Dolemite is my name

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Movie
Original title Dolemite is my name
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2019
length 118 minutes
Rod
Director Craig Brewer
script Scott Alexander ,
Larry Karaszewski
production John Davis ,
John Fox ,
Eddie Murphy
music Scott Bomar
camera Eric Steelberg
cut Billy Fox
occupation
synchronization

Dolemite Is My Name is a biographical comedy directed by Craig Brewer for Netflix that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019 and was released in US theaters on October 4, 2019. The biography tells of the comedy and rap legend Rudy Ray Moore , played by Eddie Murphy .

action

Rudy Ray Moore's career as a musician has failed, and he is also not very successful as a stand-up comedian and announcer in clubs. Together with DJ Roj and his friend Theodore Toney, he runs a record shop in downtown Los Angeles. It's Toney's job to get rid of the crazy Ricco who keeps coming back to her shop. One day Rudy had the idea to listen to Ricco and his buddies - homeless, drunkards, outcasts of society - their jokes and curses, their slang and their rhymes, which are unbridled vulgar, violent and misogynistic. From this material he develops the figure of "Dolemite", a shrill clad loudmouth and show-off who knocks out one obscenity after the next and always sets his punch lines in rhyme.

"Dolemite" likes to brag about his special sexual abilities and his legendary heroic deeds. Lo and behold: Rudy suddenly has unexpected success with his “Dolemite” stand up program, which hits the nerve of the black ghetto population. With the money his aunt borrows, he produces a “Dolemite” comedy album and distributes it first himself, then with the Bihari brothers as producers. After the great success of this record, he undertook a tour of the southern states, during which he picked up the singer Lady Reed. When he and his buddies watch Billy Wilder's comedy Extrablatt in a cinema, he realizes that only through the film can he achieve real reach and fame. However, Rudy Wilder's film is pointless: "This movie had no titties, no funny and no kung-fu."

Since Rudy has no clue about filmmaking, he teams up with the theater writer Jerry Jones, who is interested in social criticism, and with D'Urville Martin , who has at least once stood in front of the camera in smaller roles as an actor and watches directors such as Roman Polanski at work could. The budget for which Rudy is heavily indebted is small, which is why creativity and improvisational skills are in demand. The film set is set up in a dilapidated hotel that Rudy also moves into. The crew give a couple of white film students. Although none of the participants - above all Rudy - is really up to the project of making a kung fu film, everyone has fun filming it - except for D'Urville, who constantly says that he works with amateurs does not need. When the film is finished, there is no distribution. Rudy is frustrated and goes back to stand-up performances. During a performance in Indiana, Rudy, encouraged by a local DJ and fan, decides to have a one-on-one screening of the film at his own expense, which thanks to great advertising efforts is also a success. A Hollywood producer specializing in blaxploitation films becomes aware of this and offers Rudy the professional distribution of the film.

The film ends with the acclaimed Hollywood premiere. The credits go into the real historical background and show original excerpts from Moore's film from 1975.

background

Rudy Ray Moore is mentioned as an important influence by many artists from the rap and comedy field

Rudy Ray Moore was an American comedian , musician , actor and film producer , who began his career as a rhythm and blues - singer began. But he was more successful as a stand-up comedian , with a style of harder pace than that of his contemporaries such as Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor . Even if Moore himself did not achieve an outstanding level of awareness, he is cited by many artists from the rap and comedy fields as an important influence. Snoop Dogg wrote in 2006: "Without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that's for real."

He became known for the role of the pimp Dolemite in a blaxploitation film of the same name from 1975. He had already developed the character in his stand-up program. She also appears in his songs Return of Dolemite , Dolemite for President and 21st Century Dolemite .

Moore died in October 2008 in a nursing home in Akron of complications from diabetes disease infection.

production

Directed by Craig Brewer . The script was written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski . The screenwriting duo specialize in writing biographies about people you wouldn't normally write about. Alexander and Karaszewski wrote the scripts for Ed Wood and Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth , but also for The Moon Man about Andy Kaufman and for Big Eyes about Walter and Margaret Keane.

Eddie Murphy took on the title role as Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite. Tituss Burgess plays Theodore Toney , with whom Moore produced, among other things, his 1979 film Heroes of the Night . Snoop Dogg appears as DJ Roj. Wesley Snipes plays the actor and director D'Urville Martin.

Eric Steelberg acted as cameraman . The costumes were designed by Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter .

The music for the film was composed by Scott Bomar . The soundtrack album, which includes 22 tracks and was released as an MP3 album by Milan Records on October 4, 2019, includes a duet sung by actors Eddie Murphy and Da'Vine Joy Randolph , Ballad of a Boy and a Girl , contain. Other pieces are by Craig Robinson , The Bo-Keys, Bobby Rush and Jason Freeman feat. Blind Mississippi Morris. Scott Bomar was nominated by the Association of International Film Music Critics (IFMCA) in March 2020 for his work in the category Best Film Music Comedy .

A first screening took place on September 7, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released in selected US cinemas on October 4, 2019; on October 25, 2019 he was accepted into the Netflix program.

reception

Reviews

The film has so far convinced 97 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 7.9 out of a possible 10 points

In addition to comparisons with previous films on which Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski worked, such as Ed Wood ("This is how" Dolemite "looks like a black version of" Ed Wood "with a soft, thoughtful, reflective core"), the film has been repeatedly enjoyed by film critics also described as a blaxploitation response to The Disaster Artist by James Franco .

Awards (selection)

African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2019

American Black Film Festival 2020

  • Nomination for film of the year

Black Film Critics Circle Awards 2019

  • Award for best film
  • Award as Best Actor (Eddie Murphy)
  • Award for Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
  • Award as best ensemble

Black Reel Awards 2020

  • Nomination for Best Film *
  • Nomination for Best Actor (Eddie Murphy)
  • Nomination for Best Supporting Actor ( Wesley Snipes )
  • Nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
  • Nomination for Best Young Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
  • Nomination for Best Young Actor ( Tituss Burgess )
  • Nomination for Best Ensemble (Lindsay Graham and Mary Vernieu)
  • Nomination for Best Score ( Scott Bomar )
  • Nomination for Best Production Design ( Clay A. Griffith )
  • Nomination for Best Costumes ( Ruth E. Carter )

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2020

  • Nomination in the category Excellence in Period Film (Ruth E. Carter)

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2020

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2019

  • Nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Wesley Snipes)
  • Nomination as best ensemble

Eddie Awards 2020

  • Nomination in the category Best Film Editing - Comedy or Musical ( Billy Fox )

Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2020

  • Nomination for Best Actor (Eddie Murphy)
  • Nomination for Best Comedy / Musical
  • Nomination for Best Costumes (Ruth E. Carter)

Golden Globe Awards 2020

Make-Up Artists And Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2020

  • Nomination for the best historical or character make-up - feature film (Vera Steimberg, Debra Denson and Deborah Huss-Humphries)
  • Nomination for Best Historical or Figure Hairstyling - Feature Film (Carla Joi Farmer, Stacey Morris and Linda Villalobos)

National Board of Review Awards 2019

NAACP Image Awards 2020

Satellite Awards 2019

synchronization

The German synchronization was based on a dialogue book and the dialogue direction by Tobias Müller on behalf of the Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke.

actor Voice actor role
Eddie Murphy Dennis Schmidt-Foss Rudy Ray Moore
Keegan-Michael Key Florian Halm Jerry Jones
Mike Epps Dietmar miracle Jimmy Lynch
Craig Robinson Matti Klemm Ben Taylor
Tituss Burgess Tobias Müller Theodore Toney
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Marie-Isabel Walke Lady Reed
Kodi Smit-McPhee Max fields Nick
Snoop Dogg Jan-David Rönfeldt Roj
Ron Cephas Jones Jan Spitzer Ricco
Barry Shabaka Henley Axel Lutter Demond
Luenell Peggy Sander aunt
Wesley Snipes Torsten Michaelis D'Urville Martin
Chris Rock Oliver Rohrbeck Bobby Vale
Aleksandar Filimonovic Jaron Lowenberg Joseph Bihari
Ivo Nandi Kevin Kraus Julius Bihari
Michael Peter Bolus Tobias Lelle Lester Bihari
Bob Odenkirk Michael Pan Lawrence
Phil Abrams Ronald Nitschke Lou Drozen
Jernard Burks Lutz Schnell Mr. Allen
Baker Chase Powell Dennis Sandmann Steven Dodd

Web links

Individual evidence

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