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List Price: $9.98 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Full Screen • NTSC In Theaters : 22 October, 1976 DVD Release : 01 May, 2001 |
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Car Wash description Richard Pryor's face is plastered all over the cover of Car Wash, but don't be fooled. This slight comedy, made in 1976, is an ensemble piece much like Robert Altman's or Alan Rudolph's all-star movies in that there are a lot of familiar faces who have relatively little screen time or business to attend to. Set in smoggy Los Angeles, the film opens with a radio announcer's voiceover, "Hey, hey, L.A. It's a brand new day." And the camera pans the street, zooming in on the Dee-Luxe Car Wash, which is owned by the ultimate cheapskate, Mr. B (Sully Boyar). In rapid succession, we're introduced to a dizzying array of characters who all work or hang out at the car wash: drag queen Lindy (Antonio Fargas), brothers Floyd and Lloyd who want to be in show business, a hip brother, an angry brother, a taxi driver (George Carlin), cashier Marsha (Melanie Mayron), and a plethora of "types" who wash, dry, and polish everything in sight while making time to make time. Car Wash doesn't do much or have a lot to say, the laughs aren't particularly original, and the actors don't have much to do save for Fargas, whose role as a drag queen was groundbreaking because the character wasn't discriminated against or killed at the end. Even Richard Pryor is wasted in his single scene as a wealthy preacher named Daddy Rich. Car Wash, which was written by mainstream director Joel Schumacher (Batman and Robin, Falling Down, The Client), is ultimately uneventful. Its revival on DVD is puzzling because it looks about as faded, dated, and undistinguished as a rusty old car. --Paula Nechak |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Car Wash vs. The Wash |
| I still see "Car Wash" on TV and this will always be a classic! I was excited when I saw the ad for "The Wash" with Dre and Snoop because I thought it was a rendition of "Car Wash." Buuuuzzzz! Wrong answer, "The Wash" was an excuse. The only thing having to do with "Car Wash" was that it was filmed in the same style in the same location, not a remake! "The Wash" stank! 'It' needed a WASH, with a second and third coat of soap and still wouldn't match up to what I though was a remake. It's cool that the casting department used Rich for "Daddy Rich" as it worked as a vehicle to promote the movie, and ultimately allows Rich to make the cameo of all cameos. The real star of this movie is Bill Duke, now a director in his own right, as the truth and maybe the anger and frustration of every black man on this planet named Abdullah. That character comes to mind daily at my current job and I try so hard not to go off on folks. Car Wash represented people in an ensembled-scripted environment at a real location. If you don't know what an ensemble is, think of, "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" An All-Star freestyle session given a few lines to set the pace, and the actors take it from there and beyond. Several directors have tried and failed, I'm glad this one is the example of the classics. Others I recommend are, "After Hours," "Friday (all 3,)" "3 Strikes," and a couple more I can't think of right now. As for The Wash, if you haven't seen it, don't bother unless you can see it for less than a dollar. | |
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