Greased Lightning

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biographical film film sports comedy-drama film

Greased Lightning is a 1977 biographical sports comedy-drama film starring Pam Grier and Richard Pryor, centered on the life of pioneering African American NASCAR driver Wendell Scott.

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Greased Lightning canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical film ⓘ film ⓘ sports comedy-drama film ⓘ
basedOn	life of Wendell Scott ⓘ
castMember	Beau Bridges ⓘ C.J. Allen ⓘ Cleavon Little ⓘ Lucinda W. Hinton ⓘ Pam Grier ⓘ Redd Foxx ⓘ Richard Pryor ⓘ Vincent Gardenia ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Donald M. Morgan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	African American participation in auto racing ⓘ stock car racing ⓘ
director	Michael Schultz ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Sidney Katz ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Wendell Scott ⓘ
filmingLocation	Georgia ⓘ
follows	career of Wendell Scott ⓘ
genre	biographical film ⓘ comedy-drama film ⓘ sports film ⓘ
hasFilmRating	PG ⓘ
hasTitle	Greased Lightning self-link ⓘ
mainSubject	Wendell Scott ⓘ
musicBy	Charles Fox ⓘ
narrativeFocus	rise of Wendell Scott as a NASCAR driver ⓘ struggle against racism in professional racing ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	NASCAR ⓘ surface form: NASCAR racing racial discrimination in motorsport ⓘ
producer	Hannah Weinstein ⓘ
productionCompany	Hannah Weinstein Productions ⓘ
releaseYear	1977 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 96 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Lawrence DuKore ⓘ Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ
setInPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
starring	Pam Grier ⓘ Richard Pryor ⓘ

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Pam Grier → notableWork → Greased Lightning ⓘ

Pamela → notableWork → Greased Lightning ⓘ

subject surface form: Pam Grier

Greased Lightning → hasTitle → Greased Lightning self-link ⓘ