Baadasssss! - Preview
Sony Pictures Classics Director Mario Van Peebles Screenwriter(s) Mario Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty Cast Joan M. Blair, Penny Bae Bridges, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Len Lesser, Jazsmin Lewis, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Adam West, Karimah Westbrook, Nathan Wetherington, Rainn Wilson Release Date: May 28, 2004 Release: Limited (NY and LA) Synopsis: The year was 1971 and the hot ticket at the box office was "The French Connection". Little did audiences and the film industry know that in the same year the birth of a new era was about to explode…Independent Black Cinema. The city was Detroit, and a weathered Melvin Van Peebles sat alone in the Grand Circus theatre watching only a few ticket buyers enter where his new film - his follow up to the successful comedy "Watermelon Man" - was about to play. After months of clawing, scheming and fighting to finish the film he wanted to make, the moment had arrived, and in a virtually empty theatre, Melvin sat with just a few curious onlookers. By the end of the screening, Melvin was alone. No one could have predicted what happened after that momentous end would be the beginning of history. Melvin Van Peebles stunned the world for the first time with his debut feature "The Story of a Three-Day Pass". Filmed in France and selected as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, Melvin's film was awarded the top prize. Saying it was controversial would be an understatement. In 1968, for a black man to walk up to the podium and accept the top festival award for a film he had to go abroad to make now that's how you make your mark. After his comedy "Watermelon Man," Melvin was determined to push the Hollywood boundaries with the groundbreaking, and even more controversial, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song". Turned down by every major studio including Columbia, where he had a three-picture deal, Melvin was forced to basically self-finance. Risking everything he had, Melvin delivered to the world the first Black Ghetto hero on the big screen, whether they were ready or not! Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive language and some strong sexuality/nudity) Offical Site: The Official Baadasssss! Site Movie Poster: Allposters DVD/VHS: Amazon |
| May 2 - 4, 2008 | ||
 |
||
| 1. | Iron Man | |
| 2. | Made of Honor | |
| 3. | Baby Mama | |
| 4. | Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay | |
| 5. | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | |
| 6. | The Forbidden Kingdom | |
| 7. | Nim's Island | |
| 8. | Prom Night | |
| 9. | 21 | |
| 10. | 88 Minutes | |
|
||
June, 2008
June 4, 2008
June 6, 2008
June 11, 2008
June 13, 2008
June 20, 2008
June 25, 2008
June 27, 2008
June 30, 2008
