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Baadasssss!
Director: Mario Van Peebles  Rated: Restricted

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Format: DVD

Genre: Documentaries

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
Based on 20 ratings.

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1; USA & Canada
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85
  • Audio:

 Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 06/01/2004

"[T]he beauty of BAADASSSSS! is the way Mario Van Peebles salutes his father's truth by coaxing it into legend."

New York Times - 05/28/2004

"It's a funny, plausible account of the daily disasters, financial shortfalls and hastily improvised solutions that shape most independent films."

USA Today - 05/28/2004

"[A]n entertaining movie....[I]t's a blisteringly paced look at filmmaking on the fringes."

Los Angeles Times - 05/28/2004

"Mario Van Peebles has done his parent proud and in the process has made his most accomplished film to date....Terrific fun."

Sight and Sound - 06/01/2005

"The story itself is remarkable and Mario presents it with a vivid and textured mix of dramatic interpretation and documentary material..."

Uncut - 07/01/2005

"A magnificent, insightful film about film-making, it deserves to be ranked among the best of the genre..."

Product Description:

In the spirit of his legendary father Melvin, Mario Van Peebles directs BAADASSSSS!, a docudrama about the making of the notorious SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG. In 1971, when he was on the verge of becoming one of the first major black Hollywood directors, Melvin opted to take a risk, go against audience expectations, and shoot a controversial film instead. He wound up making one of the first truly "independent" motion pictures. Mario's faux documentary revisits this time and place, charting the tumultuous journey of that film's production. Stepping into the tight jeans, boots, and moustache of his father, Mario is joined by Ossie Davis, Saul Rubinek, Paul Rodriguez, Rainn Wilson, and Khleo Thomas--who plays the adolescent Mario. After an incredibly taxing production in which members of the crew were arrested and a desperate Melvin had to borrow money from Bill Cosby (T.K. Carter), he was forced to distribute the film on his own, opening it on one screen in Detroit. A lackluster matinee had him worried, but by that night, the line outside the theater was around the block and a sensation had begun. Mario's reverence both for his father, and for the material, shines through in every moment of BAADASSSSS!, resulting in a film that is as much a celebration of family as it is an ode to the craft of cinema itself.

Plot Keywords:

1970s | Blaxploitation | Brothers | Documentary | Filmmaking | Independent | Love | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

  • Theatrical Release: MAY 28, 2004 (LIMITED)

Cast and Crew:

Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Produced by Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriting by Mario Van Peebles
Composition by Tyler Bates
Director of Photography Robert Primes
Performer Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Khleo Thomas, Saul Rubinek, T.K. Carter & Adam West
Executive Production by Michael Mann
Source Writer Melvin Van Peebles

DVD Details:

  • Label: Columbia Tristar Home Video
  • Originally Released in: 2004
  • Rated: Restricted
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: September 14, 2004
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 7,492
  • Item UPC: 043396043688
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item for International Shipping.

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