Car Wash
Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, and starring an ensemble cast. Originally conceived as a musical comedy, the film is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of a close-knit group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash. It features Franklyn Ajaye, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor, and Garrett Morris.
Plot
Over a single Friday in July, the Dee-Luxe Car Wash welcomes all manner of strange and unusual visitors. A hysterical wealthy woman from Beverly Hills arrives with a carsick son. Money-hungry evangelist "Daddy Rich," who preaches a pseudo-gospel of prosperity theology, appears with his loyal (and singing) entourage, The Wilson Sisters. The employees must also deal with a man they believe is the notorious "pop bottle bomber" being sought that day by the police. It alarms employees, customers, and the owner of the car wash, Leon "Mr. B" Barrow, but the strange man's "bomb" turns out to be simply a urine sample he is taking to the hospital for a liver test.
Cast
- Antonio Fargas
- Bill Duke
- Brooke Adams
- Clarence Muse
- Danny DeVito
- Franklyn Ajaye
- Garrett Morris
- George Carlin
- Henry Kingi
- Irwin Corey
- Ivan Dixon
- Jack Kehoe
- Jason Bernard
- Lauren Jones
- Leonard Jackson
- Lorraine Gary
- Melanie Mayron
- Renn Woods
- Richard Pryor
- Sully Boyar
- The Pointer Sisters
- Tim Thomerson
- Tracy Reed
More details
| author | Joel Schumacher |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Michael Schultz |
| editor | Christopher Holmes |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | arrest beverly hills bookie cannabis car wash college student con artist estrange evangelism evangelist going out of business how to life of crime listen mohammed native american park parole officer pot prosperity theology quotations from chairman mao rock concert scheme sing struggle taxi driver transistor radio transvestitism unexplained wealthy woman working class |
| musicBy | Norman Whitfield |
| producer | Art Linson |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | blaxploitation |