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Dolemite is a pimp, comedian, and nightclub owner who is serving twenty years in prison after being set up by a rival, Willie Green ( D'Urville Martin ), and framed by detectives Mitchell and White, at the direction of the mayor ( Hy Pyke ). Released by the governor thanks to lobbying by fellow pimp "Queen Bee" (Lady Reed), Dolemite is freed in ...
- $12 million or $1.1 million
- Rudy Ray Moore
- $100,000 (estimated)
- Arthur G. Wright
Apr 26, 1975 · Dolemite: Directed by D'Urville Martin. With Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed. After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
- Schlockmeister
- 3 min
- D'urville Martin
- 83
Oct 25, 2019 · With Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson. Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Craig Brewer
- 2019-10-25
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Dolemite Is My Name is a 2019 American biographical comedy film directed by Craig Brewer and written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. The film stars Eddie Murphy as filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore , who is best known for having portrayed the character of Dolemite in both his stand-up routine and a series of blaxploitation films, which started ...
AwardCategorySubjectResultTop 10 FilmsTop 10 FilmsWonBest ActorWonBest Supporting ActressWonBilly FoxNominatedOct 6, 2019 · In Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy leads the star-studded biopic about Rudy Ray Moore whose iconic alter ego became a Blaxploitation legend. François Duhamel/Netflix. Note: This film is now in...
Oct 4, 2019 · Watch Dolemite Is My Name with a subscription on Netflix. In dramatizing Rudy Ray Moore's stranger-than-fiction story, Eddie Murphy makes Dolemite Is My Name just as bold, brash, and ultimately...
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