Blue Collar (1978, trailer) [Starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, Harvey Keitel)
After penning the screenplays for The Yakuza and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with 1978’s Blue Collar, starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, and Harvey Keitel. The 3 represent automobile assembly line workers who get fed up with their wack management and corrupt union representation. In order to make bank, they hatch a strategy to loot a safe at the union headquarters, making off with something much more important than cash: Blackmail material. Described as one of the “great American films of the 1970s,” Blue Collar offers laughs, grit, and a rugged, still relevant take a look at labor in the U.S.
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