Let's Do It Again (1975)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Writers:

Timothy March (story)
Richard Wesley (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's the same two dudes from "Uptown Saturday Night"...but this time they're back with kid dyn-o-mite!

Plot:

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order...

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | New Orleans | Ghetto | Organized Crime | Church

Cast

Sidney Poitier	...	Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby	...	Billy Foster
Calvin Lockhart	...	Biggie Smalls
John Amos	...	Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker	...	Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis	...	Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas	...	Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin	...	Dee Dee Williams
Mel Stewart	...	Ellison
Julius Harris	...	Bubbletop Woodson
Paul E. Harris	...	Jody Tipps
Val Avery	...	Lt. Bottomley
Morgan Roberts	...	Fish an' Chips Freddie
Talya Ferro	...	Biggie's Crony #1
Doug Johnson	...	Biggie's Crony #2

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

First Artists

Quotes:

Billy Foster: [Beth kisses Billy on cheek]
Beth Foster: That's for showing me one of the nicest times I've ever had in my life.
Billy Foster: Is, uh, that all I'm gonna get?
Beth Foster: That's all you gonna get in public.
Billy Foster, Beth Foster: [Laughter. Billy grabs Beth's behind]
Beth Foster: [Squeals] Stop!
[Squeals]
Beth Foster: You fresh thing!
Billy Foster: [Laughs] You know you love it.
Beth Foster: Yes, I do.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)

Funny then , funny now

I hadn't seen this movie since it came out. It was a pleasant and very funny surprise then and it still is. As others have said it's Bill Cosby's movie and he makes the most of it. Portier shows a somewhat more annoying side to his personality, doing more than his fair share of mugging but that and the cliché gangster/boxer motif aside or perhaps because of it this movie is very very funny. Jimmy J.J. Walker steals the movie as a very unlikely middleweight boxer. Denise Nicholas is beautiful and sexy and there's a score that could be sampled to death to make a new funky soundtrack for a party. I don't understand the low rating but then comedies generally get lower ratings for some reason.But don't let that discourage you. My general criteria for a comedy is if it makes me laugh out loud on at least three occasions then it gets an automatic 7. I give this one an 8.