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Willie Dynamite Blu-Ray

Willie Dynamite Blu-Ray

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HE’S TIGHT, TOGETHER, AND MEAN.

“The hands-down winner of the all-out best blaxploitation movie of the seventies,” declares author and artist Darius James in That’s Blaxploitation! Willie Dynamite may not be as well-known as John Shaft, Sweet Sweetback or Super Fly’s Youngblood Priest, but he certainly deserves to be.

Who is Willie Dynamite? He’s the flashiest pimp in New York – he drives a personalised purple-and-gold Cadillac and wears some of the most eye-catching outfits ever seen on a cinema screen. He wants to be number one, but with the police, the D.A., fellow pimps and a tough-talking social worker on his tail, can a man as arrogant and amoral as Willie D avoid a downfall?

Willie Dynamite competes with the best of blaxploitation on all levels. Roscoe Orman dominates with his central performance – a star turn that’s the equal of Richard Roundtree in Shaft or Pam Grier in Coffy. Multi-award-winning director Gilbert Moses balances action and social commentary as deftly as Gordon Parks, Jr. did with Super Fly. And the score by J.J. Johnson featuring Motown legend Martha Reeves is as catchy as anything composed by Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield or James Brown.

SKU: 5027035015903

Details

Actors: Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala

Director: Gilbert Moses

Special Features: Kiss My Baad Asss - a guide to blaxploitation hosted by actor and musician Ice-T and featuring interviews with Richard Roundtree/Melvin van Peebles/Isaac Hayes/and others, Theatrical trailer

Release Year: 1974

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More Information

Format: Blu-Ray

Label: Arrow Video

Region Coding: Region B

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH

Case Type: Blu-Ray Case

Genre:

  • Crime
  • Drama

Technical Details

Run Time: 102 mins

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Video Format: PAL

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