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Car Wash (1976) 5.9
Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is ... See full summary » Director:Michael SchultzWriter:Joel Schumacher |
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Floyd
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Lloyd
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Hippo
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Mona
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Duane - Abdullah
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Lonnie
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Goody
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Chuco
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Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a thief by the way he is holding his bottle, but it is really his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. T.C's love life takes a turn for the better and the songs keep coming. Written by Graeme Huggan <hia95gh@sheffield.ac.uk>
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car wash | black american | reference to richard pryor | taxi driver | radio contest |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
22 October 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Car Wash - Der ausgeflippte Waschsalon See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Mr. B: I gave him a thousand chances. That's it! I don't want that belligerent trouble maker around my car wash anymore.
Lonnie: Mr. B, the man is just confused. He really is.
Mr. B: Lonnie, now is not the time.
Lonnie: Mr. B, every week I keep trying to talk to you, and every week you keep telling me "now is not the time". I've been working for you for over a year now. When is it gonna ...
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Despite Danny DeVito and Brooke Adams' scenes having been deleted, there are copies of this film that exist with their scenes still in place, mostly having been shown on local TV stations in the 1980s or on bootleg copies. See more »Quotes
Lonnie: Mr. B, about Abdullah... I'm really sorry about Abdullah. I know he's really wired up. I wish you'd think about giving him another chance.Mr. B: I gave him a thousand chances. That's it! I don't want that belligerent trouble maker around my car wash anymore.
Lonnie: Mr. B, the man is just confused. He really is.
Mr. B: Lonnie, now is not the time.
Lonnie: Mr. B, every week I keep trying to talk to you, and every week you keep telling me "now is not the time". I've been working for you for over a year now. When is it gonna ...
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This is one great film. Any film that has both George Carlin and Richard Pryor (even if their roles only amount to cameos) can't be all bad. This film also features one of the most underrated comics of all time in Franklyn Ajaye as T.C.. His attempts at trying to get the beautiful Mona to go out with him are what helps to make this film great. Also, the assortment of characters that hang out at the car wash are what make this film great.