Mandingo (film)
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| Mandingo | |
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 promotional poster for Mandingo |
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| Directed by | Richard Fleischer |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by | based on the book Mandingo by Kyle Onstott screenplay by Norman Wexler |
| Starring | James Mason Susan George Perry King Lillian Hayman Richard Ward Brenda Sykes Ken Norton |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1975 |
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Mandingo is a 1975 film, based on the book Mandingo by Kyle Onstott, about an African slave in the 1840s United States who is trained as a prize fighter by his owner. The owner is unaware that his neglected wife is having an affair with his best fighter, which leads to the film's tragic conclusion. The film is controversial for its depictions of racism, nudity, incest, sadism, and infanticide.
The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and featured James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Lillian Hayman, boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton and bodybuilder and pro wrestler-turned-actor Earl Maynard. Perry King's frontal nude scene earned him considerable attention, but did not appear to help or hurt his career.
The sequel to this film is Drum.
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[edit] Legacy
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Quentin Tarantino has cited Mandingo as one of only two instances "in the last twenty years [that] a major studio made a full-on, gigantic, big-budget exploitation movie", comparing it to Showgirls.[1]
[edit] DVD Release
Paramount Pictures licensed the film to Legend Films for its first official DVD release. The DVD was released on June 3, 2008, in 1.77:1 anamorphic widescreen with the only extra being the movie trailer.
Many prominent critics hailed the release of the DVD, including New York Times columnist Dave Kehr.
[edit] References
- ^ (1998) in Peary, Gerald: Quentin Tarantino: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi, pages 172—173. ISBN 1578060516.
[edit] External links
- Mandingo at the Internet Movie Database
