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Whatever became of the "American Dream"?Plot:
Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Pryor | ... | Zeke Brown |
 | Harvey Keitel | ... | Jerry Bartowski |
 | Yaphet Kotto | ... | Smokey James |
 | Ed Begley Jr. | ... | Bobby Joe |
| Harry Bellaver | ... | Eddie Johnson Union President AAW Local 291 |
| George Memmoli | ... | Jenkins |
| Lucy Saroyan | ... | Arlene Bartowski |
 | Lane Smith | ... | Clarence Hill, Union Steward |
 | Cliff De Young | ... | John Burrows |
| Borah Silver | ... | Dogshit Miller, Foreman |
| Chip Fields | ... | Caroline Brown |
 | Harry Northup | ... | Hank |
| Leonard Gaines | ... | Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man |
| Milton Selzer | ... | Sumabitch |
| Sammy Warren | ... | Barney |
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114 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:12MOVIEmeter: 
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No major auto company would allow this film to be shot at their factory, so the Checker Cab Co. plant was used as the primary location. moreQuotes:
Zeke Brown: [just before the union break-in] Maybe we should've robbed a liquor store like everybody else. moreSoundtrack:
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I first caught sight of this at 1am, in the usual late night films that normally send you straight off to sleep. Not this film. I was still awake at 2.30 when it ended.
Richard Pryor deserves more credit for this role than he has received. By that I mean he's received no credit for a great performance and just shows that the man had more talent than was given credit. I urge any person thinking of a union career to watch this and then do the opposite of the characters.
A gritty union drama that you can't stop watching from beginning to end.