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Posse (1993)

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Overview

Director:
Mario Van Peebles
Writers:
Sy Richardson (written by) and
Dario Scardapane (written by)
Release Date:
14 May 1993 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
The Untold Story of the Wild West more
Plot:
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Vile, Racist Rubbish more

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 ... Lana
Tone Loc ... Angel

Pam Grier ... Phoebe
Vesta Williams ... Vera (as Vesta)

Isaac Hayes ... Cable
Richard Jordan ... Sheriff Bates
Paul Bartel ... Mayor Bigwood
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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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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. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The movie states that the men deserted the brigade they served in the U.S. Army in 1892, during their service with the Spanish American War. The Spanish-American War did not begin until the U.S. Congress voted in favor of a resolution declaring war on Spain on 19 April 1898, six years after the movie takes place. more
Quotes:
Father Time: Mister... I don't know you. But when I get through with you, won't nobody know you. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Intimate Portrait: Pam Grier" (1999) more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Vile, Racist Rubbish, 2 February 2008
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Wow, what a racist, profane piece of celluloid garbage, and what an insult to the great genre of Westerns.

Exploitive? Sex scenes abound, profanity abounds, violence and gore abounds.....everything that gives modern movies such a good name, especially among those who prefer classic-era movies. This is the kind of sleaze that gives the old folks ammunition against today's films.

Somehow I just can't picture nude male bathing scenes in Randolph Scott or Gene Autrey films. Nor can I picture hearing "motherf---er!" exclaimed here and there. I sincerely doubt that word was even around over 100 years ago. Yet, the f-word is so prevalent here you'd think you were watching a story centered in today's urban areas, not the old west of the 1800s.

Prejudice? Well, what if all the white characters were good guys and every black person was the nasty, brutal villain? Do you think someone might complain about a racist movie? Home come we don't hear an outcry when the reverse - as demonstrated in this film - is shown in hundreds of theaters across the country?

Mario Van Peeples wrote, directed and starred in this bomb. Remember that name. Apparently, he is the "Ed Wood" of today's filmmakers. Even Spike Lee wouldn't be this racist. You can't get much worse than this movie.

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