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Car Wash

1976 · 97 min

A loose, funky day-in-the-life hangout with a killer soundtrack, easy laughs, and a bittersweet undertow.

Tagline: Where anything can happen...and usually does!
Overview: This 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.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
friendship
race
class
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Written by: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Ivan Dixon, DeWayne Jessie, Bill Duke, Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Melanie Mayron, June Pointer, Bonnie Pointer
Music: Norman Whitfield
Cinematography: Frank Stanley
Runtime: 97 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Spanish, English

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