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TUESDAY, Jan. 13 is Night #1 feat. "Dolemite" and "Disco Godfather".

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14, is Night #2 showing "Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law" and "Human Tornado"

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 -
(showing Dolemite and Disco Godfather)

Dolemite (1974) (90 min.) - 9:15pm

After being released from prison (after being framed) and then being asked to help the police catch drug traffickers like Willie Green, Dolemite (Moore) finds that his successful nightclub has been taken over by Green's goons. With the help of Queen Bee and her dynamite kung fu madams, he gets his club back and sets out to stop the crooked crooks AND cops for good. Enjoy plenty of kung fu, one-liners, explosions, glitter bellbottoms, visible boom microphones and other specialties.

Disco Godfather (1978) (90 min.): 10:45pm

Rudy Ray Moore stars as a retired cop who, by night, is a superstar dj at the Blueberry Hill disco. All is well until his nephew flips out on the strange "new" drug that's sweeping the streets - "angel dust," or PCP. The Disco Godfather vows "to personally come down on the suckers that's producing this sh#t!" He takes to the streets, slaps drug dealers and fights crime like only he can, all amidst the Disco Skate Dancers and some of the wackiest hallucination sequences ever captured on film. In between, he still finds time to manage the Blueberry Hill and perform. "Put a little slide in yo' glide," he yells to the patrons, "Put your weight on it!"

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
--(showing Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son in Law and The Human Tornado)

Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son in Law (1977) (93 min.) - 9:15pm

Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) becomes a martial artist. But it's his starpower as a chitlin-circuit nightclub comedian that scares the hell out of rival comedians Leroy and Skillet, who succeed at having him killed. Wheatstraw then makes a deal with The Devil himself and is brought back to life and promised revenge on his haters, but only under the condition that one day he will marry Satan's clock-stoppingly ugly daughter and give him a grandchild. The outrageous comedy finds Petey attempting to default on his deal with the devil, all the while karate chopping, telling jokes, loving the ladies and battling the haters in a pitiful Jamaican accent.

The Human Tornado (aka Dolemite II) (1975) (97 min.) - 10:45pm

After a wise-cracking, racist, hillbilly sheriff catches Dolemite (Moore) in bed with his wife, Dolemite escapes death by rolling butt naked (with clothes in hand) down a hill to his car. In this California adventure, he comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, her hive of night ladies and her nightclub, which is threatened by mobsters. Gut-busting madness ensues all over the place, from a bed in "the house on the hill in Pasadenaaaa," to Cavaletti's zany torture chamber, to a fight with none other than the Central American Nunchuck champion! "He's a bad motor scooter, he's the human tornado!!"

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ABOUT THE FILM FESTIVAL:

The Rudy Ray Moore Film Fest in New Orleans pays tribute to the 1970s cult film star, who was also known as the "world's first x-rated comedian" and "king of the party records." Moore, who frequently performed in New Orleans in recent years for events at One Eyed Jacks and the Ponderosa Stomp, passed away on October 21 at the age of 81.

The four films to be shown over two evenings at the Rudy Ray Moore Film Fest are considered the best and most popular of the 18 movies he appeared in: Dolemite (1974), The Human Tornado (1975), Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law (1977), and Disco Godfather (1978). Although these outrageous, low-budget films were initially laughed at by critics and studio executives, they were hugely successful at the box office. They are still revered by b-movie, cult movie and blaxploitation fans around the world.

While the films are now-legendary cult classics (more for their low-budget charm and outlandish characters than for any stellar acting or cinematography!), the subject matter is not suitable for all audiences, as can only be expected when the star/director is a pioneer of "four-letter comedy"! Each film contains more than a healthy dose of explicit language, racy sexual antics and non-politically correct racial humor.

While Moore began his career as a singer and comedian in the 1960s, it wasn't until he starred in the 1974 classic Dolemite that he made his mark as an icon of the blaxploitation movie genre. The character of Dolemite, which was based on his comedy routines, went on to inspire hip hop artists such as Snoop Dogg, Big Daddy Kane, Dr. Dre and 2 Live Crew. His respect in the hip hop world gave him yet another title: "Godfather of Rap."

Over the course of his career, he also released more than 30 controversial comedy albums, with titles like Eat Out More Often and I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing.

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**RIP Rudy Ray Moore**