3 Movies Starring Antonio Fargas

Car Wash

Car Wash

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-10-22

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (4489 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Schultz

Fullplot:

Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a thief by the way he is holding his bottle, but it is really his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. T.C's love life takes a turn for the better and the songs keep coming.

The Borrower

The Borrower

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (1063 Reviews)

Director:

John McNaughton

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Mason Nage (story)

Mason Nage (screenplay)

Richard Fire (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.

American Pimp

American Pimp

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1945 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money. The women work every night, hustle hard, turn over all their earnings, and steal anything they can from clients. We meet a few of the women, who tell us what they want from a pimp. We also listen to a women who's legally employed at a Nevada brothel; we meet her White boss, a legal pimp. He and the street pimps, some of whom are now retired, make the case for legalizing the trade.

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