Blue Collar

1978
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1h 54m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

11K

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Dark Comedy Crime Drama

When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blac... Read allWhen three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Trivia
It was a very tense shoot, because Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, and Harvey Keitel argued constantly. There were fights, verbal abuse, walk-offs, and Mexican stand-offs. According to Paul Schrader, Pryor punched Keitel and hit Kotto with a chair during filming.

Goofs
Whenever the actors use air powered tools, the tools just spin in mid-air.

Quotes
[last lines]
Smokey James: [voiceover echoing earlier line] They pit the lifers against the new boy and the young against the old. The black against the white. Everything they do is to keep us in our place.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Special Show: At the Cassette Store, Part 3 (1986)

Soundtracks
Hard Workin Man
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Lyrics by Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder and Paul Schrader
Performed by Don Van Vliet (as Captain Beefheart)

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Featured review

9/10

It's Well Worth Your Time.

Excellent urban drama depicting the lives of three friends who work at a car plant, and plan revenge on their boss. Pryor is great in the lead role, which is probably his best performance in a movie. Schrader does a fine job in his directorial debut and makes this film a pure enjoyment. Bravo for Keitel and Kotto in their supporting roles. A highly underrated film that deserves much better than it got.

4 out of 5