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Car Wash (1976)
Director: Michael Schultz
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An amazingly sprightly account of a day in the life of a car wash, demonstrating that work is a four-letter word (especially if you happen to be black or underprivileged), and concerned partly with the variety of excretory messes that have to be dealt with, partly with the flights of ribald fancy indulged in by the employees in an effort to while away the hours till closing time. The remarkable thing is the way characters, jokes and meaning are dovetailed into a single rhythmic flow that makes the film look like TV's Laugh-In redesigned as a Minnelli musical. Highly enjoyable.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Schultz
Producer: Art Linson, Gary Stromberg
Cast: Franklyn Ajaye, Antonio Fargas, Richard Pryor, Ivan Dixon, Sully Boyar, Tracy Reed full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 97 mins
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