Keep up with The Credits for the latest in film, television, and streaming. Diawara, Manthia. Nothing, nothing better happen to one hair on my gorgeous head. Priest, so-called because the tip of the cross he wears is fasioned in the shape of a spoon, with which he frequently samples his wares, yearns to leave the life and go straight, despite the money he makes. Eddie has his back but Scatter refuses to help. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. SuperFly (2018) Cast & Crew Cast; Crew; Trevor Jackson Youngblood Priest Jason Mitchell Eddie Michael Kenneth Williams Scatter Lex Scott Davis Georgia Jennifer Morrison Detective Mason Kaalan Walker Juju Esai Morales Adalberto Gonzalez Andrea Londo Cynthia Big Bank Black "Q" Big Boi Mayor Atkins Jacob Ming-Trent Fat Freddie . Soon after, the drugs are cut and being sold by Priest and Eddies family, with many buyers being attracted by the high quality. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. Youngblood Priest: Man, you white around the nose as a Georgia mule. Eddie threatens Scatter, demanding that he reveal his source if he will not supply them, but Scatter holds him at gunpoint. Manthiahas Diawara suggested that the film's glorification of drug dealers served to subtly critique the civil rights movement's failure to provide better economic opportunities for black America and that the portrayal of a black community controlled by drug dealers serves to highlight that the initiatives of the civil rights movement were far from fully accomplished. Shore received the bulk of the profits since he put up the most money, 40 percent, while the actors, directors, and scriptwriters split the remaining profits. Why do you think that is, and how does it heighten the action? Youngblood Priest is a young cocaine kingpin from Atlanta, Georgia, working the streets since he was brought in by his mentor Scatter at age eleven. Eddie argues that crime is the only option left to them by "The Man." He lives with his two girlfriends, Georgia and Cynthia. Featured image:Jason Mitchell and Trevor Jackson in SUPERFLY. That mythology helped to fuel the rise of hip-hop, and now, of course, it is everywhere. Theres a learning process. "Super Fly Quotes." And then when you get closer, obviously its them. Priest defuses the situation and persuades Scatter to help them, although Scatter warns that it will be the last time. One lengthy sex-in-the-shower scene between the characters played by Mr. Jackson, Ms. Londo and Ms. Davis has a nearly risible box-checking quality. The unit publicist on the film, David Parks, was Parks, Jr.s brother. (Click here to read about the 2018 remake.) Brought in by his mentor Scatter at a young age, he has been dealing drugs ever since and lives like a king with his two girlfriends, Georgia and Cynthia. After the men leave, Priest finds his partner, Eddie, and asks him how much cash they currently have. Youngblood Priest: I'm talking to you, you redneck f*ggot. That peace starts fragmenting early in the picture, outside a nightclub, where an indolently truculent Snow Patrol member, Juju (Kaalan Rashad Walker), takes a shot at Priest and instead hits a bystander. Sakall." Photo Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert. The picture reportedly cost less than $500,000 to make and was acquired for distribution by Warner Bros. after its completion. In SUPER FLY, Youngblood Priest (Ron O'Neal) is at the top of his game as a Harlem cocaine dealer. See our. https://www.quotes.net/movies/super_fly_142696, https://www.quotes.net/movies/super_fly_quotes_142696. The lieutenant tells them they can have as much weight, or kilos of cocaine, as they want, and will be extended both credit and protection. He also has a run-in with the Snow Patrol, a rival crew of coke dealers who dress in white. Superfly is a 2018 American action crime thriller film and a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. In the middle of the film, a sequence of still photographs, taken by director Gordon Parks, Jr., illustrates how the thirty kilos of cocaine purchased by Youngblood Priest and Eddie is prepared, distributed and used. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. The movie opens with Priest paying a visit to another dealer, his debtor, named Litty (Allen Maldonado), and being greeted at the door by an assault weapon. Priest confides in his second-in-command Eddie that he wants out of drug-dealing, and has a plan. You aint that good., The close call and its concurrent threat of a gang war compel Priest to take stock. [11], After an initial gross of $24.8 million, the film was re-released in 1973 and earned $2 million in US and Canada rentals. If Priests stratagems in the original seem like the moves of a chess master, his new ones resemble the work of a grandmaster of simultaneous blindfold-chess, for whom, through information technology, distant nodes of power are instantaneously connected (the last image of the film is even a kinga white kingbeing tipped over on a chess board). The film was directed by Director X, written by Alex Tse and stars Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Michael K. Williams, Lex Scott Davis, and Jennifer Morrison. A remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic trades in its drug-dealer-as-outlaw-capitalist mythology for a glossy, slammed-together genre flick. Superfly (one word) the remake and the original Super Fly (two words, from 1972) are in many respects similar. Priest must find a way to keep the money he has made while staying several steps ahead of the corrupt police department. Super Fly (1972 film) Quotes Charles McGregor as Fat Freddie (Charles McGregor) "Listen, give me one of them joints . The Student National Coordinating Committee also protested the film as a tool of white oppression.[8]. With my record I can't even work civil service or join the damn army. Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Well if that's all I'm supposed to do then they gonna have to kill me 'cause that ain't enough. It was also noted that Mayfield had accused the Academy of a racial bias, although he was declining to file suit because the title song from Super Fly had been considered for the Oscar balloting. Supertones' sixth album Hi-Fi Revival Getting up to speed in a hurry, Messam went power-shopping over the holidays in Toronto, where she loaded up on Fresh Company clothing. In response, Freddy (without Priests permission) shoots up a barbershop thats a Snow Patrol hangout, and a game of bloody vengeance is launched. He seems almost as influenced by Brian De Palmas Scarface (itself a remake) as by the original Super Fly. Witness the bright oranges and subsequent neon colors in the movies opening scene: a tracking shot of an underground nightclub, depicting Priest on a mission to collect money owed. He becomes a potent weapon in Priests score settling. On a couple levels, you know Scatter is Priests mentor in the drug game and also his teacher in martial arts and jujitsu. He can wear a slick duster overcoat and fedora one day, and a stylized track suit the next., Messam acquired Scatters track suit from UK athletic wear company Boxraw. Priest demands his half of their profits, and when Eddie protests that they should keep selling, Priest asserts that Scatter was murdered by the police, and that they also are in danger. Superfly - Necessary Violence: Adalberto Gonzalez (Esai Morales) kills Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams) after he realizes that he's been stealing from him. The film was acquired and distributed by Warner Bros. and had a white producer (Shore). If you go back and . This is evident in the movie from the beginning as Priest communicates his desire to leave the business. Deputy Commissioner: You're working for me until I tell you to quit. To engineer that score, he screws over his mentor, Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams), the veteran dealer who discovered him on the streets. The film is best known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. His position was opposed by numerous physicians and medical groups, who also spoke out against the film, according to Filmfacts. The wide shots are really stunt people. Its all about the accumulation of wealth and a sybaritic lifestyle. Youngblood Priest: You don't own me, pig, and no motherf***er tells me when I can split. Scatter initially refuses to help Priest. Scatter Color: The color of the light that gets scattered in the material. Hes wearing the jacket as he counts stacks of money. Priest lives with two women, Georgia (Lex Scott Davis), a black woman, who also plays a significant role in his operation, as the head of an art gallery thats one of his fronts, and Cynthia (Andrea Londo), whos Hispanic, and who doesnt play a major role in his business. The mainspring of the action is a shooting. The film was directed by Director X, written by Alex Tse and stars Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Michael K. Williams, Lex Scott Davis, and Jennifer Morrison. He still owns many of the suits, shoes and fedora hats. 2019 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE. Priest diffuses the Youngblood Priest, an African-American drug dealer who specializes in selling cocaine, enjoys a luxurious lifestyle in Harlem. Anyone can read what you share. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. In commenting on the success of Super Fly at the box office, a Jan 1973 DV article reported that investors Allen and Jenkins had sold their 22 percent interest in the film profitably, and that the principals involved in the production were getting handsome payoffs. According to a 12 Mar 1973 NYT article, the picture had grossed $20 million in seven months, and modern sources added that despite the films controversial nature, it went on to gross more than $30 million by 2007. Cynthia: [after refusing a snort of coke because Priest is going to leave rather than stay for sex] Some things go better with coke. It is a useful complement to Pandas, and like Pandas, is a very feature-rich library which can produce a large variety of plots, charts, maps, and other visualisations. The roomier scenario of this remake has the potential to yield a decent thriller, but Superfly too often prioritizes showy sequences for dubious reasons. The parents' guide to what's in this movie. Trevor Jackson Re-invents the Sleek Priest, The original Priest, played by Ron ONeal, famously sported leisure suits and floor-length overcoats, but Trevor Jacksons version of the drug dealer favors a less flamboyant style drawn from AllSaints, Burberry and German designer Phillip Plein. The first name of actress and former model Sheila Frazier, who made her debut in Super Fly, is spelled Sheila in the opening cast credits and Shiela in the ending credits. After Priest leaves with the cash, Eddie betrays him by phoning the lieutenant. Unlike the earlier film, the new one (written by Alex Tse) goes beyond the local streetside and backroom focus of the drug trade to expose a vipers nest of conspiracies that extend from the internecine conflicts between groups of dealers to the collaboration of major elected officials. The first film titled Super Fly (two words instead of one) was a low-budget affair with a gritty look and a claustrophobic feel. If you go back and watch a vintage blaxploitation film like Super Fly (1972), it has a time-capsule quality that only enhances the low-rent documentary scuzziness of its atmosphere. Filming & Production Charles McGregor, who plays Fat Freddie, was released from prison before the film's production. But the new movie puts Priest, Georgia, and Cynthia together in a threesome set in a shower, a trivially smarmy titillation that stands in contrast to a sex scene involving Georgia and Priest in Super Fly, where Parks creates something thats both erotic and non-pornographic. Superfly (1972) Cast & Crew Cast; Crew; Ron O'Neal Priest Carl Lee Eddie Sheila Frazier Georgia Julius Harris Scatter Charles McGregor Fat Freddie Nate Adams Dealer Polly Niles Cynthia Yvonne Delaine Mrs. Freddie Gordon Parks Jr. Director Phillip Fenty Screenwriter Sig Shore Producer James Signorelli . We're out here building a new nation for black people. Nearly every character in the film, with the notable exception of his "main squeeze," tries to dissuade Priest from quitting; their chief argument being that dealing and snorting are the best he ever could achieve in life. Now, if you don't get me my money *tonight*, I'm gonna put that young girl of your's out on whore's row. These days, it seems, the phrase is often used ironically. The man behind one of the more inventive Marvel franchises has a mercurial and fascinating track record. Youngblood Priest: Don't argue with me, man, I'm trying to give you a chance. Parents need to know that Super Fly is a 1972 movie about a cocaine dealer attempting to make a deal large enough to retire and get out of the business. Its comments on the lack of legitimate opportunity for African Americans in the inner city remains relevant -- relevant enough to bring on a remake of the movie 46 years after the original film's release. Priest meets Franklin and beats him to avenge Freddie's murder. Superfly - Necessary Violence: Adalberto Gonzalez (Esai Morales) kills Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams) after he realizes that he's been stealing from him. They seem to have come straight out of other movies. I could be happy with a plain life, a poor one if only you were. And no motherf***er tells me when I can split. Why do you think Hollywood often seems to prefer putting out remakes of old movies rather than releasing something new?
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