Mr. Freedom (1969)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

William Klein

Writer:

William Klein (writer)

Release Date:

9 January 1969 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Mr. Freedom, a pro-America superhero who fights for God and country by beating, robbing, raping and...

Plot Keywords:

Freedom | Superhero | Fascism | American Dream | Ghetto

Cast

Delphine Seyrig	...	Marie-Madeleine
John Abbey	...	Mr. Freedom
Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Freedom (as Don Pleasence)
Jean-Claude Drouot	...	Dick Sensass
Serge Gainsbourg	...	M. Drugstore
Yves Lefebvre
Rufus	...	Freddie Fric
Sabine Sun
Rita Maiden	...	Herself
Colin Drake
Pierre Baillot
Raoul Billerey
Philippe Noiret	...	Moujik Man
Sami Frey	...	Christ
Catherine Rouvel	...	Marie-Rouge

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

Films du Rond-Point

Quotes:

Dr. Freedom: Let me tell you about the French. They are 50 million mixed-up, sniveling crybabies who haven't stood on their two feet since Napoleon, and that wasn't yesterday. And Napoleon wasn't even French.
Mr. Freedom: He was Corsican!
Dr. Freedom: That's right, boy. So the French are the white man's burden. OUR burden. We've had to carry them through two world wars already, and we're damn well gonna have to carry them through the next.

A film that is still relevant today.

William Klien's late 60's flick "Mr. Freedom" is a satire on American culture. Some people will find it mean spirited, but I personally found it hilarious. It's a pretty good critique on America's foreign policy. Mr. Freedom is a tall, flag waving patriotic style superhero. He wheres a red, white and blue football uniform and is very racist, misogynist and an egomaniac. Kind of like the dumb high school jock, who picks on everyone. He is sent on a mission to stop the spread of communism in France. He must save people from his enemy, Red China man. In order to save France and force democracy on others, he literally rapes and destroys their country. Hmmmmm, isn't there a small middle eastern country that we've been doing the same thing to? Mr. Freedom has ridiculously bright patriotic colors and subversive humor galore. The costumes look like something from a drugged out 70's children's show. Many people may feel outraged at the films satirical elements. To me, the movie was hilarious. It's a great laugh when living in these troubled times. Look for a cameo by Donald Pleasence of "Halloween". And who can forget the Mr. Freedom theme song? (Hurray for freedom, for one and for all... It's you and meet em and ten foot tall...) F-R-(double E)-D- D-O-M spells FREE-DOM and you'll notice the film puts an emphasis on DOM(dumb). Enjoy Mr. Freedom, I did!