Bibliograph

Baadasssss!, a Sony Pictures Classics release, Showtime Independent Films presents a MVP Filmz production, a Mario Van Peebles film ; produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles ; screenplay by Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

Type

Label

Baadasssss!, a Sony Pictures Classics release, Showtime Independent Films presents a MVP Filmz production, a Mario Van Peebles film ; produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles ; screenplay by Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: R

Main title

Baadasssss!

Oclc number

1269269771

Responsibility statement

a Sony Pictures Classics release, Showtime Independent Films presents a MVP Filmz production, a Mario Van Peebles film ; produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles ; screenplay by Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

Runtime

109

Series statement

Criterion collection

Summary

A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned

Table Of Contents

Special features: Commentary by father and son -- The story behind "Baadasssss!: The birth of black cinema, a 2004 featurette on the making of Baadasssss! -- Melvin Van Peebles: The real deal, a 2002 interview with the director on the making of Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

BadassBad ass

Classification