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Release Date:
10 February 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
Whatever became of the "American Dream"?
Plot:
Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together...
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Comedy Central Inks Two Talent Deals
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It's Well Worth Your Time.
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Cast
(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 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Netherlands:16 |
West Germany:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Iceland:12
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It was a very tense shoot because the three lead actors, Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel argued constantly. According to Paul Schrader, Pryor punched Keitel and hit Kotto with a chair during filming.
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Clarence Hill, Union Steward:
Y'know I can't go to the Green Room with every little thing. I gotta wait for somethin' big, or a buncha little things. Now we can't let our power be dissipated by the, by the plant. . .
Zeke Brown: Plant my ass, man! That's all you talk about, "the plant"! Everybody know what "the plant" is. "The plant" just short for plantation!
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Zeke Brown: Plant my ass, man! That's all you talk about, "the plant"! Everybody know what "the plant" is. "The plant" just short for plantation!
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Soundtrack:
Wang Dang Doodle
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| YAPHET KOTTO interview | cultfilmfreak |
| missed the ending!!! | angloo |
| pryor, keital and kotto | teejay6682 |
| soundtrack? | hannahwig |
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Excellent urban drama depicting the lives of three friends who work at a car plant, and plan revenge on their boss. Pryor is great in the lead role, which is probably his best performance in a movie. Schrader does a fine job in his directorial debut and makes this film a pure enjoyment. Bravo for Keitel and Kotto in their supporting roles. A highly underrated film that deserves much better than it got.
4 out of 5