Willie Dynamite
(Blu-ray) 

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Blaxploitation films.
Crime -- Drama.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Life change events -- Drama.
Pimps -- Drama.
Prostitution -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
[Shenley, England] : Arrow Video, [2018].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
UPC
760137142188

Notes

General Note
Title from opening credits.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
General Note
Wide screen (1.85:1)
General Note
Special features: Feature-length audio commentary with critic and lecturer Sergio Mims; theatrical trailer; Booklet including essay "Pimps and politics: the radical satire of Willie Dynamite" by Cullen Gallagher (2016).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Frank Stanley ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, J.J. Johnson.
Participants/Performers
Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, Roger Robinson, George Murdock, Albert Hall, Norma Donaldson, Juanita Brown, Royce Wallace, Judy Brown, Marilyn Coleman, Mary Wilcox, Marcia McBroom, Jack Bernardi, Ted Gehring, Ron Henriquez, Wynn Irwin, Richard Lawson, Ken Lynch, Davis Roberts.
Description
"Who is Willie Dynamite? He's the flashiest pimp in New York - he drives a personalized purple-and-gold Cadillac and wears some of the most eye-catching outfits ever seen on a cinema screen. He wants to be number one, but with the police, the D.A., fellow pimps and a tough-talking social worker on his tail, can a man as arrogant and amoral as Willie D avoid a downfall?"--Container.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; region A; Dolby Digital 1.0, mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Local note
BLU-RAY

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Moses, G., Cutler, R., Keyes, J., Zanuck, R. D., Brown, D., Orman, R., Sands, D., Rasulala, T., Walker, J. (., Robinson, R., Murdock, G., Hall, A., Donaldson, N., Brown, J., Wallace, R., Brown, J., Coleman, M., Wilcox, M., McBroom, M., Bernardi, J., Gehring, T., Henriquez, R., Irwin, W., Taylor, N., Lynch, K., Roberts, D., Stanley, F., Stell, A., & Johnson, J. J. (2018). Willie Dynamite . Arrow Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Moses et al.. 2018. Willie Dynamite. [Shenley, England]: Arrow Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Moses et al.. Willie Dynamite [Shenley, England]: Arrow Video, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Moses, G., Cutler, R., Keyes, J., Zanuck, R. D., Brown, D., Orman, R. and Sands, D. et al (2018). Willie dynamite. [Shenley, England]: Arrow Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Moses, Gilbert,, et al. Willie Dynamite Arrow Video, 2018.

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