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Car Wash (1976)
Directed by Michael Schultz
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Overview
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar’s Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers—including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict—while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
Rated PG | Length 97 minutes
Actors
Ivan Dixon | DeWayne Jessie | Bill Duke | Franklyn Ajaye | Sully Boyar | Melanie Mayron | June Pointer | Bonnie Pointer | Anita Pointer | Ruth Pointer | Lauren Jones | Richard Brestoff | Tracy Reed | Antonio Fargas | James Spinks | Clarence Muse | Darrow Igus | Leon Pinkney | Ren Woods | Jack Kehoe | Ray Vitte | Pepe Serna | Henry Kingi | Leonard Jackson | Michael Fennell | George Carlin | Irwin Corey | Garrett Morris | Arthur French | Richard Pryor | Erin Blunt | Janine Williams | Lorraine Gary | Ricky Fellen | Carmine Caridi | Otis Sistrunk | Derek Schultz | Cynthia Hamowy | Antonie Becker | Tim Thomerson | Mike Slaney | Antar Mubarak | Reginald Farmer | Al Stellone | Jason Bernard | Ed Metzger | Ben Frommer | Jay Butler | Sarina C. Grant | Billy Bass
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/2016 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
CAR WASH kicked off this semester’s 35mm film schedule for the International Film Series at CU Boulder. The irony of a group of (mostly older, male) white people watching a movie primarily about the black working poor of ‘70s L.A. was not lost on me. Regardless, this was a lot of fun to see in a theater on film; and the print was gorgeous.
It plays a lot like a made-for-tv movie, just a little more risque than anything that would’ve actually shown up in ‘70s-era living rooms.
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