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Charles Burnett (writer)
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Release Date:
20 June 2008 (UK) more
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Plot:
Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep... more | add synopsis
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3 wins more
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Cast

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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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Directed by
Charles Burnett 
 
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Charles Burnett  writer

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Charles Burnett .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Charles Burnett 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Burnett 
 
Sound Department
Willie Bell .... assistant sound
Charles Bracy .... sound
Andy Burnett .... assistant sound
Larry Clark .... assistant sound
Christine Penick .... assistant sound
 

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Runtime:
83 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Trivia:
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. more
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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. more
Quotes:
Stan: Stu, what does it remind you of when you hold it next to your cheek?
Stu: [taking the cup of tea] Not a damn thing but hot air.
Stan: Didn't it remind you of when you're making love and a woman 'fore it gets sometimes. Just like this?
Stu: Maybe so. I don't go for women who got malaria.
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Referenced in Hollywoodn't (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Poet and Peasant Overture more

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A Rediscovered Student Film, 22 April 2007
8/10
Author: Seamus2829 from United States

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).

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