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Baadasssss! DVD

R (Restricted) :: Sony Pictures :: Released: 2004-09-14

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Baadasssss! Summary A Father. A Son. a Revolution.productinformation baadasssss! Is Mario Van Peebles's Half Documentary/halfhomage To His Father Melvin's 1971 Film Sweet Sweetback's Baadassssssong. determined To Make A Film That Matters Melvin (playedby Son Mario) Deals With Two-faced Backers A Rag Tag Crew Threateningcreditors And Various Shades Of Hollywood Hypocrisy. obsessed And With Everything On The Line Including Hisfailing Eyesight And Family His Only Choice Is To Stick To His Gunsand Do Whatever It Takes To Get His Epic To The Audience For Which Itwas Envisioned. the Real-life Father And Son Dynamic Bringsan Intimacy To This Inspiring And Often Hilarious Tribute To The Fatherof Black Cinema. the Result Is A Seamless Layering Ofentertaining Drama And Poignant Documentary That Mirrors Itself Fromevery Angel And Never Loses Its Edge.product Features Commentary With Mario And Melvin Van Peebles Featurette: the Birth Of Black Cinema Featurette: The Premiere American Cinematheque Q&a With Melvin Van Peebles Poster Explorations Previewsspecifications Stars: mario Van Peebles Nialong Joy Bryant Format: Color Dvd Widescreen Language: english Subtitles: frenchportuguese Spanish Rating: r Number Of Discs: 1 Run Time: 108 Minutes Directed By: mario Van Peebles

Baadasssss! is actor-writer-director Mario Van Peebles's best film since 1991's New Jack City; more accurately, it is a mature and often dazzling work beyond previous expectations of Van Peebles' skills as a filmmaker. Certainly he was inspired by the autobiographical subject: The making of his father's 1971, independently produced Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, in which young Mario made his acting debut amidst a frantic, high-pressure operation that paid off when African American audiences embraced the film. Playing his ownhard-nosed dad, Melvin Van Peebles, the younger talent explores--honestly, but not ruthlessly--Melvin's rocky relationship with an ever-disappointed Mario (played by Holes' Khleo Thomas), but he also portrays the elder man as a stubborn idealist against a backdrop of Hollywood cynicism about black entertainment. The film is a whirlwind of action and innovative scenes recreating personal history but without the insistent discursiveness of memory. With Nia Long, Ossie Davis, and Saul Rubinek. --Tom Keogh

Techincal Details Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, T.K. Carter
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 108 mins
UPC: 043396043695
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2004-09-14
Region Code: 99
Specs: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1),