According to the American Film Institute, Let's Do It Again is not a sequel to Uptown Saturday Night. Calvin Lockhart and Lee Chamberlin also appeared in Uptown Saturday Night. Of the three, Let's Do It Again has been the most successful both critically and commercially. What makes this team-up work is the almost opposites attract style both men bring to the role. The two men go uptown in pursuit of a winning lottery ticket and all sorts of mayhem ensue. This was the second film pairing of Poitier and Cosby following Uptown Saturday Night, and followed by A Piece of the Action. Uptown Saturday Night is a buddy movie with Bill Cosby (sporting a hair-do from what appears to be Colonial times) and Sidney Portier. The movie was filmed in two cities, Atlanta, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana, where most of the plot takes place. The production companies include Verdon Productions and The First Artists Production Company, Ltd., and distributed by Warner Bros. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was featured as the opening and ending theme of the movie, and as a result, the two have become commonly associated with each other. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. One evening, when boredom gets the best of him, Steve and his pal Wardell (Bill Cosby) decide to go to an. Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker, among an all-star black cast. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) is a factory worker.
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