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In 'Blue Collar', Paul Schrader's strong directorial debut, three assembly-line auto workers (Richard Pryor in one of his only serious dramatic roles, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto) are equally angry and disenchanted at factory management and their own union. They are also, as the film reveals in long, detailed vignettes, struggling just to make ends meet. As they ruminate together on their dead-end jobs and the fears of a dead-end life, they eventually plan to burglarise their union's safe. The catch - instead of finding cash as expected, they find ledgers documenting mob transactions. The relationship of the three friends is tested in the aftermath of this now-complex heist that was supposed to free the men from their torturous existence but instead has created more conflict in their lives. Pryor and Keitel are outstanding in this searing drama that looks at factory conditions and, more to the point, the condition of the male spirit when sacked with a hard, boring job that can barely support a family.Product Identifiers
EAN5050582405262
eBay Product ID (ePID)50319823
Product Key Features
ActorGeorge Memmoli, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Lucy Saroyan, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Bellaver
Film/TV TitleBlue Collar
DirectorPaul Schrader
Release Year2006
GenreDrama, General
Run Time109 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
ReviewsNew York Times - The perfomances are excellent... The centre of the film is Pryor who for the first time makes use of the wit and fury that distinguish his straight comedy routines..., Variety - A powerful, gritty, seamless profile... Paul Schrader's directorial debut is an artistic triumph
Movie/TV TitleBlue Collar