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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1974 DVD Release: 01/13/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Urban Comedy

Uptown Saturday Night is a delightful comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) is a factory worker. One evening, when boredom gets the best of him, Steve and his pal Wardell (Bill Cosby) decide to go to an underground gambling club to have some fun. While they are there the place is held-up and Steve's wallet is stolen. When Steve and Wardell learn that the wallet contains a winning lottery ticket, the friends go on a desperate search to find it. Shape Eye Washington (Richard Prior), an incompetent private eye, is enlisted to aid them in their search through the criminal underworld where they come up against Geechie Dan Beauford (Harry Belafonte) the mobster who runs the town. Belafonte, in a hilarious parody of Marlon Brando in The Godfather, steals the show. The movie was a huge success and led to two sequels, Let's Do It Again and A Piece of the Action, both also directed by Poitier. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

Sidney Poitier - Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby - Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte - Geechie Dan Beauford
Calvin Lockhart - Silky Slim
Flip Wilson - The Reverend
Richard Pryor - Sharp Eye Washington

Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby teamed up for the enjoyable hit comedy Uptown Saturday Night, which arrives on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Todd Boyd, a media professor who has written extensively on African-American film, and a retrospective documentary featuring interviews with a variety of people involved in the film's production. This is a strong release from Warner Bros. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide