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Writer:
George Armitage (screenplay)
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Plot:
Syreena must investigate the disappearance of her mother, Cinderella. A series of wild complications follow. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Trina Parks ... Syreena
Edna Richardson ... Carmen
Bettye Sweet ... Miranda
Shirley Washington ... Theda
Roger E. Mosley ... Mellow
Christopher Joy ... Wired
Stan Shaw ... Raunchy
Otis Day ... V.D. (as DeWayne Jesse)
Norman Bartold ... Commander Cross
Charles Knapp ... Officer Tubbins
Edward Marshall ... Officer Emmo
Dick Miller ... Officer Hugo
Milt Kogan ... Officer Babel
Gene Simms ... Flash
Sam Laws ... Philo Rasberry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Get Down and Boogie (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG | UK:18 (video rating)

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You may never find a strange movie like this anywhere!, 12 November 1998
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Author: Jason C. Atwood from Suffolk, Virginia

DARKTOWN STRUTTERS is pure soul-crazed 70s entertainment at its maximum! I strongly urge all archivists of blaxploitation cinema to go out and hunt down this one-of-a-kind rarity, a blaxplo-comedy-musical that knows no bounds when it comes to absolute weirdness. Everything from the opening sequence ("Any similarity between this true life adventure to the story Cinderella...IS BULLS--T!") to the rest is genuine cinematic trash, but it's well worth the agony! ALABAMA'S GHOST was just as weird! I'm not too crazy about comedies, but the erraticly innovative formula was far ahead of its time (for 1974). Still, this is a one-way ticket to Funkland Junction! Among the highlights you'll get to see are a police car with a gargantuan siren and a cloning machine, which are hard to believe. The oddball taste does appear to fit well in DARKTOWN STRUTTERS, making this an enjoyable trip through a time when fashion trends and moral values have gone through mass transition. It does contain a familiar musical number by The Dramatics, singing "What You See Is What You Get". It's more than just a classic TV sitcom taped in front of a live audience, it's a campy experience that has recently gone timeless while it improves with age. See this film only once in your life and your infatuation with CAR WASH will be all over! Too bad a lot of you have missed this one!

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