Posse (1993)

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

Director:

Mario Van Peebles

Writers:

Sy Richardson, Dario Scardapane

Stars:

Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mario Van Peebles	...	Jesse Lee
Stephen Baldwin	...	Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters
Charles Lane	...	Weezie
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Obobo (as Tiny Lister)
Big Daddy Kane	...	Father Time
Billy Zane	...	Colonel Graham
Blair Underwood	...	Carver
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Papa Joe
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Lana (as Salli Richardson)
Tone Loc	...	Angel
Pam Grier	...	Phoebe
Vesta Williams	...	Vera (as Vesta)
Isaac Hayes	...	Cable
Richard Jordan	...	Sheriff Bates
Paul Bartel	...	Mayor Bigwood

Storyline

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

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Plot Keywords:

blaxploitation | social commentary | ku klux klan | cowboy | shootout | 

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Taglines:

From the director of "New Jack City"

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Genres:

Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, and for language

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Vingança de Jessie Lee

Filming Locations:

Benson, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$18,290,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A P.A. was specifically assigned to follow Tone Loc around between set-ups as he constantly wandered off-set, usually to the craft service table.

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Goofs

When Jesse Lee is fighting Colonel Graham in the burning building, the Colonel's eye-patch moves about between shots.

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Quotes

Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Damn! Who turned out the lights? Just a little humor. Have to admit I'm funny, ain't I?

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Crazy Credits

This film is dedicated to the memory of Rev. King David Lee (1883-1979) and Abe Richardson (1861-1961)

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Connections

Followed by Los Locos (1997)

User Reviews

surreal unconventional Afro-American western

Visually stunning, extremely rich in detail, fast action sequences, innovative camera movements, and an historic interpretation of afro-americans settling in the west in the late 800's, this movie is highly unconventional. The more recent "Wild Wild West" has some similarities, "The Ballad of Cable Houge" comes to mind. Using comedy, fantasy, surrealism, the plot has a group of afro-americans traveling with a case of gold, chased by a posse. They join a settlement of afro-americans in the West, which while free by law, are reminded by the neighboring white towns that their liberty of action does not border out of their free town, and their law does not apply to white people. In a poignant scene, the only white man, who was in the original group of afro-americans with the case of gold, is brutally killed in public view by the white neighbors, almost to demonstrate that a white folk that joins the black folks has reached his lowest social status, lower that simply a black man, which by law cannot be killed without reason.