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Oct 25, 2019 · Dolemite Is My Name. 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
Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack.
- $12 million or $1.1 million
- Rudy Ray Moore
- $100,000 (estimated)
- Arthur G. Wright
Dolemite Is My Name is a 2019 American biographical comedy film directed by Craig Brewer and written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.
AwardCategorySubjectResultTop 10 FilmsTop 10 FilmsWonBest ActorWonBest Supporting ActressWonBilly FoxNominatedOct 4, 2019 · In dramatizing Rudy Ray Moore's stranger-than-fiction story, Eddie Murphy makes Dolemite Is My Name just as bold, brash, and ultimately hard to resist as its subject.
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- Craig Brewer
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- Eddie Murphy
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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Oct 25, 2019 · Here are three key elements of the movie that are based in fact: Rudy Ray Moore found sudden success with his raunchy Dolemite persona
