Michael Schultz — Director (16)
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Rock 'N Roll Mom (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Rock 'N Roll Mom
director: Michael Schultz actor: Dyan Cannon / Michael Brandon …
other title: Rock 'n' Roll Mam / Mamá rock
Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one of her songs is bought by a hip record executive for his label's biggest star, Darcy X, Annie is unexpectedly drafted into doing the demo record. To everyone's surprise, Annie's demo version becomes a hit, and Annie finds herself being groomed into a sexy Madonna-like idol! But the fun and fantasy of Annie's hot new image hit a sour not when she is told that her identity, her past - and her children - must remain a secret!
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Which Way Is Up? (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Which Way Is Up?
director: Michael Schultz actor: Richard Pryor / Lonette McKee …
other title: Wie geht's aufwärts / Wie geht’s aufwärts?
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
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Disorderlies (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Disorderlies
director: Michael Schultz actor: Mark Morales / Darren Robinson …
other title: Três Trapalhões da Pesada / Das Chaoten-Team …
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison, they stir up a comedic culture clash in Palm Beach society that only proves laughter is the best medicine this side of a tax refund.
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Carbon Copy (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Carbon Copy
director: Michael Schultz actor: Denzel Washington / George Segal …
other title: Il pollo si mangia con le mani / A Cara do Pai …
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
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Car Wash (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Car Wash
director: Michael Schultz actor: Ivan Dixon / DeWayne Jessie …
other title: Car Wash - Stazione di servizio / Gas på benzintanken …
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
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Cooley High (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cooley High
director: Michael Schultz actor: Glynn Turman / Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs …
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
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The Last Dragon (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Last Dragon
director: Michael Schultz actor: Taimak / Vanity …
other title: L'ultimo drago / O Último Dragão …
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.