Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: 03/02/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: MGM

George Segal plays rich and surly California executive Walter Whitney, who learns out-of-the-blue that he has a 17-year-old black son, in Michael Schultz's lightweight Carbon Copy. When his son Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) arrives, Walter tries to pass him off to his neighbors in the restricted all-white suburb as a sociological experiment. But when he eventually confesses his parenthood to his wife Vivian (Susan Saint James), his world is turned upside down. In a flash, all the trophies of upper-class white respectability are removed -- he loses his job, his credit cards are revoked, and Vivian throws him out of the house. Without the white man's trappings, he is forced to accept the help of downtrodden minorities. When he is compelled to manual labor, Walter comes to understand the troubles his son goes through.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
George Segal - Walter Whitney
Susan Saint James - Vivian Whitney
Jack Warden - Nelson Longhurst
Denzel Washington - Roger Porter
Paul Winfield - Bob Garvey
Dick Martin - Victor Bard
Vicki Dawson - Mary-Ann
Tom Poston - Reverend Hayworth

Production:
Michael Schultz - Director
John Daly Stanley Shapiro Carter DeHaven III - Producer
Bill Conti - Composer
Marion Segal - Editor
Stanley Shapiro - Screen Writer
Edward S. Haworth - Production Designer
Fred Koenekamp - Cinematographer

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