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Super fly [videorecording] / the Sig Shore Productions ; produced by Sig Shore ; written by Phillip Fenty ; directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 28888 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2004, c1972.Edition: Widescreen presentationDescription: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790785374
  • 9780790785370
Other title:
  • Superfly
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00099
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, James Signorelli ; editor, Bob Brady ; music composer, Curtis Mayfield ; wardrobe designer, Nate Adams.
Cast: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris, Charles MacGregor, Nate Adams, Polly Niles.Summary: Priest is a cocaine dealer who is just smart enough to know that there's no real future in dealing coke, and makes a proposal to his partner Eddie that would leave them with a million dollar profit each. But Scatter, the dealer who set Priest up in the cocaine trade, is both unwilling and unable to sell them that much product. As Priest looks for a new source for his big score, one of his underlings, Fat Freddie is picked up by the police. Freddie tells the cops about Priest's underground empire. Priest is confronted by the cops and learns they want to become his partner.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch CM DVD 00099 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000039717

DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Dolby Digital.

English and French with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.

Closed captioned.

Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris, Charles MacGregor, Nate Adams, Polly Niles.

Director of photography, James Signorelli ; editor, Bob Brady ; music composer, Curtis Mayfield ; wardrobe designer, Nate Adams.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.

Rated R.

Priest is a cocaine dealer who is just smart enough to know that there's no real future in dealing coke, and makes a proposal to his partner Eddie that would leave them with a million dollar profit each. But Scatter, the dealer who set Priest up in the cocaine trade, is both unwilling and unable to sell them that much product. As Priest looks for a new source for his big score, one of his underlings, Fat Freddie is picked up by the police. Freddie tells the cops about Priest's underground empire. Priest is confronted by the cops and learns they want to become his partner.

Special features: commentary by USC School of Cinema and Television professor Todd Boyd; a new documentary, "Last deal: a retrospective", including interviews with cast and producers; Ron O'Neal on "The making of Super Fly"; Curtis Mayfield on Super Fly; and "Behind the threads," with costume designer Nate Adams.

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