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Charles Burnett (writer)
Release Date:
20 June 2008 (UK)
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Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep...
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3 wins
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A Rediscovered Student Film
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Henry G. Sanders | ... | Stan (as Henry Gayle Sanders) |
 | Kaycee Moore | ... | Stan's wife |
| Charles Bracy | ... | Bracy |
| Angela Burnett | ... | Stan's daughter |
| Eugene Cherry | ... | Eugene |
| Jack Drummond | ... | Stan's son |
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| Charles Burnett | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Charles Burnett | writer | |
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| Charles Burnett | .... | producer | |
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| Charles Burnett | |||
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| Charles Burnett | |||
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| Willie Bell | .... | assistant sound | |
| Charles Bracy | .... | sound | |
| Andy Burnett | .... | assistant sound | |
| Larry Clark | .... | assistant sound | |
| Christine Penick | .... | assistant sound | |
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- Milestone Film & Video (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
- Mypheduh Films (????-2006)
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83 min
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Burnett encountered actor Henry G. Sanders in the elevator of the building where he worked. He immediately asked him to do a screen test for the film, because he found he had an unusual face.
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Continuity: After Stan and his friend load the engine block on the truck, they drive away and it falls out, and a car is then seen parked along the curb. The car was not there when they carried the engine out.
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Referenced in Hollywoodn't (2009)
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Poet and Peasant Overture
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This film was written,directed,produced,etc. by a UCLA film student in 1973, but only given a brief run in theaters four years later, after which was plunked back in the can to sit on a shelf for nearly 30 years. I just had the opportunity to see this grainy, kitchen sink black & white film at one of my local art cinemas. I admired the visual look of this film (very do it yourself), and admired the concept of an ensemble piece ('tho without the use of Altmanesque over lapping). I admit, I found some of the dialouge unintelligible (due to the poor recording of the soundtrack---I'm guessing who ever operated the microphone picking up dialouge didn't have much experience in this field). The use of music in this film was well implemented (which ranges from classical to soul to blues and beyond). 'Killer Of Sheep' is a flawed, but none the less, watchable film that should be viewed by any & all serious film fanatics (and should also be screened during Black History Month, as a timeline of creative black cinema).