynamite Chicken' Is Aimed at the Young". The New York Times.


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