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Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, and starring an ensemble cast.Originally conceived as a musical, [citation needed] the film is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of a close-knit group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash.
"Car Wash" was the only single released from the soundtrack to DreamWorks' animated film Shark Tale (2004). Aguilera and Elliott's cover of "Car Wash" missed the U.S. Billboard Top 40, peaking at No. 63; however, it was a top-five and top-ten hit in the United Kingdom (#4), Australia (#2), Belgium (#2), Costa Rica (#6), New Zealand (#2), and ...
The Bikini Carwash Company is a 1992 sex comedy film directed by Ed Hansen. It stars Joe Dusic, Kristi Ducati, and Ricki Brando. It stars Joe Dusic, Kristi Ducati, and Ricki Brando. The sequel, The Bikini Carwash Company II , was released in 1993.
Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack double album released by the funk band Rose Royce on the MCA label in September 1976. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).
The Rose Royce (original) version received moderate success. It peaked at number seventy on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number ten on the R&B singles chart.In the film Car Wash, the song serves as a double entendre, as it complements the screen time of Maureen, a forlorn prostitute who desperately seeks a chance at true love with Joe, even as she turns tricks.
Her most memorable film roles include No Way Back (1976), Car Wash (1976), A Piece of the Action (1977), ...All the Marbles (1981) and Running Scared (1986). In 1971, the California Press Photographers Association named Reed the Most Beautiful Face in Television.
Schultz made the ensemble comedy Scavenger Hunt (1979), Denzel Washington's film debut Carbon Copy (1981), and the screwball comedy Disorderlies (1987). On July 23, 1986, Michael Schultz formed his own production company Crystalite Productions, with his wife Gloria Schultz, and wanted to start producing three features in development.