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Actors: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin, Denzel Washington
Directors: Michael Schultz
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004
Run Time: 91 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (15 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
Picture this. A midwestern early '60s college kid, white, develops an intense relationship with a beautiful black lady. Society's pressures (and those of his family and future) cause him to eventually leave for whiter (er, greener) pastures. The young man becomes very successful, with all the trappings, in southern California. Years pass. As his business success is nearly complete, although his home life is a joke, a young black man shows up and introduces himself as the progeny of that college relationship. And he can prove it. In 1981 this was cause for a somewhat uncomfortable comedy called "Carbon Copy." The story would usually be played as more of a drama, but the script, for all its faults, works. And the reason it works can be stated in one word: CHEMISTRY. George Segal is no great shakes as an actor, but he and the young, then-unknown Denzel Washington were almost magic together. Their timing and delivery was either a phenomenal case of serendipity or the result of much rehearsal, perhaps a bunch of each. I saw this film when it first came out. At the time I wasn't much older than the character portrayed here by Washington, yet even I could see this was a world-class talent making a significant arrival. He's always been superb at choosing his vehicles, even this, his first feature role (not counting a couple of TV movies). In the hands of a lesser talent, one without the deft touch required to balance this potentially explosive relationship with the lightness required to make the humor work, well, it could have easily been a disaster. As it is this otherwise slight comedy became something quite memorable. (Viewing it today, it's amazing how overwhelmingly cheesy the music and titles are.) It's not a classic for all times, but at its core is an overlooked gem that shows Washington arrived in Hollywood fully formed and ripe for stardom.
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