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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303620268 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303620264 Label: Polygram Video Manufacturer: Polygram Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Polygram Video Release Date: July 16, 1996 Running Time: 124 minutes Sales Rank: 390 Studio: Polygram Video Theatrical Release Date: May 03, 1995
Amazon.com: This simple-minded account of the Black Panther Party is insulting to anybody who ever admired the positive qualities of the organization or at the very least took their militancy seriously. Melvin Van Peebles wrote the thin script, and son Mario directs it with little of the penetrating and expansive sensibility necessary to understand the subject in its broadest context. The presence of a big cast with a lot of familiar names and faces--including real-life Panther contemporaries Jerry Rubin and Dick Gregory--give the project a false air of importance. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Flawed but good account on the BPP
This movie came and went during its run in theaters due to its nature. But I feel that it was an honest attempt to tell the story of the most controversial party in America: the Black Panthers.
The story is based on the Panthers and how they came to be. The party gets frustrated with the police brutality in America and decide to defend themselves with weaponry.
The acting is pretty good all around: Marcus Chong is great as Huey P Newton, Judge is Kadeem Hardison's best performance on screen point blank period. The same goes for Bokeem Woodbine's character in this movie. ... Read More
Rating: - Panther
I love this movie but not enough to pay this price. The story is told well but you can't put something this important in an hour and a half long movie. It did what it was supposed to by making the watcher interested enough to go do research after watching it. Let's get real on the price, Seller!!!
Rating: - Crazy!!!
This is a great movie..and I think its so expensive because they never really released on DVD. But i will not pay that much for a movie!!!
Rating: - $200 for a movie that is 13 years old!!!!
Who is charging that much for Panther, a very good movie but there are better movies that are MUCH cheaper on Amazon! I wanted to order this movie from amazon, but it's way too high, it's got to be a mistake. My grocery bill is way cheaper that that!
Rating: - BECAUSE I CAN'T GIVE 6
An awesome story on the beginning of the Black Panther party for defense. Comes close to telling the real story. You'll notice, this is only on vhs. How come nobody deems it necessary to put a film like this on dvd. Things that make you go Hmm.
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