Which Way Is Up?
| Which Way Is Up? | |
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 Movie poster for Which Way Is Up?. | |
| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Produced by | Steve Krantz |
| Written by |
Lina Wertmüller (1972 screenplay) Carl Gottlieb Cecil Brown |
| Starring |
Richard Pryor Lonette McKee Margaret Avery |
| Music by |
Mark Davis Paul Riser |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.2 million (estimated) |
Which Way is Up? is a 1977 comedy film starring Richard Pryor. It was directed by Michael Schultz, and is a remake of the 1972 Italian film The Seduction of Mimi, which was written and directed by Lina Wertmüller. Pryor plays three roles: an orange picker who has two women at the same time, the orange-picker's father, and a Reverend who gets the orange picker's wife pregnant.
Plot
When he falls into a union action by mistake, Leroy Jones is laid off from his job picking oranges. The only option given to find work to provide for his wife Annie Mae, their kids, and his father Rufus, is to leave them behind and go to Los Angeles, where more jobs are available. While he is away, Leroy becomes smitten with Vanetta, a beautiful labor activist. When he returns home, he has to juggle his wife, his new romance with Vanetta and his new job. Meanwhile, the Rev. Lennox Thomas takes advantage of Leroy's absence to cavort with Annie Mae, leading Leroy to take revenge with the reverend's wife.
Cast
- Richard Pryor as Leroy / Rufus / Rev. Thomas
- Lonette McKee as Vanetta
- Margaret Avery as Annie Mae
- Morgan Woodward as Mr. Mann
External links
- Which Way Is Up? at the Internet Movie Database
- Which Way Is Up? at Rotten Tomatoes
- Which Way Is Up? at the TCM Movie Database