Carbon Copy (film)

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Carbon Copy
Promotional poster for Carbon Copy
Directed by	Michael Schultz
Produced by	Stanley Shapiro Carter DeHaven
Written by	Stanley Shapiro
Starring	George Segal Denzel Washington
Music by	Bill Conti
Distributed by	Avco Embassy Pictures
Release date(s)	September 25, 1981
Running time	92 min.
Language	English
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Carbon Copy is a 1981 comedy film, directed by Michael Schultz and starring George Segal and Denzel Washington in his first major film role.

1 Plot
2 Main cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Roger Porter (Washington) is the long-lost black son of Walter Whitney (Segal), a respectable businessman who lives in the all-white community of San Marino, California.

Once Roger turns up at Walter's office, it turns out that he is the result of Walter's relationship with a black woman, who is now dead. Walter's father-in-law had warned him that the relationship would be harmful to his career, so he broke it off.

Walter attempts to help Roger by telling his wife Vivian (Saint James) that he wants to adopt him. She accepts, but soon regrets the decision and ends up kicking Walter out. Her father also fires him, taking his car and benefits in the process. Penniless, he and Roger check into a motel, and later move into an apartment. Walter ends up as a manual labourer, shovelling horse manure.

The final ten minutes makes the transition from comedy to drama, where Walter has to either accept that Roger is his son, or alienate him in order to salvage his position in society.

Tagline: Any resemblance between Father and Son is purely hysterical.