Car Wash

Saturday, October 29, 2022

DCP Projection

“The boss is named Mr. B. and he walks around with a dead cigar stuck in his face, pleading “Wash the cars! Wash the cars!” But that’s the last thing they get around to in “Car Wash,” a sunny, lively comedy.

“The movie covers a day in the life of the DeLuxe Car Wash, down from the Strip in Los Angeles, and by actual count only three totally sane people stop by all day. We meet the rest in a dizzying, nonstop kaleidoscope of cars, soul music, characters, crises, crazy kids on skateboards, hookers, television preachers, and lots of suds and hot wax — not to mention the Mad Pop Bottle Bomber, whose bottle turns out to be a cruel disappointment. The movie’s put together with a manic energy, we never even quite get introduced to half the people in the cast, but by the movie’s end we know them, and what they’re up to, and we like them.” – Roger Ebert, The Chicago Tribune

Screening as part of a 7-film retrospective accompanying Elvis Mitchell’s IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!

• Year 1976
• Running Time 97 minutes
• Director Michael Schultz
• Cast Richard Pryor, Franklin Ajaye, Bill Duke
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

IFC Center does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. In addition to the synopses, trailers and other links on our website, further information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches.