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6.4/10
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The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Sheila Frazier
- Georgia
- (as Shiela Frazier)
Julius Harris
- Scatter
- (as Julius W. Harris)
Charles McGregor
- Fat Freddie
- (as Charles MacGregor)
James G. Richardson
- Junkie
- (as Jim Richardson)
Fred Ottaviano
- Police
- (as Fred Rolaf)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is one of a few films with a soundtrack that grossed more than the film itself.
- GoofsThe number of men attacking Priest in the final fight scene varies from shot to shot, though, from the angles used, there should be a consistent number.
- Quotes
Youngblood Priest: I'm gettin' out, Eddie.
Eddie: Gettin' outta what?
Youngblood Priest: The cocaine business.
Eddie: Oh, sweet. Sh*t. Say, those junkies must have knocked a hole in your head. You're gonna give all this up? 8-Track Stereo, color T.V. in every room, and can snort a half a piece of dope everyday? That's the American Dream, nigga! Well, ain't it? Ain't it?
- Alternate versionsThe Warner Bros. logo in some prints including the 2023 airing on TCM is plastered with the 2001 variant.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Cinema Snob: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (2018)
Featured review
One of the grittiest of the so-called blaxploitation films of the 1970s, Gordon Parks Jr's Superfly can really catch audiences off guard and sober them up. Ron O'Neal's brooding performance as retiring drug dealer Youngblood Priest is excellent, as is the consistently evident tension between the races (expertly captured by Parks). I recently had the opportunity to see Superfly at a film festival, and Curtis Mayfield's on-screen appearance in a nightclub received a warm round of applause from the packed theater. Mayfield really did deliver one of the greatest soundtracks in film history for Superfly. "Pusherman," "Freddie's Dead," the title song and many others are just incredible.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Superfly
- Filming locations
- Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Mister B's bar, 2297 7th Avenue and West 135th Street)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $58,000 (estimated)
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