RICHARD PRYOR FILM FESTIVAL
August 13 & 20, 2022
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Giant Screen Theater
In partnership with The George Washington Carver Community Center, celebrating 100 years! Did you know? Legendary comedian & Peoria native Richard Pryor got his start in comedy at The Carver Center! See the films that made Pryor famous on Illinois' Largest Movie Screen, the way they were meant to be seen!
All proceeds of the Richard Pryor Film Festival benefit the George Washington Carver Community Center.
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SILVER STREAK
AUG 13 | 4 PM | RATED PG
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While on a cross-country train ride, overworked book editor George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh). His vacation is interrupted, however, when he witnesses a murder for which he is then accused. The true villains kidnap Hilly and eject Caldwell from the moving train. Desperate, Caldwell teams up with car thief Grover Muldoon (Richard Pryor), and together they must save Hilly while avoiding the police.
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NEXT UP!
HARLEM NIGHTS
AUG 13 | 8 PM | RATED R
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JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING
AUG 20 | 4 PM | RATED R
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RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
Aug 20 | 8 PM | RATED R
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Download flyer (pdf) HERE
Tickets may also be purchased by calling 309.686.7000 or at the museum's front desk.
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Sponsored by Film Society.
Special thanks to AdCo for promotional assistance.
