Dolemite Is My Name

Singer Rudy Ray Moore tells radio disk jockey Roj, "When I used to play this record live, mother... would actually faint."
Roj: ”Sometimes our dreams just don’t come true.” (0:00)

Rudy tells the store clerk, "I ain’t a... imbecile." (0:07)

Bandleader Ben Taylor answers Theodore Toney, "... The love theme from The Poseidon Adventure." (0:10)

A bum tells Rudy, "I saw Duke Ellington in there, Billie Holiday, but now it’s just filled with a bunch of junkies and winos."
Another bum: ”Junkies and winos.” (0:12)

Record executive Bihari: "It’s insane." (0:27)

Rudy tells the Bihari brothers, ".... I am ecstatic."
”We getting ready to shock the worlds.” (0:27)

Singer Lady Reed slugs a man in the head. (0:30)

Lady Reed tells Rudy, "I get so nervous I had to hang on to the mic from not failing over."
”I’m really not in the... mood.” (0:33)

By telephone, Rudy tells Joe Bihari, "Man, you crazy as cat shit." (0:36)

Theodore Toney asks Rudy, "How about Blackenstein?”
Taylor: ”Oh, I wanna see Shaft in Africa.”
Rudy: ”How about Front Page?" (0:38)

The Front Page plays in a theater. (0:38)

Theater marquee: The Front Page (0:39)

Toney: “I told him let’s go see Blackenstein.” (0:40)

Movie posters in producer’s office: Blacula, Foxy Brown
Producer: ”It’s called Cornbread, Earl and Me.” (0:41)

Rudy tells Toney, "Dirty rotten mother... always beatin’ on me." (0:42)

Actor in play: "I’m gonna kill that pusher." (0:44)

Woman, referring to the play: "It was about the emotions." (0:45)

Jimmy Lynch answers Taylor, referring to actor D’uville Martin, “... that sidekick nigga that did, uh... Nigger Charley. He did Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem. (0:50)

Taylor: "Rosemary’s Baby..." (0:51)

Rudy tells the Bihari brothers, "... Ben E. Taylor done put together a theme song for me that’s badder than Shaft and Superfly put together.” (0:52)

Jerry Jones tells Rudy, "This place is overrun with junkies."
Rudy: ”... got all these dopeheads in here.” (0:54)

Jerry answers D’Urville, "Because there is a drug issue in the neighborhood."
Rudy tells D’Urville, ”... I ain’t got no... ego about it.” (1:03)

Rudy asks D’Urville, "Was it good as Shaft?" (1:08)

A costume assistant tells an actress, "Don’t be nervous." (1:12)

Rudy tells Nicholas, "Hey man, I’m trying to memorize this Kung Fu." (1:16)

D’Urville tells Rudy, "You know I worked with this actor once on Rosemary’s Baby." (1:17)

Fight scene with multiple head injuries. (1:20)

Marquee: The Harder They Come (1:31)

Theater owner Demond tells Rudy, "We did it with Billy Jack... we even did it with Grizzly Adams." (1:31)

DJ Bobby Vale: "It’s like Christmas, except your daddy ain’t drunk..." (1:33)

Demond tells Rudy, "I’m a little confused." (1:35)

Lawrence Woolner: "... Rudy Ray Moore, the mad genius..." (1:37)

Woolner’s assistant tells Rudy, "I’m confused." (1:38)

Rudy: "Hey, don’t nobody worry about nothin’." (1:46)

A theater worker tells Rudy, "This is crazy." (1:48)

Rudy: "... but don’t worry." (1:51)

Scenes from Dolemite. (1:52)