A preacher a cabby other customers and employees mingle to disco music at a los angeles car wash. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/26/2006 Starring: Richard Pryor Garrett Morris Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Michael Schultz
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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
It's only full screen!:
As noted...yep... once again these classics butchered... it's cut and only full screen... despite that it says 1.85:1 on Amazon... even the back of the box say 1.33:1 Full Screen.
Still just as funny:
I haven't seen this movie since it came out in theatres. It is still just as funny today. My kids (teenagers) also thought it was funny.
Several scenes deleted or cut short:
Several scenes were either left out or chopped in this version. The bickering couple running the hamburger stand next to the lot was cut out.
The end of the scenes of the son of the owner saying good bye to the employees and the receptionist finding out the customer she thought she had a date with was actually setting her up with a buddy, were chopped off. I missed them and thought they were important.
Bad choice:
Once again I've got disappointed with the service Amazon provided me.
Although I have bought the product and followed all the instructions, for some unknown reason the product arrived at the destinatio delayed and my friend, who was supposed to receive it, had already left the hotel.
Considering that I live in Brazil - quite far from you - you can imagine how frustrated I got when I realized i would not watch the DVD.
So far i have not received any reimburse for my purchase, delivered... more info
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