Car Wash (1976)

Car Wash (1976)
Director: Michael Schultz
Tagline: « Hey, it’s a ’70s thing! [Video Title] »
Actors:
Leon ‘Mr. B’ Barrow
Irwin Barrow
The Taxi Driver
The Mad Bomber
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating:  vote average (9’115 votes)
Quotes: [Duane has just thrown Irwin's book into a bucket of water] « Lindy: I'm so tired of you running off at your mouth it's getting me down honey. Why don't you just leave? And be an assassin? Or is the only thing you're good at shooting off is your big mouth? » « Duane: Will you please get out of my face you sorry looking faggot. » « Lindy: Who you calling sorry looking? » [Everybody laughs] « Duane: Can't ya'll see "she" aint funny? » [laughter stops] « Duane: She's just another poor example of how the system is destroying our men. » « Lindy: Honey, I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get. » « Daddy Rich: The best place for money, is right here in my pocket. » « 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 bad-tempered, 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 be time? » « Mr. B: Look… I don't want to talk to you anymore about Duane! All right? » « Lonnie: All right, let's don't talk about "Duane". Let's talk about me. I got to have more money, Mr. B. And I can't make it on what your payin' me right now. I've got two children to raise. » « Mr. B: Lonnie, I can't. That Blue Bird Car Wash down the street is driving me out of business… » « Lonnie: Mr. B, I keep telling you, you've got a big lot here! If you organize this thing right and spend a little money here and there, you could be making twice as much as you are now! » « Mr. B: Lonnie, I know you've got ideas. You've got ideas. Don't I always pay you extra for opening and closing? » [shaking his head with frustration and disgust, Lonnie walks out]
Trailer: Car Wash
Runtime:97 minutes
Plots: A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way. One day, a close-knit group of car-wash employees 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’s mistaken for a drunk, but the bottle he clutches is actually his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. Meanwhile, T.C.’s love life improves, and the songs keep coming. A day in the life of the employees at a Los Angeles car wash–most are black, but a Native American and a Mexican American are also out on the line. Two classic scenes are the “mummy in the car” scene and the chase around the car wash with the “Pop-Bottle Bomber.” Richard Pryor’s character “Daddy Rich” is loosely-based on a famous 1970s power-hungry preacher. One of the DJs heard in the movie is J.J. Jackson, who went on to be one of the original MTV VJs in the early 1980s.
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