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Director: Paul Schrader
Writer(s): Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader
Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Language: English
Three guys, two African-American and one Polish, work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers’ union is doing them no greater good than their screwed-up bosses. So the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at union HQ, in which they only gain access to some suspicious documents that point to union links with organized crime. Suddenly they’re out of their league: violence, paranoia, rivarly, and recrimination erupt around them.
“Although the film does not tell us how to break out of the plantations we know too well, it does give us a vivid sense of the problems and the pitfalls of those who try.” – Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
“Too downbeat, edgy and profane in its gritty reality to connect in the box office with a 1970’s audience, the film was nevertheless critically acclaimed. It’s intense, well-acted, gives one a good idea about everyday factory life and offers a clear-sighted muckraking take on blue collar types who cross-the-line when they discover that it’s not just management but their own union that is ripping them off.” – Dennis Schwartz, Ozus’ World Movie Reviews
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