This movie looks super good and has an all-star cast and from looking at the trailer, Rapper T.I. was almost unrecognizable to me lol. The movie is based off of Rudy Ray Moore aka “Dolemite”. He has strong ties to Cleveland, Ohio my hometown. He lived there for quite awhile working in clubs as a dancer, singer and entertainer, I will have to ask my mom if she ever met him, huh! Eddie Murphy & Wesley Snipes are back in Dolemite Is My Name hitting Netflix soon and in select theaters this Fall, checkout the trailer inside that was just released!
Synopsis
Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables. However, his ambitions exceed selling bootleg records deemed too racy for mainstream radio stations to play. Moore convinces a social justice-minded dramatist (Keegan-Michael Key) to write his alter ego a film, incorporating kung fu, car chases, and Lady Reed (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director, D’Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes), and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel, Moore’s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.
Comics and rappers have praised Moore as a pioneering influence over the past few decades, and Dolemite Is My Name is a hilarious celebration of a singular talent who made his own legend. From director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Empire); Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People vs. O.J. Simpson); and the producing team of Oscar and Golden Globe nominee John Davis (Ferdinand, Joy), Golden Globe nominee John Fox (Joy) and Murphy; the film features an all-star supporting cast — including Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas Jones, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip ‘TI’ Harris, Luenell, Tasha Smith — plus costumes designed by Academy Award winner Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther).
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Produced by: John Davis, John Fox, Eddie Murphy
Screenplay by: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss
Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas
Jones, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip ‘TI’ Harris, Luenell, Tasha Smith, and Wesley
Snipes
Edited by: Billy Fox
Costume Designer: Ruth E. Carter
Production Designer: Clay Griffith
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