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Summary: Classic; enough said
Review: This is a classic, classic piece of work. From the opening with the Stevie Wonder song, "Fingertips Pt. I", throughout the entire movie, this is one of my most favorite movies of all time. Glynn Turman turns in a very memorable performance as "Preach" and Hilton-Jacobs "pre-Kotter" performance as Cochise was also classic. Everyone should own this movie.
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Summary: Great high school drama that needs to be seen more
Review: This is a wonderful, warm, and realistic look at urban teenage life in the 1960s as seen through the 1970s, and is still relevant to today because of the well-drawn characters and the low-key approach to the friendship between protagonists Cochise (basketball star) and Preacher (hidden poet). The productions values are low and the sound is somewhat muffled -- I doubt much could be done to improve it -- but these don't stand in the way of enjoying this heart-felt film. The acting, the script, and the keep-it-real direction carry it all the way. The film moves at a leisurely pace, slowly developing our connection to the characters through clever and often hilarious scenes of teens being teens, yet hinting to us of a serious story and serious consequences developing underneath. The pay-off is emotionally explosive but completely appropriate. Few movies about high school have such a perfect mix of elements. (And the score of early 60s motown hits is a blast.) Sadly, MGM released this disc in a pan-and-scan only version. A widescreen release would be much appreciated.
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Summary: Mama knows Best
Review: This is mama's favorite movie. She used to watch it all the time on video, and I didn't have much time for it myself personally. Then when it came out on DVD, I bought it for her birthday and watched it all the way through for the first time. I cried, ya'll. This movie is very touching and all the sixties music is real nice.
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Summary: Mama knows Best
Review: This is mama's favorite movie. She used to watch it all the time on video, and I didn't have much time for it myself personally. Then when it came out on DVD, I bought it for her birthday and watched it all the way through for the first time. I cried, ya'll. This movie is very touching and all the sixties music is real nice.
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Summary: classic
Review: this movie is a classic. I watch this movie whenever I'm in the mood for it. And when I do, it's like watching it for the first time. This is a must have movie. I wasn't around in the early 70's to remember how it was back in High School,I was born in 1978, but I can certainly remember my high school years and they weren't as much fun as the guys in this movie had.
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Summary: ghetto classic
Review: this movie is one of the greatest to ever come out of the 70's i like the way this movie shows black people in a positive way and not as pimp thugs or muders this movie is a must have if you love old nostlagia that brings back child hood mememories i recommend this to every body from black people to white people who enjoy classic cinema this is one the greatest black movies of all time pick it up
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Summary: Perhaps Micheal Shultz' best work
Review: This story one of the first and the best of African-American coming of age films. A lot of universal stuff that everyone can relate to. You don't have to be a 60s child or have lived in Chicago or in any ghetto to identifty with this. Mike Shultz has usually done some terrible films, but this is by far his best. The scene where Glynn Turman does the eulogy for Lawrence Hilton Jacobs in what appears to be just one take is a masterpiece.
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Summary: it's craptacular!!!!!
Review: Well for me, the climax of this film was when they skipped school and the one guy got monkey crap thrown on him and he smelled like monkey crap and i laughed at that part cause its funny.
Seriously though, this is a very good film. I highly recommend this film to all people, no matter what creed or color, if you find it funny when someone gets monkey crap thown at them, then this movie is for you!
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Summary: My Favorite Movie
Review: While I was growing up in Chicago - I loved watching the movie for references to things familiar. Every time I watched it though I couldn't stop the tears from falling at the end. I just had to sit and watch the movie whenever it came on tv - but of course there were too many commercial interruptions. Over the years I was able to capture it on tape with the commercials and then later a friend got the non-edited version. Now that I'm all grown up I have the DVD version - even better!! With the wonderful acting and music in the movie, it's hard not to love it. Although I didn't grow up in the 60s, I heard enough of my moms music to recognize the words to the songs and was able to sing along. The comedy is there, the drama is there, the music is definitely there! This movie is a classic and belongs in the collectors library! Good to see where Freddie Boom-Boom Washington (Welcome Back Carter) and Colonel Taylor (A Different World) have evolved as actors!
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Summary: Times Have Changed
Review: While watching the movie, I saw the scene where they had a house party. Hardly anyone does house parties. Most of the parites are in clubs where you have to pay. Anyway, that is not what the movie is about. The movie follows the lives of the characters Cochise and Preach. Cochise was a basketball star who could have all the ladies. And Preach was a poet with dreams of being a screenwriter. Despite their surroundings, both young men have ambitions to make something of themselves. Preach, although a good kid, he lied often to get out of a bad situation which only made worse sometimes. Cochise could have anyone he wanted. He was a smooth brother with all the moves. I laughed as the pimp hoodwinked that white man out of his money and his car. Served him right! He probably had a wife at home and was looking for some dark meat. This movie is good to watch.
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