Director Craig Brewer
Genre Biography | Comedy | Drama
Cast Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Rating R
Release Date October 25th, 2019 (Netflix)
“When Hollywood shuts him out, multi-talented Rudy Ray Moore strikes out on his own to make the blaxploitation film Dolemite (1975).”
From director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan)< Dolemite Is My Name tells the story of multi-talented Rudy Ray Moore who when Hollywood shuts him out strikes out on his own to make the blaxploitation film Dolemite (1975). Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Dolemite Is My Name:
Eddie Murphy's first R-rated film since Life (1999).
Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.