MORE TRAILERS AND CLIPS (30) 2:26 0 Superfly (Trailer 2) 1:00 0 Superfly: Director X (Vignette) 0:14 0 Superfly: Character Piece-Scatter 1:01 0 Superfly: Priest (Vignette) 0:56 0 Superfly: Everyone Loves A Hustle 0:53 0 To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. However, w. In the Jan 1973 LAT article, Parks, Jr. defended the film by asserting that black audiences, critics and filmgoers needed to support black artists while they attempted to break into the white-dominated motion picture industry, even if their initial efforts were not completely acceptable to all audiences. But one of those minions, Juju (Kaalan KR Walker), seethes with resentmenthe wants to do away with Priest and take over his business, and, without Qs permission, takes a shot at Priest outside the club, but instead hits a bystander. Adalberto threatens Priest, telling him that he can never get out of the game. Motion Picture Association, Inc. The Man so trenchantly invoked by Mayfield was incarnated in the earlier film by a white police superintendent who wants Priest as his puppet. This is evident in the movie from the beginning as Priest communicates his desire to leave the business. These days, it seems, the phrase is often used ironically. Review: Superfly Adds Bling to an Old Tale, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/movies/superfly-review.html. (Click here to read about the 2018 remake.) Priest, whose real power is information (hes got it on everyone), is surrounded by player-predators who are less cunning but more crudely violent than he is. Georgia: Look maybe you should get out now now before something really bad happens. Classic '70s drama with drugs, violence, cursing. Sakall." Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. If you go back and watch a vintage blaxploitation film like Super Fly (1972), it has a time-capsule quality that only enhances the low-rent documentary scuzziness of its atmosphere. The film was acquired and distributed by Warner Bros. and had a white producer (Shore). Given human nature, the alliances and affinities are almost always short term, of course. The moral conundrum of drug dealing among African-Americans was addressed mostly by Curtis Mayfields superb soundtrack, which functioned as a kind of Greek chorus. Fat Freddie: Listen, Priest, that's my wife you're talking about, man. Parents need to know that Super Fly is a 1972 movie about a cocaine dealer attempting to make a deal large enough to retire and get out of the business. The original red and black Warner logo is replaced by the updated AOL/Warner logo used at the time of DVD release. The blaxploitation films were often criticized by African-Americans for glorifying criminals, yet theres no denying that the idea of the pusher as underground American capitalist emerged from a world of narrow choices. Orson Welles's onscreen credit >>, The working titles of this film were The Difference and The Persuader. Scatter, who now runs a popular restaurant, initially refuses to help Priest, but Priest plays on his emotions, claiming that he wants to get out while he is young and before he has to endure the extreme hardships faced by Scatter. [11], After an initial gross of $24.8 million, the film was re-released in 1973 and earned $2 million in US and Canada rentals. Formerly a Chicago musician, he now lives in Los Angeles with his dog-rescuing wife Marla and their Afghan Hound. This Superfly has original songs by the hip-hop artist Future, whos also a producer of the film. Priest and Eddie are joined by Freddie, who turns over the money he stole. Yes, Scream VI Marketing Is Behind the Creepy Ghostface Sightings Causing Scares Across the U.S. David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series at Paramount+ Casts King Richard Star Demi Singleton (EXCLUSIVE), Star Trek: Discovery to End With Season 5, Paramount+ Pushes Premiere to 2024. I had a VHS copy in my collection of Blaxploitation films, which I loved to watch because I loved the fashion. | Priest thanks Eddie for his help and prepares to leave the country with Georgia. In SUPER FLY, Youngblood Priest (Ron O'Neal) is at the top of his game as a Harlem cocaine dealer. A remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic trades in its drug-dealer-as-outlaw-capitalist mythology for a glossy, slammed-together genre flick. Priest has anticipated Eddies duplicity, however, and gives the briefcase carrying the money to a disguised Georgia in exchange for one full of rags. While this new development excites Eddie, Priest is still determined to get out of dealing and decides to commit to his girlfriend Georgia (Sheila Frazier). Ya know, you've got this fantasy in your head about gettin outta the life and setting that other world on its ear. American Film Institute 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657. Espaol (prximamente) - volver al inicio, Best Movies on Netflix, Disney+, and More, Common Sense Selections for family entertainment, Best TV Shows on Netflix, Disney+, and More, Growing Up Queer: Thoughtful Books About LGBTQ+ Youth, Check out new Common Sense Selections for games, Teachers: Find the best edtech tools for your classroom with in-depth expert reviews. Brought in by his mentor Scatter at a young age, he has been dealing drugs ever since and lives like a king with his two girlfriends, Georgia and Cynthia. If George Michael and Mr. T had a baby and dressed him in the sleekest of designer leather, he might look like this guy. Youngblood Priest: I ain't givin' you sh*t! [4] The film was financed by two directors: Gordon Parks, who had directed the 1971 film Shaft and Sig Shore, who produced Super Fly, and played Deputy Commissioner Riordan, or "The Man" in the film. Yet all the threats and double-crosses are, in a word, standard. He died in 1986 of an overdose. One day, Priest confronts Fat Freddie, one of his dealers, about money that Freddie owes and threatens to force Freddie's wife into prostitution unless he robs a competitor. The picture marked the first feature film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. (19341979), the son of Gordon Parks, Sr., who directed the 1971 picture Shaft (see above), one of the first major blaxploitation films. All rights reserved. Both enraged and scared, Priest gives the information on Reardon and an envelope of cash to two mafia men and takes out a $100,000 contract on "the Man's" life. The site compared the situation to Proud Mary, a film released in January 2018 that Sony reported cost $14 million to make but other sources listed at as high as $30 million. The National Catholic Office gave the film a C, or condemned, rating, stating: This kind of black liberation serves only to deceive the brothers and play upon the fears of black audiences. Many African-American groups and critics targeted the film, asserting that it glorified drug usage, violence, obtaining wealth through crime and sexual stereotypes about black men. Superfly is a 2018 American action crime thriller film and a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. After Super Flys release, Filmfacts reported that the picture turned out to be the most commercially successful black film to dateas well as the most controversial. Reviews of the picture were mixed, with some critics praising its authenticity and others decrying it as exploitive and poorly made. His position was opposed by numerous physicians and medical groups, who also spoke out against the film, according to Filmfacts. In mid-Apr 1972, Var reported that the films low-key, successful location shooting in Harlem was due to its being a non-union effort, thus the lack of production publicity and ease of using all-black technicians. The article added that after raising the required funds, the filmmakers agreed to their backers request that as many blacks as possible [be employed] in front and behind the camera, although the financiers agreed to allow white producer Shore oversee the project. As Mayfields Pusherman plays, Priests drugs are seen hitting Birmingham, Ala.; Nashville; Miami; and Houston. Director X has a larger budget and a more expansive milieu to deal with here. Georgia pleads with Priest to quit immediately, as she does not care if they are poor, but Priest maintains he must get the money, because his criminal record will make it difficult for him to find a job. I took a $100,000 contract out on your life, your wife, EVERYBODY. With such a big score, they will be able to retire comfortably and find other employment, although Eddie protests that crime is the only option left to them by The Man. Priest is determined, however, and that night, approaches Scatter, a retired dealer who started Priest in the business. The American Dream is invoked several times in Superfly. The mentions come from the movies lead character, and from a song on the soundtrack. The remake runs twenty minutes longer than the originaltwenty minutes that detail Priests audacious maneuverings and their grim effects in milieux left unexplored by the earlier film. Company Credits Writing Credits Phillip Fenty . Superfly saves its most righteous physical violence for its finale, and its a sequence that will probably enrage anyone whos ever uttered the phrase Blue Lives Matter. The entire denouement has a nice satirical sting, pushed along by the rapper and songwriter Big Bois droll turn as an incumbent mayor hungry for re-election. He has a now-iconic charisma, "cool" in the classic sense of the word. I took away from it a desire to pay homage to Atlanta by reflecting the community through the costumes.. . The hot-tempered Eddie threatens Scatter, demanding that he reveal his source if he will not supply them, but Scatter disarms Eddie and holds him at gunpoint. SuperFly Now Playing: Superfly: Character Piece-Scatter Summary: The movie is a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. The more Priest tries to wriggle out of the life, the more it wraps its tentacles around him. Movie Info. What to Stream: The Audacious First Films of the Ant-Man Director Peyton Reed. Hes a major drug supplier in bling-driven Atlanta. After Priest leaves with the cash, Eddie betrays him by phoning the lieutenant. Priest manages to get to terms with him just before some henchmen are going to throw him from a private jet. I don't know nothing else but dope, baby. 4 Mar. Scatter surprises Priest at Freddie's funeral, ordering him to meet with his supplier Adalberto, after finding out Priest cut a secret deal for more product. But the experience of watching these movies is very differentas different as night and day. Super Fly (1972 film) Quotes Charles McGregor as Fat Freddie (Charles McGregor) "Listen, give me one of them joints . Reardon threatens Priest that he must continue selling drugs as long as he is ordered to, but when Priest refuses, the policemen begin to beat him. Cynthia is killed, and Priest and Georgia set fire to the mansion. With such a big score, they will be able to retire comfortably and find other employment, although Eddie protests that crime is the only option left to them by The Man. Priest is determined, however, and that night, approaches Scatter, a retired dealer who started Priest in the business. I was literally fitting him in between scenes, when the poor baby would be half asleep and Id be like Try this on Trevor, while I pin and tailor things on him., Michael Kenneth Williams plays Priests mentor Scatter. The rival gang is Snow Patrol, always decked out in pure white: white fur, white guns, white jeans, white Lamborghinis and white Range Rovers . Priest demands his half of their profits, and when Eddie protests that they should keep selling, Priest asserts that Scatter was murdered by the police, and that they also are in danger. [12] It was the highest-grossing blaxploitation film at the time.[13]. Youngblood Priest is a young cocaine kingpin from Atlanta, Georgia, working the streets since he was brought in by his mentor Scatter at age eleven. Youngblood Priest: So what? Additionally, according to the Jan 1973 DV report, Curtis Mayfield, the composer of the films score and hit songs, was estimated to be receiving about $5,000,000 from performance and royalties from the more than 2,000,000 albums and singles sold to that point. The first film titled Super Fly (two words instead of one) was a low-budget affair with a gritty look and a claustrophobic feel. Theres no spiritual dimension, no sense of genuine civic aspiration. .st0{fill:#FFFFFF;} As reported by Filmfacts, as well as other contemporary news items and reviews, Super Fly was the first black-oriented film to be financed entirely by blacks (in this case, a group of businessmen from the Harlem community) as well as the first to use an all-black and/or Puerto Rican technical crew. In mid-Apr 1972, Var noted that, because of the black-oriented nature of the screenplay, Fenty and Parks, Jr. directly approached the Harlem community for financial backing, which they obtained from a consortium of businessmen, lawyers, dentists et al. The films pressbook adds that the consortium of eighteen investors included pimps, madams and drug dealers. In a Sep 1972 Var article, Parks, Jr. specifically thanked his father, director Gordon Parks, Sr., and two black dentists, Ed Allen and Connie [Cornelius] Jenkins, for financing the production. With my record I can't even work civil service or join the damn army. Jackson is only 21 (ONeal, when he played Priest, was 34), but he beats the holy crap out of people, fires pistols with gangsta heartlessness, and at one point even dodges a bullet, never losing his cool. Superfly is a 2018 American action crime thriller film and a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. On June 26, 2018, The Warner Archive Collection released "Super Fly" on Blu-ray and has received mostly praise for its video & audio restoration. Super Fly (1972) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Gordon Parks Jr. The original Priest, played by Ron O'Neal, famously sported leisure suits and floor-length overcoats, but Trevor Jackson's version of the drug dealer favors a less flamboyant style drawn from AllSaints, Burberry and German designer Phillip Plein. The website's critical consensus reads, "Superfly updates the blaxploitation original with a stylish remake that's exciting and visually arresting enough to offer its own slickly staged action rewards, but disappointingly short on social subtext. When Priest reacts hostilely, Georgia explains that she loves him and wants to help him cope with the difficulties of street life. Roy Innis, the leader of CORE, also proposed that a black review board should pre-edit African-American-oriented films before they were theatrically released and that profits from the pictures be turned over to black-dominated communities to advance educational opportunities. [The soundtrack album did feature the lyrics written for the song by Mayfield.] Although the timid Freddie abhors violence, he agrees and accompanies another member of Priest's "family" of lower-level dealers to commit the robbery. Scatter initially refuses to help Priest. Although Joseph Sistrom is listed as producer in various contemporary sources, the SAB at >>. After the deal is made, Priest and Eddie are picked up by the police, where it's revealed that the supplier is a lieutenant in the department and that they can now have as much cocaine as they want to sell on credit and protected by the police. Franklin kills Freddie and Rochelle. According to a 17 Sep 1972 NYT article, the project was initially brought to Shore by first-time screenplay writer Philip Fenty after Fenty and actor Ron ONeal, a longtime friend, had worked together to develop the story. There's brief female nudity (breasts and buttocks) and one extended sex scene in a bath tub; characters moan with pleasure as the camera moves in slow motion up and down their bodies. But the new movie puts Priest, Georgia, and Cynthia together in a threesome set in a shower, a trivially smarmy titillation that stands in contrast to a sex scene involving Georgia and Priest in Super Fly, where Parks creates something thats both erotic and non-pornographic. See our. ', Messam fondly remembers taking in the stylish street energy emanating from the original 1972 Super Fly. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "The return of "Freeway" Ricky Ross, the man behind a crack empire", "Trevor Jackson & Jason Mitchell To Star In Sony's 'Superfly' Remake From Director X; Future & Joel Silver To Produce", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Super_Fly_(1972_film)&oldid=1136581494, United States National Film Registry films, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Lucky Scott as Himself (The Curtis Mayfield Experience), Craig McMullen as Himself (The Curtis Mayfield), Tyrone McCullough as Himself (The Curtis Mayfield), This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 01:45. Eddie is elated by the new situation, claiming that they are set for life, although Priest is still determined to quit after selling the thirty kilos. As he is escorted outside to be booked in another precinct, Freddie attempts to escape and is killed when he dashes in front of a car. She very classic with a bit of glam, dressing in fur coats and elegant, sexy pantsuits. [5] The film made $1.2 million on its first day,[9] $938,583 on its second and $1.8 million on its third. "Pusherman," "Little Child Runnin' Wild," "No Thing on Me," "Give Me Your Love" and "Superfly," music and lyrics by Curtis Mayfield. Gordon's War (1973) Carl Lee was born on 22 November 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. Outside, Priest is held by two patrolmen, although he smiles to himself as Georgia makes good her escape. According to modern sources, K. C., who played a pimp in the film, was a pimp in real life and owned the car driven by Priest. As noted in reviews, the picture was shot completely in New York City, and mostly in Harlem. Just think about it, don't throw it out, just, just think about it. SuperFly (2018) Cast & Crew Cast; Crew; Trevor Jackson Youngblood Priest Jason Mitchell Eddie Michael Kenneth Williams Scatter Lex Scott Davis Georgia Jennifer Morrison Detective Mason Kaalan Walker Juju Esai Morales Adalberto Gonzalez Andrea Londo Cynthia Big Bank Black "Q" Big Boi Mayor Atkins Jacob Ming-Trent Fat Freddie . Yam pepper scatter scatter . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Web. All Rights Reserved. Superfly (2018 film), a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Superfly (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 2018 film "Super Fly" (Giant Panda song), a 2005 single by Giant Panda "Superfly", a song by 4 Non Blondes on their only album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Controversy continued to swirl around the Academys decision to exclude the song, with the executive committee of the music branch convening to discuss the songs ineligibility. Shot in a functional, slammed-together manner thats less sensually stylish than youd expect from a music-video auteur, the film is a competent yet glossy and hermetic street-hustle drug thriller, less a new urban myth than a lavishly concocted episode. He came out of a dance background. Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams), refuses to increase Priest's . There's also marijuana and cigarette smoking and drinking. The powerless Reardon then watches as Priest stalks off, giving the policemen one final glare before driving off to join Georgia. In the Sep 1972 NYT interview, ONeal also defended the film by stating that cocaine was not a major drug problem among African Americans, and that not only was it not addictive, it had never caused an overdose. Trevor Jackson Re-invents the Sleek Priest, The original Priest, played by Ron ONeal, famously sported leisure suits and floor-length overcoats, but Trevor Jacksons version of the drug dealer favors a less flamboyant style drawn from AllSaints, Burberry and German designer Phillip Plein. You really shouldn'tve f***ed with my money, Freddy. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. The unit publicist on the film, David Parks, was Parks, Jr.s brother. It holds your attention yet leaves you with nothing."[14]. How are remakes similar to and different from the originals? Meanwhile, Priest and Georgia are walking in a park, and Priest confesses that he has made a deal that will enable them to escape their current life. (screenplay by) Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Music by Curtis Mayfield Cinematography by James Signorelli . Juju suspects Priest of a hit on Snow Patrol and plans to retaliate. But the majority of time, Priest wants to keep a low profile, so the clothes are dark., Given the tight time constraints, Massam did much of her tailoring on the fly. 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