Melvin Van Peebles essential films : The story of a three day pass ; Watermelon man ; Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song ; Don't play us cheap ; [Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)].
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021, film director,
Bennett, John B. (Producer), film producer.
Raucher, Herman, screenwriter.
Kelber, Michel, 1908-1996, director of photography.
Kelley, Wallace, director of photography.
Bennett, John B. (Producer), film producer.
Raucher, Herman, screenwriter.
Kelber, Michel, 1908-1996, director of photography.
Kelley, Wallace, director of photography.
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Five Blu-ray Special Edition.
ISBN
9781681438818, 168143881X
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 4 volumes (680 minutes) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (52 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Morris County Library - Adult Media | MELVIN VAN BLU134 | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure films.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Interracial dating -- Drama.
Musical films.
Race relations -- Drama.
Racism -- United States -- Drama.
Satirical films.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
United States. -- Army -- Military life -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Interracial dating -- Drama.
Musical films.
Race relations -- Drama.
Racism -- United States -- Drama.
Satirical films.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
United States. -- Army -- Military life -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Edition
Five Blu-ray Special Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681438818, 168143881X
UPC
715515264617
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures: The story of a three day pass (1967) ; Watermelon man (1970) ; Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song (1971) ; Don't play us cheap (1972).
General Note
Story of a three-day pass special features: Introduction by director Melvin Van Peebles from 1997. Conversation between producer Warrington Hudlin and filmmaker Nelson George. 1968 interview with Van Peebles from the television program Black Journal. 1968 interviews with Van Peebles and co-stars Harry Baird and Nicole Berger on the French television show Pour le Plaisir. Three short films by Van Peebles: Sunlight (1957), Three Pickup Men for Herrick (1957), and Les Cinq Cent Balles (1961). Trailer.
General Note
Watermelon man special features: Introduction by director Melvin Van Peebles from 2004. Feature-length documentary by Joe Angio on Van Peebles's life and career: How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy it).
General Note
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song special features: Introduction and audio commentary by director Melvin Van Peebles from 1997; new conversation between Mario Van Peebles and film critic Elvis Mitchell; interview from 1971 with Melvin Van Peebles on Detroit Tubeworks; episode of Black Journal from 1971 featuring Van Peebles and critics Clayton Riley, Francis Ward, and A. Peter Bailey; new conversation between scholars Gerlad R. Butters Jr., Novotny Lawrence, and Amy Abugo Ongiri; excerpts from a 2004 interview with Van Peebles for the Directors Guild of America Visual History program.
General Note
Baadasssss! special features: The story behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema, a 2004 featurette; Melvin Van Peebles: The Real Deal, a 2002 interview with the director on the making of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song; visual history with Melvin Van Peebles; audio commentary track featuring Mario and Melvin Van Peebles, recorded in 2004.
General Note
Don't play us cheap special features: Introduction by director Melvin Van Peebles from 1997. 1972 episode of Black Journal featuring interview with Van Peebles and musical performances by the film's cast.
Creation/Production Credits
The story of a three day pass: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles ; screenplay and dialogue by Melvin Van Peebles, based on his novel La permission ; music by Melvin Van Peebles, Mickey Baker ; director of photography, Michel Kelber ; editor, Liliane Korb.
Creation/Production Credits
Watermelon man: Directed by Melvin van Peebles ; produced by John B. Bennett ; written by Herman Raucher ; director of photography, W. Wallace Kelley ; music by Melvin Van Peebles ; film editor, Carl Kress.
Creation/Production Credits
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song: Written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles ; director of photography, Bob Maxwell ; orchestra and orchestrations, Earth, Wind & Fire.
Creation/Production Credits
Don't play us cheap: Written, composed, produced, directed and edited by Melvin Van Peebles ; director of photography, Bob Maxwell.
Creation/Production Credits
Baadasssss!: Directed by Mario Van Peebles.
Participants/Performers
The story of a three day pass: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Hal Brav, Christian Marin, Pierre Doris, Tria French.
Participants/Performers
Watermelon man: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Scott Garrett, Erin Moran, Howard Caine, Mantan Moreland, Kay E. Kuter, D'Urville Martin, Kay Kimberly.
Participants/Performers
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Mario Van Peebles, Rhetta Hughes, Johnny Amos, Megan Van Peebles.
Participants/Performers
Don't play us cheap: Joe Keyes Jr., Rhetta Hughs, Avon Long, Esther Rolle, Nate Barnett, Frank Carey, Joshie Jo Armstead, George "Ooppee" McCurn, Mabel King, Robert Dunn, Jay Van Leer, Thomas Anderson.
Participants/Performers
Baadasssss!: Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Karimah Westbrook, Rainn Wilson.
Description
The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Description
Watermelon man: A loud-mouthed, bigoted white man's suburban existence is jarringly upended when he wakes to discover that he has become a black man.
Description
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song: When a pair of racist cops try to frame him for a crime he didn't commit, a performer in a sex show goes on the run through a lawless underground of bikers, revolutionaries, sex workers, and hippies in a quest for liberation from white oppression.
Description
Don't play us cheap: A pair of mischief-making devil-bats dispatched by Satan assume human form in order to wreak havoc on a Saturday-night house party in Harlem--only to find their diabolical plan thwarted by their hosts' infectious generosity of spirit.
Description
Baadasssss!: Mario Van Peebles portrays his father, director Melvin Van Peebles, in this quasi-documentary-style saga of the production diaries of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Description
Don't play us cheap: A pair of mischief-making devil-bats assume human form to wreak havoc on a Saturday-night house party in Harlem--only to find their diabolical plan thwarted by their hosts' infectious generosity of spirit.
System Details
Blu-ray ; region A ; DTS-HD Master Audio ; requires Blu-ray player.
System Details
The story of a three day pass: widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural.
System Details
Watermelon man: widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
System Details
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song: widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
System Details
Don't play us cheap: widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; 3.0 surround.
System Details
Baadasssss!: widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
Language
The story of a three day pass: In French and English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Language
Watermelon man: In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Language
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song: In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Language
Don't play us cheap: In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Language
Baadasssss: In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Van Peebles, M., Bennett, J. B. (., Raucher, H., Kelber, M., Kelley, W., Maxwell, B., Baker, M., Kress, C., Baird, H., Berger, N., Brav, H., Marin, C., Doris, P., French, T., Cambridge, G., Parsons, E., Garrett, S., Moran, E., Caine, H., Moreland, M., Kuter, K., Martin, D., Kimberly, K., Chuckster, S., Scales, H., Dullaghan, J., Van Peebles, M., Hughes, R., Amos, J., Van Peebles, M., Bryant, J., Carter, T. K., Crews, T., Davis, O., Grier, D. A., Long, N., Rodriguez, P., Rubinek, S., Schiavelli, V., Thomas, K., Westbrook, K., Wilson, R., Keyes, J., Jr., Long, A., Rolle, E., Barnett, N., Carey, F., Armstead, J., McCurn, G., King, M., Dunn, R., Van Leer, J., & Anderson, T. (2021). Melvin Van Peebles essential films: The story of a three day pass ; Watermelon man ; Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song ; Don't play us cheap ; [Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)] (Five Blu-ray Special Edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melvin Van Peebles et al.. 2021. Melvin Van Peebles Essential Films: The Story of a Three Day Pass ; Watermelon Man ; Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ; Don't Play Us Cheap ; [Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)]. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melvin Van Peebles et al.. Melvin Van Peebles Essential Films: The Story of a Three Day Pass ; Watermelon Man ; Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ; Don't Play Us Cheap ; [Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)] The Criterion Collection, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Van Peebles, Melvin, et al. Melvin Van Peebles Essential Films: The Story of a Three Day Pass ; Watermelon Man ; Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ; Don't Play Us Cheap ; [Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)] Five Blu-ray Special Edition., The Criterion Collection, 2021.
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