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BLUE COLLAR (1978)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077248/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00003ETHD/
http://www.allmovie.com/work/blue-collar-6237

DVD Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000 (out of print)

Director: Paul Schrader
Principal Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto 

Description
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Paul Schrader had established his reputation as a screenwriter (The Yakuza and Taxi Driver, among others) before embarking on his directorial debut. Blue Collar is the story of three working-class guys at the Checker auto plant who run their local union office. Richard Pryor delivers a funny, passionate, seething performance in one of his rare dramatic roles as a rabble-rousing union man. Trapped by family worries and crippling back taxes, he dreams up the robbery after scoping out the joint and enlists his coworker and buddies, family man Harvey Keitel and high-living bachelor Yaphet Kotto, who are in similar financial straits.

The DVD features commentary by Paul Schrader, his first such audio track, guided and prodded by critic Maitland McDonagh, who does her best to draw the director out of his long silences and launch him into his fascinating production stories.

Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 4.35 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 114 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Anamorphic
Sound (main feature): English DD2.0
Subtitles: none

Disc Features
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# Feature-length audio-commentary by writer/director Paul Schrader and journalist/writer Maitland McDonagh;
# Trailer.
# Cast & crew bios.
# Stories surrounding the film (text).

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