Dolemite

Dolemite is My Name (2019 October 25)


Netflix Original Movie
Availability: Global

Plot:

The project centers on the life of comedy and rap pioneer Rudy Ray Moore who recorded the Dolemite comedy albums in the early 1970s and used the proceeds to finance the 1975 Blaxploitation film "Dolemite," in which he starred as a hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting pimp and ghetto hero.

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Trivia:
  • Eddie Murphy is producing and starring in the biopic. 
  • Craig Brewer is directing from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.
  • Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, and Tituss Burgess are in the cast.
  • Filming began June 11, 2018. 
  • Released in select theaters on October 4, 2019. 
  • Nominated for 2019 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Comedy.  
  • Eddie Murphy nominated for 2019 Golden Globe Best Actor Motion Picture Drama.

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