Film
Which Way Is Up?
Double Feature
Wed, Feb 20, 2013
- 7:25PM
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAM Rose Cinemas
RUN TIME: 94min
RATED: R
FORMAT: 35mm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $13
BAM CINEMA CLUB MEMBERS: $8
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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Intro by Nelson George
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Wednesday February 20, 2013
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Part of
BAMcinématek
series A Pryor Engagement
Directed by Michael Schultz | 1977
With Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward, Marilyn Coleman
"One truly great comedy"
—The New York Times
This offbeat political satire, a remake of Lina Wertmüller’s 1972 film The Seduction of Mimi, kicks into gear when Pryor’s clueless fruit picker becomes an accidental hero of the California labor movement. While appearing as the film’s hero, Leroy Jones, Leroy’s father, and a randy reverend—shades of Eddie Murphy—Pryor plays multiple roles in more ways than one, as Leroy finds himself frantically shuttle between two women and two lives, management and labor.
Ticketing
Double Feature
2 for 1 admission
1 ticket to Brewster's Millions (5:30pm, 9:30pm) or Which Way Is Up? (7:25pm) gets you into both films.
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Intro by Nelson George
Which Way Is Up? will be introduced by filmmaker, novelist, and cultural critic Nelson George.