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Title:
Blue collar [blu-ray] / a T.A.T. Communications Company production ; written by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader ; produced by Don Guest ; directed by Paul Schrader.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Publisher:
Kino Lorber,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Automobile industry workers--Drama.
Labor unions--Corrupt practices--Drama.
Robbery--Drama.
Male friendship--Drama.
Working class--United States--Drama.
Detroit (Mich.)--Drama.
Crime films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Social problem films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Other Authors:
Schrader, Paul, 1946- screenwriter. screenwriter. 197359
Schrader, Leonard, screenwriter. 510874
Glass, Sydney A., contributor. 470942
Guest, Don, film producer. 805851
Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005, actor. 71498
Keitel, Harvey, actor. 82034
Kotto, Yaphet, 1939-2021 actor. 537379
Begley, Ed, Jr., actor. 88493
Bellaver, Harry, 1905-1993, actor. 823929
Memmoli, George, 1938-1985, actor. 498677
Saroyan, Lucy, actor.
Silver, Borah, actor.
Smith, Lane, 1936-2005, actor. 667471
De Young, Cliff actor. 166622
T.A.T. Communications Company, production company. 847718
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher. 834711
Notes:
Title from container. Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, Lucy Saroyan, Borah Silver, Lane Smith, Cliff De Young. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Widescreen (1.85:1). Suggested by source material by Sydney A. Glass. Special features: audio commentary with co-writer/director Paul Schrader and journalist Maitland McDonagh; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
When Detroit auto workers Zeke, Jerry, and Smokey find bills piling up and pressures bearing down, they decide to rob their corrupt union office. In a cruel twist, their small haul becomes a nightmare when the heist goes horribly wrong and their once-loyal friendship turns to fear, betrayal, and murder.
Series:
KL studio classics
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1129460290
UPC:
738329239008
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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