RUDY RAY MOORE’S FILMS ARE AVAILABLE IN AMAZING REMASTERED BLU-RAY / DVD COMBO PACKS LOADED WITH EXTENSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES
Rudy Ray Moore’s films are available at all major retailers and several streaming platforms. Info and purchasing links below.
DOLEMITE
(RECOMMENDED PURCHASE)
(Rudy Ray Moore), the baddest pimp in town, has just been released from prison, ready to take revenge on notorious gangster Willie Green (D’Urville Martin), who set him up on a phony drug charge and stole his club, The Total Experience. With the help of his friend Queen Bee (Lady Reed) and their band of Kung Fu fighting vixens, Dolemite takes on every “rat soup eatin’ motherf#%*er” in South Central.
Acclaimed comedian Rudy Ray Moore’s outrageously funny and action packed blaxploitation classic, makes its worldwide blu-ray debut, fully restored in 2k from a recently discovered 35mm negative and loaded with extras, including a new making-of documentary by Elijah Drenner and a historical commentary track from Moore’s biographer Mark Murray, featuring interviews with Moore as well as co-stars Jerry Jones, Lady Reed, John Kerry, cinematographer Nick Von Sternberg and more!
Directed by: D’Urville Martin
Actors: Rudy Ray Moore, D’Urville Martin, Lady Reed, Jerry Jones
1975 / 90 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 & 1.33:1
-Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack
-All extras on both formats
-Scanned and restored in 2k from a newly discovered 35mm negative
-Includes two framing options: the intended 1.85:1 widescreen version and an alternate full frame ‘boom mic’ version
-“I, Dolemite” making-of documentary
-“Lady Reed Uncut” featurette
-“Locations: Then & Now” featurette
-Historical commentary track by Rudy Ray Moore’s biographer, Mark Jason Murray
-DOLEMITE – theatrical trailer
-THE HUMAN TORNADO – theatrical trailer
-Original cover artwork by Jay Shaw
-Reversible cover artwork
-English SDH Subtitles
HUMAN TORNADO
(RECOMMENDED PURCHASE)
Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) is back and badder than ever in THE HUMAN TORNADO! After being run out of town by a racist sheriff, Dolemite returns to LA only to discover that Queen Bee’s (Lady Reed) club has been taken over by the mafia. On top of that they have also kidnapped two of Queen Bee’s top girls! With the law hot on his tail, Dolemite rounds up the toughest Kung-Fu fighting badasses in Southern California to take on the mob, culminating in one of the craziest surprise endings in blaxploitation film history!
Wilder and more over the top than its predecessor, THE HUMAN TORNADO is a non-stop assault on the senses, combining comedy, action, horror, and jawdropping weirdness, featuring supporting performances from Ernie Hudson, Jimmy Lynch and world karate champion Howard Jackson. Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents THE HUMAN TORNADO on Blu-ray, restored from original 35mm vault elements.
Directed by: Cliff Roquemore
Actors: Rudy Ray Moore, Ernie Hudson, Jimmy Lynch, Lady Reed, Jerry Jones
1976 / 96 minutes / Color / 1.85:1
-Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack
-All extras on both formats
-Scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm vault elements
-“I, Dolemite Part II” making-of documentary
-Commentary track w/ Rudy Ray Moore’s biographer, Mark Jason Murray and co-star Jimmy Lynch
-Audio interview w/ director Cliff Roquemore and martial arts champion Howard Jackson
-“Der Bastard” – German dubbed version
-Promotional still gallery
-Soundtrack
-Radio spot
-THE HUMAN TORNADO – theatrical trailer
-DOLEMITE – theatrical trailer
-Original cover artwork by Jay Shaw
-Reversible cover artwork
-English SDH Subtitles
PETEY WHEATSTRAW
(RECOMMENDED PURCHASE)
Rudy Ray Moore is Petey Wheatstraw, whose talent for comedy is only topped by his gift for Kung-Fu. When his arch rivals, Leroy and Skillet, massacre him and his friends, Petey ends up in Hell and is given a unique opportunity: in exchange for his and his friends’ return to earth, he must wed Satan’s daughter. The only problem: she’s the ugliest woman he’s ever seen! Will Petey be able to defeat Satan with his magic pimp cane or will he be forced to become the Devil’s son-in-law?
Rudy Ray Moore’s third theatrical feature, PETEY WHEATSTRAW is a raucous and ridiculous blending of action, horror, and Moore’s signature brand of raunchy humor. Written and directed by Cliff Roquemore, PETEY is perhaps the craziest of all of Moore’s films and is coming to Blu-ray for the first time, newly restored in 2k from its original 35mm camera negative.
Directed by: Cliff Roquemore
Actors: Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand, Ebony Wright, G. Tito Shaw
1977 / 99 minutes / Color / 1.85:1
-Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack.
-All extras on both formats.
-Scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm original camera negative
-“I, Dolemite Part III” making-of documentary
-Commentary track with Rudy Ray Moore’s biographer, Mark Jason Murray, co-star Jimmy Lynch & director Cliff Roquemore.
-“Shooting Locations Revisited” featurette with Rudy Ray Moore
-Soundtrack
– Promotional still gallery
-DISCO GODFATHER – theatrical trailer
-THE HUMAN TORNADO – theatrical trailer
-DOLEMITE – theatrical trailer
-Reversible cover artwork by Jay Shaw
-English SDH Subtitles
DISCO GODFATHER
(RECOMMENDED PURCHASE)
Rudy Ray Moore is The Disco Godfather, owner and MC at the baddest disco in town. But there’s a new evil in the community: Angel Dust. Determined to find and destroy the source of ‘the whack,’ The Disco Godfather becomes a one-man fighting machine from south central to Beverly Hills.
The last of Rudy Ray Moore’s 70s features, DISCO GODFATHER is easily the strangest and most original of his filmic output. Combining his trademark Kung-fu action with social commentary and hallucinogenic nightmare sequences which evoke the surreal weirdness of Coffin Joe, DISCO GODFATHER is an unforgettable cinematic finale from one of the greatest names in Blaxploitation film history.
Newly restored from its long lost 35mm original negative, Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents DISCO GODFATHER on Blu-ray for the first time, packed with all new special features.
Directed by: J. Robert Wagoner
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Carol Speed, Jerry Jones, Jimmy Lynch, Hawthorne James
1979 / 98 minutes / Color / 1.85:1
-All extras on both formats
-Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack
-Scanned & restored in 2k from 35mm original camera negative
-“I, Dolemite IV” making-of documentary
-Commentary track w/ Rudy Ray Moore’s biographer, Mark Jason Murray, Rudy Ray Moore, writer/director J. Robert Wagoner, co-writer Cliff Roquemore and rare on-set audio.
-Soundtrack
-Promotional still gallery
-Alt. German and French language tracks
-Original theatrical trailers for DISCO GODFATHER, DOLEMITE & THE HUMAN TORNADO
-Original cover artwork by Jay Shaw
-Reversible cover artwork
-English SDH Subtitles
DOLEMITE! THE HUMAN TORNADO! PETEY WHEATSTRAW & DISCO GODFATHER BOX SET!! This special limited edition box (designed by Tony Stella) is limited to 5,000 units and is only available at VinegarSyndrome.com!
Attention all you no-business, born-insecure, jock-jawed motherfuckers! Dolemite is back with this bone-crushing, skull-splitting, brain-blasting (and often begged for) box set illustrated by the inimitable Tony Stella! This painstakingly crafted box features art inspired by all four Rudy Ray Moore features previously released by Vinegar Syndrome and can be purchased separately or as a full box containing all four blu-ray releases, can you dig it? If not, then you a rat soup eatin’ motherfucker!
DOLEMITE: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE
8 DVD BOXED SET
Includes unremastered DVDs of:
DOLEMITE
HUMAN TORNADO
PETEY WHEATSTRAW
DISCO GODFATHER
RUDE (Moore’s stand-up comedy film)*
LIVE AT WETLANDS (Live vocal performance)*
LEGEND OF DOLEMITE: BIGGER AND BADDER (Documentary on Moore’s career)*
DOLEMITE EXPLOSION (Moore’s final film)*
(NOTES: It’s highly recommended to pick up the remastered Blu-ray / DVD releases above. Purchasing this to supplement those releases is a great and inexpensive way to see these other films (*) – Currently, Moore’s final film, DOLEMITE EXPLOSION, is only available in this set)
MONKEY HUSTLE
1976 – Directed by Arthur Marks
From the director of Friday Foster and J. D.’s Revenge comes a free-wheelin fast-dealin look at life in the ghettoChicago style. Filled with comedy, fantasy and a cast of unforgettable characters, The Monkey Hustle is a fast, funny and downright funky film that has it all and a little more! Everybody’s got a scam goin on in this small Chicago hood, but nobody’s got it goin’ quite like Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto). He’s so smooth, he teaches Flim-Flam 101, how to score, scam, jimmy and jam and get over on anyone! But when a new expressway threatens to express its way through their turf, Foxx and all the other monkey hustlers have to band together or the only placeleft to do their deeds will be between six stripey lines on a blacktop!
Co-starring Rudy Ray Moore as Goldie.
This 2 DVD set also includes William Girdler’s 1975 Pam Grier film, SHEBA, BABY
