Car Wash (film)
| Car Wash | |
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The poster for the film
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| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Produced by |
Art Linson Gary Stromberg |
| Written by | Joel Schumacher |
| Starring |
Franklyn Ajaye Bill Duke George Carlin Irwin Corey Ivan Dixon Antonio Fargas Jack Kehoe Clarence Muse Lorraine Gary The Pointer Sisters Richard Pryor |
| Music by | Norman Whitfield |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Release date
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October 22, 1976 |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures. The Art Linson Production was directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher. Starring Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, and Richard Pryor, Car Wash is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of the employees and the owner, Mr. B (Sully Boyar), of a Los Angeles, California car wash (filmed at a Westlake car wash at the corner of Rampart Blvd. and 6th St.).
Originally conceived as a musical, Car Wash deals with the exploits of a close-knit, multiracial group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash. In an episodic fashion, the film covers a full day, during which all manner of strange visitors make cameo appearances, including Lorraine Gary as a hysterical wealthy woman from Beverly Hills dealing with a carsick son. Richard Pryor also appears in a cameo as a money-hungry evangelist named 'Daddy Rich' who preaches a pseudo-gospel of prosperity theology.
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