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Carbon Copy

1981 · 92 min

A gentle, socially conscious comedy-drama that balances light laughs with earnest moments about family and prejudice.

Directed by
Michael Schultz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.
Overview
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.

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Directed by
Michael Schultz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • race
  • class
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Michael Schultz
Written by
Stanley Shapiro
Starring
Denzel Washington, George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Macon McCalman, Vicky Dawson, Parley Baer
Music
Bill Conti
Cinematography
Fred J. Koenekamp
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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