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Car Wash was a 1976 film
produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher
.

It starred Franklin Ajaye, Ivan Dixon
, Darrow Ignus, James Sprinks, Bill Duke
, and Antonio Fargas
as the central employees of boss Sully Boyar
and was a comedy about a "day-in-the-life" of a Los Angeles, California car wash. The film featured several unusual customers arriving throughout the course of the film, including Richard Pryor
as a greedy preacher, the original Pointer Sisters supporting Richard Pryor's character, George Carlin
as a taxi cab driver, and Irwin Corey
as the 'mysterious pop bottle bomber'. Richard Pryor's inclusion in the film was a fact that was played on by the promoters in order to get more people to watch the film which has resulted in many miscreditings of Richard Pryor as a star of the movie.

The film received mediocre reviews and was not a major success, though since its initial release it has had a small but constant following. However, its soundtrack album, recorded by Rose Royce, proved very popular. The "Car Wash" title track, written and produced by Norman Whitfield, was a #1 hit and was one of the biggest hit singles of the disco era. In 2004 the song was again featured in a film when it was performed by Christina Aguilera
featuring Missy Elliott for the film Shark Tale
. Their version was also a substantial hit throughout the world.

Trivia

  • The car wash in downtown Los Angeles was demolished in the early 1980s. Until the business closed, a large sign saying that Car Wash had been filmed there, was displayed in front of the business.

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