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"Do That Stuff" -- A clip from the DVD Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976, performing "Do That Stuff"
Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976, on DVD -- Trailer for the DVD Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976
"Undisco Kidd" -- A clip from the DVD Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976, performing "Undisco Kidd"
"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" -- A clip from the DVD Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976, performing "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
"P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" -- A clip from the DVD Parliament Funkadelic:The Mothership Connection Live 1976, performing "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"

Overview

Date of Birth:
4 July 1943, Mobile, Alabama, USA more
Contact:
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STARmeter: ?
Down 22% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Les Paul And B.B. King: The Night I Met Two Legends
 (From MTV Newsroom. 13 August 2009, 11:16 AM, PDT)
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Soundtrack, Composer, Self
Soundtrack:
  1. Spider-Man 3 (2007) (writer: "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul")
    ... aka Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  2. Are We Done Yet? (2007) (writer: "The Payback", "Take It to da House")
    ... aka Quand est-ce qu'on arrête? (Canada: French title)
  3. Pride (2007) (writer: "THE PAYBACK")
  4. Sunday Driver (2005) (writer: "Damn Right I Am Somebody") (performer: "Damn Right I Am Somebody")
  5. Romance & Cigarettes (2005) (writer: "Hot Pants")
    ... aka Romance and Cigarettes (Australia)
  6. Guess Who (2005) (writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" (1974))
  7. Be Cool (2005) ("The Boss")
  8. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (writer: "Dunkie Butt")
    ... aka Dodgeball (USA: short title)
    ... aka Voll auf die Nüsse (Germany)
  9. Twisted (2004/I) ("Papa Don't Take No Mess")
    ... aka Twisted - Der erste Verdacht (Germany)
  10. The Woodsman (2004) (writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess Pt. 1" (1991))
  11. The Real Cancun (2003) (writer: "Take It To Da House")
  12. Beat the Devil (2002) (writer: "The Payback")
    ... aka The Hire: Beat the Devil (USA: series title)
  13. Barbershop (2002) (writer: "Blind Man Can See It")
  14. Poolhall Junkies (2002) (writer: "Payback")
  15. Undercover Brother (2002) (performer: "Undercova Funk (We Got The Funk)")
  16. How High (2001) (writer: "The Payback")
  17. Bones (2001) (writer: "Revenge of Jimmy Bones")
  18. Osmosis Jones (2001) (writer: "Take it to Da House")
  19. What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) (writer: "The Boss")
  20. Snatch. (2000) (writer: "HOT PANTS (I'M COMING, COMING, I'M COMING)")
  21. Space Cowboys (2000) (performer: "LAST NIGHT")
  22. Boiler Room (2000) (writer: "Funky Child")

  23. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) (writer: "The Boss", "The Payback")
  24. How to Be a Player (1997) (writer: "The Payback")
    ... aka Def Jam's How to Be a Player (USA: complete title)
  25. Love Jones (1997) (writer: "Blues and Pants")
  26. Get on the Bus (1996) (writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess")
  27. When We Were Kings (1996) ("Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud")
  28. Dead Presidents (1995) (writer: "The Payback")
  29. Dangerous Minds (1995) (performer: "FOUR PLAY" (SAMPLE))
  30. "Martin" (1 episode, 1995)
        - All the Players Came (1995) TV episode ("Blind Man Can See It", "The Boss")
  31. Ghost in the Machine (1993) (writer: "Mind Power")
    ... aka Deadly Terror
  32. Who's the Man? (1993) (writer: "You Don't Have to Worry")
  33. Red Shoe Diaries (1992) (TV) (writer: "THE PAYBACK")
    ... aka Red Shoe Diaries the Movie (USA: video box title)
    ... aka Wild Orchid III: Red Shoe Diaries
  34. The Return of Superfly (1990) ("Somethin' Like Dis")

  35. Torch Song Trilogy (1988) (writer: "Hot Pants")

  36. Black Caesar (1973) ("Mama's Dead", "The Boss")
    ... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
Composer:
  1. The Making of Major Hana (2009)

  2. Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
    ... aka Slaughter 2 (USA: alternative title)
  3. Black Caesar (1973)
    ... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
Self:
  1. Rest in Beats (2009) (filming) .... Himself

  2. The Making of Major Hana (2009) .... Himself
  3. Mr. Brown (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  4. The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  5. "American Masters" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
        - James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003) TV episode .... Himself

  6. Maceo (1994)
    ... aka My First Name Is Maceo

  7. "Soul Train" .... Guest / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
        - James Brown & the First Family of Soul (1974) TV episode .... Himself
        - Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s/Lyn Collins/The Sly, the Slick & the Wicked (1973) TV episode .... Guest

Additional Details

Publicity Listings:
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Genres:
Drama | Comedy | Crime | Thriller more
Plot Keywords:
African American | Independent Film | Violence | Cult Favorite more

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