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Eddie Murphy is Rudy Ray Moore in first trailer for Dolemite Is My Name

August 12, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming biographical comedy drama Dolemite Is My Name. Directed by Craig Brewer, the film stars Eddie Murphy as actor Rudy Ray Moore, star of the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite, and also features Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas Jones, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip ‘TI’ Harris, Luenell, and Tasha Smith; watch it here…

Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables. However, his ambitions exceed selling bootleg records deemed too racy for mainstream radio stations to play. Moore convinces a social justice-minded dramatist (Keegan-Michael Key) to write his alter ego a film, incorporating kung fu, car chases, and Lady Reed (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director, D’Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes), and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel, Moore’s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Barry Shabaka Henley, Craig Brewer, Craig Robinson, da'vine joy randolph, Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy, Keegan Michael Key, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luenell, Mike Epps, Ron Cephas Jones, Snoop Dogg, Tasha Smith, Tip 'TI' Harris, Tituss Burgess, Wesley Snipes

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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