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Blue Collar (1978)

Blue Collar
They pit the lifers against the new boy and the young against the old. The black against the white. Everything they do is to keep us in our place.
—Smokey James
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Title Designer: Dan Perri
Optical Effects by: Modern Film Effects
Director of Photography: Bobby Byrne

Song: "Hard Workin Man"
Music: Jack Nitzsche
Lyrics: Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder and Paul Schrader
Performed by: Don Van Vliet (as Captain Beefheart)

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Title sequence

  • Title Designer

    Dan Perri

  • Category

    Film

  • Styles

    1970s, live action, main title, opening scene, optical, type over scene, typographic
Blue Collar

  • Film Director

    Paul Schrader

  • Release Date

    February 10, 1978

  • Aspect Ratio

    1.85:1

  • Studios

    TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures

  • Country

    USA

  • Language

    English

  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
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