Bustin' Loose

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Bustin' Loose
Theatrical release poster for Bustin' Loose.
Directed by	Oz Scott Michael Schultz (uncredited)
Produced by	Michael S. Glick Richard Pryor
Written by	Lonne Elder III Richard Pryor Roger L. Simon
Starring	Richard Pryor Cicely Tyson James Hughes
Music by	Mark Davis Roberta Flack
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	May 22, 1981
Running time	94 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Bustin' Loose is a film released by Universal Pictures in 1981 starring Richard Pryor as an ex-con who gets a second chance after violating his probation. School teacher Vivian Perry (played by Cicely Tyson) hires him to repair and drive a bus for a group of special needs children from Philadelphia to a farm in Washington state.

Pryor also produced the film.

Roberta Flack wrote and performed music for the movie.

Paul Mooney has a small role.

Bustin' Loose is also the name of a short-lived television sitcom loosely based on this film. The series starred Jimmie Walker and Vonetta McGee, and premiered in the fall of 1987 in syndication.

Pop Culture

JOE BRAXTON; the character Richard Pryor plays in Bustin' Loose, can be seen on t-shirts. They are very popular in the hip-hop community.

KKK; The scene most often mentioned from this film, involves a jittery RIchard Pryor walking through the woods and encountering members of the hate group. In the now infamous sequence, he walks in step with the hooded men, even nodding acknowledgement to a couple. Richard Pryor (or rather his character, Joe Braxton) convinces the klansmen to assist the broken bus so that he can help "these blind kids get to Washington". The scene is often shown on highlight clips of Richard Pryor on television.