Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971) Addio zio Tom (original title)

Directors:

Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Gualtiero Jacopetti (written by) and
Franco Prosperi

Release Date:

30 September 1971 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

300 years of hate explode today!

Plot:

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade. |

Plot Keywords:

Slave | Mistreatment | Slavery | Captivity | 19th Century

Cast

Gualtiero Jacopetti	...	Himself
Franco Prosperi	...	Himself

Directed by
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writing credits
Gualtiero Jacopetti		(written by)
Franco Prosperi

Produced by
Gualtiero Jacopetti	....	producer
Franco Prosperi	....	producer

Original Music by
Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by
Claudio Cirillo
Antonio Climati
Benito Frattari

Film Editing by
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Costume Design by
Kathryn Snedeker

Production Management
Annamaria Ambrosi	....	production supervisor: USA
Giampaolo Lomi	....	production manager
Marcello Tranchini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Abussi	....	assistant director
Giampaolo Lomi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Massimo Anzellotti	....	sound effects editor
Carlo Diotavelli	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Franco Abussi	....	camera operator (as Francesco Abussi)
Bruno Angeletti	....	chief electrician
Ennio Marzocchini	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lunella Surdi	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Ken Dewey	....	post-production: US version
Tom Kennedy	....	post-production: US version
Luciana Scandroglio	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Giorgio Agazzi	....	music recording engineer
Riz Ortolani	....	conductor
Katyna Ranieri	....	theme: The song "Oh my love" in sung by

Other crew
Margherita Autuori	....	unit publicist (as Rossetti)
Enrico Lucherini	....	unit publicist (as Lucherini)
Matteo Spinola	....	unit publicist (as Spinola)

Production Companies

• Euro International Film (EIA)

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Cinecenta Film Distributors (1973) (UK) (theatrical) (as "Uncle Tom")
• Galinza Films S.A. (1980) (Spain) (theatrical) (as "Adiós Tío Tom")
• Blue Underground (2003) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut) (English version)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• EuroVideo (????) (West Germany) (VHS) (as "Addio Onkel Tom")
• Spike K.K. (????) (Japan) (DVD) (as "Yakopetti no zankoku tairiku")
• Spike K.K. (????) (Japan) (VHS) (as "Yakopetti no zankoku tairiku")
• Video Classics Gold (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Video Screen Play (VSP) (????) (Greece) (VHS) (as "Uncle Tom")

Other Companies

• International Recordings  sound studio
• Westrex Electric  sound system
• Lucherini-Rossetti-Spinola  press office
• RCA  music copyright

Also Known As:

"Addio zio Tom" - Italy (original title)
"Uncle Tom" - International (English title)
"White Devil: Black Hell" - USA (X-rated version)

Runtime:

136 min | Australia:128 min | Canada:103 min (Québec) | UK:94 min | USA:123 min | Argentina:108 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Italy:VM18 | Spain:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted | Argentina:16 | UK:X (heavily cut) | USA:X (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1976) | Netherlands:18 (orginal rating)

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Euro International Film (EIA)

Trivia:

DECAMERONE NERO German Import DVD has a Super-8mm Version of "Goodbye Uncle Tom", (German Audio only) as a special feature on the disc.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)

VERY hard to watch...but watch you WILL

This is not real. But it was. That's the rub.

A chopper goes back in time to the slavery days of America. The pre Civil War years when blacks were basically livestock.

Slaves are bought, sold, traded, and given away as gifts. No concern for the families being broken up so callously. And the traders thought this was God's will. A preacher even affirms this.

They eat the back end of the crops. And if they refuse, they get force fed. These scenes are hard to watch because of the violence and the grossness. But it DID happen that way.

Of course you have your whipping scenes. Seems ordinary, but remember, the blacks weren't criminals. They were people like the rest of us. They did nothing to deserve their plight.

What shocked me was watching the owners grab body parts like they were looking for ripe veggies. And check their teeth and eyes like they were buying a race horse.

Shock-o-rama. And mostly because it's true.