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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 03/02/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 5 Genres: Comedy Drama, Farce, Comedy of Errors

George Segal plays rich and surly California executive Walter Whitney, who learns out-of-the-blue that he has a 17-year-old black son, in Michael Schultz's lightweight Carbon Copy. When his son Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) arrives, Walter tries to pass him off to his neighbors in the restricted all-white suburb as a sociological experiment. But when he eventually confesses his parenthood to his wife Vivian (Susan Saint James), his world is turned upside down. In a flash, all the trophies of upper-class white respectability are removed -- he loses his job, his credit cards are revoked, and Vivian throws him out of the house. Without the white man's trappings, he is forced to accept the help of downtrodden minorities. When he is compelled to manual labor, Walter comes to understand the troubles his son goes through. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

George Segal - Walter Whitney
Susan Saint James - Vivian Whitney
Jack Warden - Nelson Longhurst
Denzel Washington - Roger Porter
Paul Winfield - Bob Garvey

Denzel Washington earned one of his first major screen roles in this comedy of errors, which has been given a simple presentation for its DVD release. Carbon Copy has been given a full-frame transfer to disc in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono; the dialogue is in English, and this disc includes optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. The film's original theatrical trailer has been added as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide