In BLUE COLLAR, Paul Schrader's strong directorial debut, three assembly-line auto workers (Richard Pryor in one of his only serious dramatic roles, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto) are equally angry and disenchanted at factory management and their own union. They are also, as the film reveals in long, detailed vignettes, struggling just to make ends meet. As they ruminate together on their dead-end jobs and the fears of a dead-end life, they eventually plan to burglarize their union's safe. The catch: Instead of finding cash as expected, they find ledgers documenting mob transactions. The relationship of the three friends is tested in the aftermath of this now-complex heist that was supposed to free the men from their torturous existence but instead has created more conflict in their lives. Pryor and Keitel are outstanding in this searing drama that looks at factory conditions and, more to the point, the condition of the male spirit when sacked with a hard, boring job that can barely support a family.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0025192052491
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99067110
Product Key Features
Actor
Cliff De Young, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Director
Paul Schrader
Format
DVD
Release Year
2014
Movie/TV Title
Blue Collar
Genre
Drama
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
LeafCats
617
Film Country
USA
Signal Standard
Dvd
Leading Role
Cliff De Young, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Release Date
20141007
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