Dolemite
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Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Director DUrville Martin Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date US July 1, 1975 Tagline With his All-Girl Army of Kung Fu Killers. |
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Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation feature film, and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard around that time a rhymed toast by a local homeless man about an urban hero named Dolemite, and decided to adopt the persona of Dolemite as an alter ego in his act.
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- Dolemite 1975 trailer starring rudy ray moore d urville martin lady reed
- Background
- Plot
- Cast
- Follow ups
- Home media
- Popular culture
- References

Dolemite 1975 trailer starring rudy ray moore d urville martin lady reed
Background

Moore featured the character of Dolemite on his 1970 debut album, Eat Out More Often, which reached the top 25 on the Billboard 200. He released several more comedy albums using this persona. In 1975, Moore decided to create a film about Dolemite, using many of his friends and fellow comedians as cast and crew. The film was directed by D'Urville Martin, who appears as the villain Willie Green.
Plot

Dolemite is a pimp and nightclub owner who is serving 20 years in prison after being set up by a rival, Willie Green. One day, his friend and fellow pimp Queen Bee helps him get out of jail, and plots with him to get revenge on Green.
Cast

Follow-ups

A sequel, The Human Tornado, was released in 1976. A second sequel, The Return of Dolemite, was released in 2002 and was later renamed The Dolemite Explosion for DVD release. A quasi-sequel, Shaolin Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore as Monk Ru-Dee, was released in 1999.
Home media

Dolemite was released to DVD on September 13, 2005 by Xenon Pictures and also as part of a box set (The Dolemite Collection) on the same date. A widescreen, high definition remastered version, from an original print of the film, was released to Blu-ray disc on April 26, 2016 by cult film preservationists Vinegar Syndrome. The Blu-ray also featured the previously released open matte version as an extra.
Popular culture

The character Dolemite is mentioned in songs released by Snoop Doggy Dogg.

References
Dolemite WikipediaDolemite IMDb Dolemite themoviedb.org