Classic '70s drama with drugs, violence, cursing. The lead character contends with an attempted mugging; he chases one of his attackers all the way back to the attacker's apartment, catches him, and kicks him in the chest, after which the attacker vomits. The first film titled Super Fly (two words instead of one) was a low-budget affair with a gritty look and a claustrophobic feel. He died in 1986 of an overdose. I am Director X. Im the director of Superfly 2018. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Trailers from Hell Presents: The Movies That Made Me: Alex Tse, hair stylist: second unit (as Steven A. Battaglia), key hair stylist (as Talya R. Melvey) / key hair stylist, production supervisor: second unit / second unit, second second assistant director: second unit, assistant property master / property master: 2nd unit, assistant property master: 2nd unit (as Suzu Tran) / props buyer (as Suzu Tran), second boom operator / sound mixer: splinter unit, re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor, visual effects executive producer: Southbay, assistant visual effects editor: Outpost VFX / roto/prep artist: Outpost VFX, visual effects executive producer: VFX Legion, compositing lead: Southbay (as Aaron Gerard Chiesa), visual effects executive producer: Crafty Apes, visual effects production manager: Southbay, 3d artist: Crafty Apes (as Patrick Sullivan), visual effects production manager: VFX Legion, visual effects artist: Southbay (uncredited), visual effects editor: Outpost VFX (uncredited), digital compositor: VFX Legion (uncredited), executive vfx supervisor: southbay CCO (uncredited), stunt double: Brian F. Durkin (uncredited) / stunt driver (uncredited), precision driver/precision car coordinator (uncredited), covering stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited), stunt performer/stunt driving double: Trevor Jackson (uncredited), stunt double: Lex Scott Davis (uncredited), stunt driver: camera bike rider (uncredited), stunt double: Jason Mitchell/Jacob Latimore (uncredited), stunt driver (uncredited) / stunt driving double: Trevor Jackson (uncredited), stunt double: Dominique Madison (uncredited), first assistant camera "a" camera: second unit, camera operator: "a" camera (as Kirk Gardner) / steadicam operator (as Kirk Gardner), assistant chief lighting technician / best boy electric, first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit, additional set lighting technician (as Mark Sunderland), assistant colorist: Company 3 (uncredited), key assistant location manager: second unit, production assistant / promotional services, key set production assistant: second unit, stand in: Jared Losano / stand in: Kevin Young / stand in: Kurt Yue, production coordinator: title sequence design, production assistant / set production assistant: 2nd unit. Some contemporary and modern sources list the films title as Superfly, although the opening title card and copyright records list it as two words. So maybe its heartening, in a way, that Super Fly once meant something and that the new Superfly, for what its worth, means next to nothing. Trevors only 21 playing a 27 year old, and he worked so hard, she says. Superfly (one word) the remake and the original Super Fly (two words, from 1972) are in many respects similar. When Priest reacts hostilely, Georgia explains that she loves him and wants to help him cope with the difficulties of street life. Priest turns to Scatter (Julius Harris), an older and retired dealer who now runs a popular bar and grill, for help in getting Scatter's supplier. Common Sense Media. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, two corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Sony Pictures Entertainment (2018)Cast: Esai Morales, Michael Kenneth Williams, Trevor JacksonScreewriter: Alex TseDirector: Director XWatch More: Fresh New Clips: http://bit.ly/2taDWqW Classic Trailers: http://bit.ly/2qTCxHF Hot New Trailers: http://bit.ly/2qThrsF Clips From Movies Coming Soon: http://bit.ly/2FrP8VL Indie Movie Clips: http://bit.ly/2qTZMRE Deleted Scenes: http://bit.ly/2ARbLPJ Bloopers: http://bit.ly/2qYmBnc Celebrity Interviews: http://bit.ly/2D4tzw4Fuel Your Movie Obsession: Subscribe to MOVIECLIPS: http://bit.ly/2CZa490 Watch Movieclips ORIGINALS: http://bit.ly/2D3sipV Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2DikvkY Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2mgkaHb Follow us on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2mg0VNUThe MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. 2019 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE. Their argument is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Scatter, who is being pursued by his supplier. In 1972, at a preview for the original Super Fly held in Philadelphia, the theater quickly filled up, and some of the people who were shut out tried to break into a side door. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Within the recent wave of gender-flipped casting, its fascinating to see Morrison portray the sort of scum cop who is never, in the movies, a woman. The Harlem community backed Super Fly financially, and a number of black businesses helped with the production costs. David Remnick talks with Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the Times, and Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for the paper, about reporting on Trump and the perils facing American democracy. 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. What does it mean, and how is Super Fly an example of the genre? One of the groups formed specifically to fight the film and other similar exploitations films, according to a Sep 1972 Var article, called itself Blacks Against Narcotics. He can get there and make it happen pretty quickly. How are remakes similar to and different from the originals? 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. After Priest leaves with the cash, Eddie betrays him by phoning the lieutenant. The original Priest, played by Ron O'Neal, famously sported leisure suits and floor-length overcoats, but Trevor Jackson's version of the drug dealer favors a less flamboyant style drawn from AllSaints, Burberry and German designer Phillip Plein. The money rolls in, and soon a couple of corrupt white cops are making aggressive requests to dip their beaks. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. If this wing can do ok in 10-12mph winds, I'm in. That night, Priest enjoys a romantic bath with his girl friend Georgia, although she disapproves of his drug usage. | Reardon threatens Priest that he must continue selling drugs as long as he is ordered to, but when Priest refuses, the policemen begin to beat him. The film is best known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. Priest, as presented in Superfly, is a master plotter who distills his hard-forged wisdom into terse yet gaudy aphorisms, which adorn the soundtrack in dialogue and voice-over. Superfly saves its most righteous physical violence for its finale, and its a sequence that will probably enrage anyone whos ever uttered the phrase Blue Lives Matter. The entire denouement has a nice satirical sting, pushed along by the rapper and songwriter Big Bois droll turn as an incumbent mayor hungry for re-election. Although a Sep 1971 HR article listed Shores company Plaza Productions as the films intended production company, Superfly, Ltd. is listed onscreen and by copyright materials. After the men leave, Priest finds his partner, Eddie, and asks him how much cash they currently have. Scatter Color: The color of the light that gets scattered in the material. He had done several fashion shows prior to Super Fly. I was literally fitting him in between scenes, when the poor baby would be half asleep and Id be like Try this on Trevor, while I pin and tailor things on him., Michael Kenneth Williams plays Priests mentor Scatter. The lieutenant in charge reveals that he is Scatters supplier and that the two men can now go directly to him. Eddie: Look, I know it's a rotten game, but it's the only one The Man left us to play. Eddie feigns allegiance with Snow Patrol, and tricks them into an ambush where they are killed by Mason and other cops alerted by Priest. It has good protection but is ahead of the control surfaces for better 3d flying (vs placed at the trailing edge). Griffin, before he resigned his post in Aug 1972, demanded that Warner Bros. recall prints of the film from distribution and reshoot the ending so that Priest would be killed or otherwise punished for his drug usage and dealing. Youngblood Priest: I ain't bullshittin' you, captain. Why do you think that is, and how does it heighten the action? He lacks Parkss canny compositional wit, his sense of the dramatic power of practical attention to time and space. [The soundtrack album did feature the lyrics written for the song by Mayfield.] As noted in reviews, the picture was shot completely in New York City, and mostly in Harlem. When we first talked at the beginning, Diddy was inspiration for the Snow Patrol, representing New York flash and opulence, Messam says. He blackmails the mayor with a sex tape and promises the mayor will win the upcoming election. 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. Eddie: You're gunna give all this up? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. He becomes a potent weapon in Priests score settling. But its also less true than it once was. He died on 17 April 1986 in New York City, New York, USA. Costume designer Antoinette Messam got hired on December 18 to costume the suave hustlers of Superfly and on January 19, cameras rolled in Atlanta. That night, Eddie and Priest approach Scatter, a retired dealer who started Priest in the business. Theres a learning process. Both enraged and scared, Priest gives the information on Reardon and an envelope of cash to two mafia men and takes out a $100,000 contract on "the Man's" life. AFI champions progress in visual storytelling to empower storytellers, inspire story lovers and further the limitless power of the moving image. 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. In the Jan 1973 LAT article, Parks, Jr. defended the film by asserting that black audiences, critics and filmgoers needed to support black artists while they attempted to break into the white-dominated motion picture industry, even if their initial efforts were not completely acceptable to all audiences. Militant: Dig it, dope peddler. 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. .st2{display:none;fill:none;stroke:#979797;stroke-linecap:square;} Be the first to review this title. Theyre led by the roly-poly, hard-as-rusty-nails Q (Big Bank Black), the closest thing this movie has to an authentic hoodlum, but its when Priest is attacked by Qs hothead-sociopath protg, Juju (Kaalan KR Walker), that he realizes the time has come for him to take the money and run. But his supplier and mentor, Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams), refuses to increase Priests supply, so Priest takes matters into his own hands and attempts to deal directly with Adalberto Gonzalez (Esai Morales), the head of a Mexican drug carteland, in so doing, he enters a labyrinth of menace. On Freddies Dead, a song on the 1972 soundtrack album (its not sung in the film itself), Mayfield calls out Another junkie plan/Pushing dope for the Man, vocalizing in a tone that the critic Greil Marcus (in his great book Mystery Train) called incredulous and disgusted.. Adalberto is disowned by his mother, and executed at her order after she receives proof that he framed his brother for a crime. It features 13 new and previously released songs, as well as guest appearances from Miguel, Lil Wayne, Khalid, Ty Dolla Sign, Young Thug, PartyNextDoor, H.E.R., Gunna, Sleepy Brown, and Yung Bans, among others. It was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on 11 September 2018. Eddie: I went along with that thing of yours about getting out cause I had nothing else. I'm just trying to make it real, baby like it is. Quotes.net. Fat Freddie: Listen, Priest, that's my wife you're talking about, man. 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. Trevor actually has been doing capoeira for maybe 10 years, so hes really excited and really capable to do these kinds of things. She very classic with a bit of glam, dressing in fur coats and elegant, sexy pantsuits. Although a Sep 1971 HR article listed Shores company Plaza Productions as the films intended production company, Superfly, Ltd. is listed onscreen and by copyright materials. Families can talk about the "blaxploitation" genre. That night, after picking up the kilo from Scatter, Priest and Eddie are apprehended by several policemen. Police rough up one of the lead characters, punching him repeatedly during an interrogation. The moral conundrum of drug dealing among African-Americans was addressed mostly by Curtis Mayfields superb soundtrack, which functioned as a kind of Greek chorus. Super Fly stopped airing in 1970. . Both movies tell the story of Youngblood Priest, a coke dealer looking to make one last big score and then get out. A remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic trades in its drug-dealer-as-outlaw-capitalist mythology for a glossy, slammed-together genre flick. Company Credits 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. Youngblood Priest: Prior to the opening credits, the following written statement appears onscreen: "This >>, In the onscreen credits, actor S. Z. Sakall's name is incorrectly spelled "S. K. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. But one of those minions, Juju (Kaalan KR Walker), seethes with resentmenthe wants to do away with Priest and take over his business, and, without Qs permission, takes a shot at Priest outside the club, but instead hits a bystander. As Priest, a coke dealer who has built a business while taking great care to remain under the police radar, Trevor Jackson, from Eureka and American Crime, sports a jutting abundance of luxurious inky silken flat hair, marked by an elegant slice of a part, plus a highly manicured beard, a pirate earring, and a pretty-boy scowl. After leaving Cynthias apartment, however, Scatter is captured by the corrupt policemen, who give him a fatal overdose of drugs and leave his body in Priests car. 26 Jan 2023 07:44:06 . Having settled his business obligations, and with his enemies either dead or in custody, Priest and Georgia relax on a cruise in Montenegro. Gordon's War (1973) Carl Lee was born on 22 November 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. Scatter is captured by the corrupt policemen, who give him a fatal overdose of drugs. Once Priest decides to pursue his last score, he seeks help from his mentor in crime, Scatter, played by an avuncular but cautiously sinister Michael Kenneth Williams. That's the American Dream, nigga! Superfly reflects the gun-madness of modern American society, with drug dealers and police alike bearing arsenals-worth of military-style firearms and using them with a chillingly casual frequency. When Eddie states that they have $300,000, Priest reveals his plan to buy thirty kilos of high-quality cocaine, which they can sell for $1,000,000 within four months. Now somebody's gonna work tonight, Freddy. Curtis Mayfield as Curtis Mayfield, Julius Harris as Scatter, and Al Kiggins as Policeman. He needs one big score to do it. "Superfly", a song on The O.C. It was like the fastest production ever!, says the Jamaican-born designer. After getting mugged by two junkies, he realizes that his profession will eventually only end in death or prison, so he decides it's time to call it quits. Official Sites The earlier film takes place mainly in daylight, on the streets of New York, which its director, Gordon Parks, Jr., approaches with a vitally textured, documentary-like range and avidity. Is More Colossal Than Ever Imagined; Dinos Still Rule With $60M+ Second Weekend", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Superfly_(2018_film)&oldid=1140373587, Fictional portrayals of the Atlanta Police Department, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. But the remake nonetheless gains an outsized resonance, one that reaches far beyond their blandly glossy audiovisual identity, by way of its echo of current political crises and scandals. [5] The film made $1.2 million on its first day,[9] $938,583 on its second and $1.8 million on its third. Their stuff isnt even carried in the U.S. but its really well made, very slim and lean. Scatter initially refuses to help Priest. With such a big score, they can retire comfortably. Three weeks prior, it was moved up two days to June 13, 2018, in order to avoid direct competition with Incredibles 2. [12] It was the highest-grossing blaxploitation film at the time.[13]. (Even the weapons in their armamentarium of machine guns and handguns are encased in sleek white ornamental sheaths.) Yet its timeliness appears, instantly, merely symbolic, as daily news reports surpass the movies horrors faster than it can pile them on. Super Fly, Miracle Workers, Black Lightning, Ozark, and Avengers", "Future Unveils 'Superfly' Soundtrack Track List", "Film News Roundup: Sony Opening Crime Thriller 'Superfly' Two Days Earlier", "At $2.5B To Date, Summer's B.O. [4] The film was financed by two directors: Gordon Parks, who had directed the 1971 film Shaft and Sig Shore, who produced Super Fly, and played Deputy Commissioner Riordan, or "The Man" in the film. He also has a run-in with the Snow Patrol, a rival crew of coke dealers who dress in white. Parks, Jr. added that he and other black directors wanted to become a Fellini or a Bergman. Killed while trying to hunt down Priest. I'm an intermediate flier (eflight ministick, hell raiser, formosa). Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. The American Dream is invoked several times in Superfly. The mentions come from the movies lead character, and from a song on the soundtrack. In the movie, that underworld comes to the surface of society mainly in the form of media representations (such as television-news accounts)which are themselves part of the story, and part of the sleek glow with which Director X endows his film. Lex Scott Davis and Trevor Jackson in Superfly, a remake of a 1972 classic about power and corruption. 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. A title card then appears, reading "November 25, 1975, Philadelphia." If George Michael and Mr. T had a baby and dressed him in the sleekest of designer leather, he might look like this guy. On 23 Feb 1973, DV related that Mayfield had filed a letter of complaint with the Academy over its method of selecting nominees. I could be happy with a plain life, a poor one if only you were. Ad Choices, Nancy Reviewed: A Complex, Untapped Story of a Womans Desperate Hoax, The Tale, Reviewed: A Filmmakers Daring Excavation of Her Own Memories of Sexual Abuse. Web. Priests white mistress, Cynthia, also sells to her friends, although she is dismayed to learn that Priest does not return her love and is planning on quitting the business. When I pulled out a jacket that establishes Priests character, X said Is that Alexander Wang? He did a promo for them so he recognized the jacket right away.. SuperFly Now Playing: Superfly: Character Piece-Scatter Summary: The movie is a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. You'll all be hit if I die. [9] The Congress for Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other organizations attempted to block the film's distribution and pushed for more African-American involvement in Hollywood's creative process. Director X has a larger budget and a more expansive milieu to deal with here. Snow Patrol deduces that Priest's colleague, Fat Freddie, was one of the assailants. After the announcement, Warner Bros. issued an apology for its erroneous submission of the song for consideration. Greed and corruption are themselves the magnetic fields that pull together would-be players white, Latino and African-American. The new HBO film dramatizes the effect of culture and politics on the most intimate extremes of a persons lifeand how particularly distorting and damaging this collective power has been for women. 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. "[12] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Priest's white mistress, Cynthia, is dismayed to learn that Priest does not return her love and is planning on quitting the business. According to an Oct 1972 LAT article, Var had reported that by Sep 1972, Super Fly was third behind The Godfather and Play It Again, Sam (see above for both) in the list of top-grossing films of 1972. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Its kind of hilarious take on the extremes of gangs showing their power in color alone. All rights reserved. His Priest is controlled and invincible, a leonine street king with two girlfriends, one African-American (Lex Scott Davis) and one Latina (Andrea Londo); when he takes a shower with both of them, its a misty porny daydream that ends as an erotic Piet. "Superfly" (one word) the remake and the original "Super Fly" (two words, from 1972) are in many respects similar. Another controversy surrounding Mayfields score for Super Fly arose from the role of arranger Johnny Pate, who receives onscreen credit as music conducted by. As reported by a Sep 1972 LAT article, Pate, with whom Mayfield had worked several times before the films soundtrack, claimed that Mayfield had merely dictated ideas, while it was Pate who did the actual arranging, scoring, voicing, or orchestrating. Mayfield disputed Pates statements that he was unacknowledged, noting that Pate did receive adequate credit for his contributions on the Super Fly soundtrack liner notes. When he finds out from his partner Eddie (Carl Lee) that they have $300,000, Priest proposes that they take that money to buy 30 kilos of the best cocaine money can buy, sell it, and end up with a million dollars. You can help us help kids by After the police leave, Eddie is elated by the new situation, claiming that they are set for life, although Priest is still determined to quit after selling the thirty kilos. To engineer that score, he screws over his mentor, Scatter (Michael Kenneth Williams), the veteran dealer who discovered him on the streets. Parks, Jr. would make only three more films before his death in 1979 in an airplane crash. The parents' guide to what's in this movie. One gang is led by Youngblood Priest with a cool edge of always laying low and not being discovered by the police. The film's soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield was well enough received that he was sought for other soundtracks. Theres another crucial difference between the two films, a difference that marks virtually every encounter, every scene, every moment: firepower. The Snow Patrol members leave while Priest gives the victim money and directs them to the trauma center. The remake, by Director X, is set in Atlanta, and the night life and its artificial light (as well as an emphasis on indoor locations rather than street life), suggests that Priest and the other drug dealers in his realm occupy a hermetic underworld. What to Stream: The Audacious First Films of the Ant-Man Director Peyton Reed. It ended up grossing $6.9 million in its opening weekend (a five-day total of $9 million), finishing sixth at the box office. Youngblood Priest: I'm talking to you, you redneck f*ggot. Release Dates "[7], Super Fly resonated with many of the post-Civil Rights Movement generation of African Americans, who saw Youngblood as a new example of how to rise in the American class system. Freddie attempts to escape and is killed when he runs in front of a car. Jackson does cool almost too well. Scatter surprises Priest at Freddie's funeral, ordering him to meet with his supplier Adalberto, after finding out Priest cut a secret deal for more product. Priest is an under-the-radar dealer working in virtual anonymity (he has no arrest record) and with a very small crewmainly his right-hand man and longtime friend, Eddie (Jason Mitchell), and his enforcer, Freddy (Jacob Ming-Trent). 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. Keep up with The Credits for the latest in film, television, and streaming. I'm to the point where I ain't afraid to die. Scatter, who now runs a popular restaurant, initially refuses to help Priest, but Priest plays on his emotions, claiming that he wants to get out while he is young and before he has to endure the extreme hardships faced by Scatter. Eight Track Stereo, color T.V. He yearns to go straight, despite the fortune he makes. The powerless Reardon then watches as Priest walks away free, giving the policemen one final glare before driving off to join Georgia. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. Superfly is a 2018 American action crime thriller film and a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. But theyre not particularly distinctive; perhaps thats why a couple of Mayfield songs are brought back to serve here. According to some reviews of the film, the term super fly was slang for high-quality cocaine, while other reviews stated that it meant the pusher himself, or meant a superlative adjective that could be applied to anything. The gaudy fashions might be as obsolete as the old crumbling '70s New York City that serves as the background to the scenes, but the substance of the movie has ensured that Super Fly remains something more than a relic. With my record I can't even work civil service or join the damn army. These days, it seems, the phrase is often used ironically. This film, directed by Director X from a script by Alex Tse, is a remake of the 1972 picture directed by Gordon Parks Jr. (whose father had made Shaft a year before). 2023 Variety Media, LLC. ' Messam outfitted Mitchell in GStar jeans and a John Varvatos leopard print leather jacket.
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