Dolemite
Original one-sheet poster for Dolemite
Directed by	D'Urville Martin
Produced by	Rudy Ray Moore
Written by	Rudy Ray Moore (story) Jerry Jones (screenplay)
Starring	Rudy Ray Moore D'Urville Martin Jerry Jones Lady Reed Hy Pyke West Gale William Bryant Vainus Rackstraw
Music by	Arthur Wright
Cinematography	Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
Editing by	Rex Lipton
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures Inc.
Release date(s)	July 1, 1975 (U.S.)
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
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Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard around that time a rhymed toast by a local homeless man about an urban hero named Dolemite, and decided to adopt the persona of Dolemite as an alter-ego in his act. He included the character on his 1970 debut album, Eat Out More Often, which reached the top 25 on the Billboard charts. He released several more comedy albums using this persona. In 1975, Moore decided to create a film about Dolemite, using many of his friends and fellow comedians as cast and crew.^[1] The film was directed by D'Urville Martin, who appears as the villain Willie Green. B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. ... For other uses, see Alter ego (disambiguation). ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... DUrville Martin (February 11, 1939-May 28, 1984) was an African-American actor and director from New York, New York known for playing Willie Green in the Rudy Ray Moore 1975 blaxploitation classic Dolemite in which he also directed the film. ...

The film has attained something of a cult status, earning it a following and making it more well known than many of its counterparts. It has been suggested that cult debate be merged into this article or section. ...

Characters

• Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore): the protagonist of the movie. Dolemite is seen jailed in the beginning of the movie, followed by a flashback of detectives examining the trunk of his Cadillac Sedan DeVille in which stolen fur coats and drugs were found. It is obvious Dolemite was framed, but he spends time in jail regardless. Dolemite is later pardoned and released. Throughout the movie, as Dolemite attempts to rekindle his reputation on the streets and reclaim his pride and joy (the club referred to as "The Total Experience") from Willie Green, he is constantly having run-ins with a pair of bumbling detectives, Mitchell and White, who framed Dolemite before (as seen in the flashback), and who are hell-bent on getting Dolemite back into the slammer.

• Queen Bee (often called Queenie) (Lady Reed): runs a whorehouse that references Dolemite as the owner on several occasions throughout the movie. Queen Bee is the only woman in Dolemite's household who speaks to Dolemite as an equal, rather than a pimp. While Queen Bee is very emotional about having Dolemite return home after time in jail, no reference of an intimate relationship is ever made during the film.

• Willie Green (D'Urville Martin): the antagonist. Willie Green is seen in the initial flashback as having a leading part in the framing of Dolemite. Willie Green takes over Dolemite's club "The Total Experience" while Dolemite is serving hard time. Willie Green and the city's mayor have a peculiar partnership. The mayor will abuse his office in helping Willie Green avoid problems with the law, while Willie Green promises black votes for the mayor's upcoming re-election.

• Reverend Gibbs (West Gale): a black separatist with many connections, who leads a fraudulent church. He tips off Dolemite regarding matters at the club and later is seen there with the Dolemite Girls karate-chopping one of Willie Green's thugs.

• Blakely (Jerry Jones): an FBI man who, when the time is ripe, apprehends corrupt detectives Mitchell and White and the corrupt Mayor.

• Creeper (Vainus Rackstraw): better known as the Hamburger Pimp, he is recognized by his dingy "white-T", characteristic pimp stroll (as he pulls up his pants), and constant begging for spare change and free food.

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Quotes

• (Dolemite) "I'm gonna let 'em know that Dolemite is back on the scene! I'm gonna let 'em know that Dolemite is my name, and fuckin' up mothafuckas is my game!"

Sequels

A sequel, The Human Tornado, was released in 1976, and a second sequel, The Dolemite Explosion, is due to be released sometime in 2008. The Human Tornado was the sequal to Dolomite. ...

Proposed remake

In 2001, Dimension Films announced that there was a remake of Dolemite in production, starring LL Cool J in the lead role. However, details released about it signaled major differences that would severely tone down the adult (and possibly politically incorrect) nature of the original film, such as making Dolemite not a pimp, but rather an individual framed for a crime he had not committed. For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ... James Todd Smith III (born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J, is an American hip hop artist and actor. ... The term framing can have several possible meanings: framing (telecommunication), where it relates to synchronization framing (economics), where it relates to rational choice theory framing (World Wide Web), where it relates to the use of multiple panes within a web page framing (communication theory) and sociology, where it relates to...

Due to massive delays, LL Cool J is no longer attached to the project, and Dimension Films has since given the rights to the project to Fallout Entertainment.^[2]

References in popular culture

• On the 1993 song "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", Snoop Dogg raps, "Showing much flex when it's time to wreck a mic/ pimping hos and clocking a grip like my name was Dolemite."
• On the TV series Futurama, Professor Farnsworth comments about Fry's loyal dog which is fossilized in dolomite, saying that only dolomite can withstand the heat of lava: "the tough black mineral that won't cop out when there's heat all about" - suggesting a reference to both Dolemite and Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft.

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References

1. ^ Dolemite Dot Com: A Bit of Explanation
2. ^ Near Misses: The 6 Worst Movies Hollywood Almost Made | Cracked.com

External links

• Dolemite at the Internet Movie Database
• Dolemite.com - Rudy Ray Moore, Dolemite and blaxploitation fansite
• Reviews of Dolemite at Rotten Tomatoes
• 2006 SuicideGirls interview with Rudy Ray Moore by Daniel Robert Epstein