Blue Collar · LeviOsa

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Blue Collar · LeviOsa

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"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.

DramaCrime1h 54m

🍅96%

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96%

Tomatometer

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87%

Popcornmeter

7.3

TMDB

Storyline

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

Trailers

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Blue Collar (1978) Original Trailer [FHD]

Paul Schrader x 2: Blue Collar

Paul Schrader x 2: Blue Collar

Details

DirectorPaul Schrader

ReleasedFeb 10, 1978

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$1.7M

Revenue

$6.5M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

TAT Communications Company

Universal Pictures

Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Jerry Bartowski

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Sam 'Smokey' James

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Bobby Joe

Harry Bellaver

Harry Bellaver

Eddie Johnson

George Memmoli

George Memmoli

Jenkins

Lucy Saroyan

Lucy Saroyan

Arlene Bartowski

Lane Smith

Lane Smith

Clarence Hill

Cliff DeYoung

Cliff DeYoung

John Burrows

Borah Silver

Dogshit Miller

Chip Fields

Chip Fields

Caroline Brown

Harry Northup

Harry Northup

Hank

Where to watch(NG)

Rent / Buy

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Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

7 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Paul Schrader's Blue Collar offers a searing, darkly funny indictment of labor exploitation and rampant consumerism that's fueled by the outstanding work of an excellent cast.”

96% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Jesse Hassenger

RTAV ClubAug 21, 2021

The pacing can feel a bit lax, but the movie's eclecticism is remarkable.

K

K. Austin Collins

RTThe RingerAug 21, 2021

Blue Collar offers up the bitter, outrageous, and ultimately despairing vision of anti-union efforts that the subject deserves.

R

Richard Brody

RTThe New YorkerAug 21, 2021

Schrader depicts the exchange of labor for money as a kind of original sin, and not even those who honor its code-to the letter and in spirit-are innocent.

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Rene Jordan

RTEl Nuevo Herald (Miami)Jan 25, 2024

Blue Collar is the American Dream converted into a nightmare, or a drama about a man consumed by a society of consumerism. Who would want to voluntarily submit themselves to this torture? [Full review in Spanish]

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Information

Title

Blue Collar

Released

Feb 10, 1978

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 54m

Status

Released

Studios

TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures

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