Cliff De Young, Ed Begley, Ed Begley Jr
Three guys, two African-American and one Polish, work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers' union is doi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000
Stats: 125 reviews
Richard Pryor in unfamiliar territory in a very serious role but brilliantly executed. Blue Collar is both Gritty and kick ass, a great slice of late 70?s life and an overlooked American classic!
Excellent cast, story and direction. You get wrapped up in everything as you should w/ a good movie.
Paul Schrader's amazing debut starts out like a buddy comedy and turns into one of the most brutal films about the working class I've ever seen. It's hard to believe the cast, who worked so well together, despised one another. Pryor's greatest performance as well. Awesome.
One of the best movies about the working class and in general that I've ever seen (the other being Barbara Koppel's documentary: 'Harlan County USA'). Schrader for some reason has remained tightly underrated throughout his entire career even though he contributed scripts to Scors...( read more)
Great cast; Pryor deserves an oscar. Hard nosed & truthful look @ the working man just trying to survive
holy fucking shit is this movie cool
keitel and pryor and yaphet kotto(after watching this film u will know who he is!!) just rule the screen.
Paul Schrader's best film
NOT readily available on DVD, but BLUE COLLAR is now part of Netflix's Watch Instantly option!
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