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Car Wash
Sign in to save1976 American comedy film by Michael Schultz
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6.0This 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.
Released: 1976-10-2297 minDir: Michael SchultzComedy, Drama, Romance
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Cast
- Ivan Dixon as Lonnie
- DeWayne Jessie as Lloyd
- Bill Duke as Duane – Abdullah
- Franklyn Ajaye as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
- Sully Boyar as Leon "Mr. B" Barrow
- Melanie Mayron as Marsha
Themes
- 1970s
- musical
- los angeles, california
- labor
- car wash
- nostalgic
- black militant
- day in a life
- workplace comedy
- in a day
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
8,928 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Schultz
- Screenwriter
- Joel Schumacher
- Cast member
- Leonard Jackson
- Composer
- Norman Whitfield
- Producer
- Art Linson
- Cinematographer
- Frank Stanley
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 693078
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1978-04-01
- title
- Car Wash
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 86%
- different from
- car wash
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