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| Dolemite | |
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.jpg) Original one-sheet poster for Dolemite | |
| Directed by | D'Urville Martin |
| Screenplay by | Jerry Jones |
| Story by | Rudy Ray Moore |
| Produced by | Rudy Ray Moore |
| Starring | Rudy Ray Moore D'Urville Martin Jerry Jones Lady Reed Hy Pyke West Gale John Kerry Vainus Rackstraw |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Josef von Sternberg |
| Edited by | Rex Lipton |
| Music by | Arthur G. Wright |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $12 million[1] or $1.1 million[2] |
Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dolemite from a regular at the record store where he worked, and decided to adopt the persona as an alter ego in his act.[3]
The film focuses on a professional comedian, pimp, and nightclub owner. He serves a prison sentence after being framed by dirty cops, but he is released by the governor and tasked with dealing with his hometown's illegal drug trade. He uses his prostitutes as a private army, since they are kung fu-trained martial artists.
- ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. December 11, 1975 – via Google Books.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Reid, Shaheem (April 1, 2002). "Dolemite Tells Dirty Jokes, Warns Snoop Of His Mic Supremacy - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2012.