Carbon Copy (1981)
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42% of users liked it
(1,300 ratings)
George Segal plays rich and surly California executive Walter Whitney, who learns out-of-the-blue that he has a 17-year-old black son, in Michael Schultz's lightweight Carbon Copy. When his son Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) arrives, Walter tries to pass him off to his neighbors in the… More George Segal plays rich and surly California executive Walter Whitney, who learns out-of-the-blue that he has a 17-year-old black son, in Michael Schultz's lightweight Carbon Copy. When his son Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) arrives, Walter tries to pass him off to his neighbors in the restricted all-white suburb as a sociological experiment. But when he eventually confesses his parenthood to his wife Vivian (Susan Saint James), his world is turned upside down. In a flash, all the trophies of upper-class white respectability are removed -- he loses his job, his credit cards are revoked, and Vivian throws him out of the house. Without the white man's trappings, he is forced to accept the help of downtrodden minorities. When he is compelled to manual labor, Walter comes to understand the troubles his son goes through. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Schultz
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 25, 1981 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Sem saber se pretende ser uma comédia, um drama ou uma denúncia sobre preconceito racial, este medíocre filme salva-se apenas pela curiosidade de ter servido como veículo de estréia para Denzel Washington.
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Cast
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George Segal
as Walter Whitney
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Susan Saint James
as Vivian Whitney
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Jack Warden
as Nelson Longhurst
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Denzel Washington
as Roger Porter
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Paul Winfield
as Bob Garvey
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Dick Martin
as Victor Bard
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Vicki Dawson
as Mary-Ann
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Tom Poston
as Reverend Hayworth
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Parley Baer
as Dr. Bristol
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Ed Call
as Basketball Father
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Angelina Estrada
as Bianca
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Macon McCalman
as Tubby Wederholt
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Vernon Weddle
as Wardlow
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Ed Marshall
as Freddie
