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Title: Posse (1993)
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| 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 | |
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Vesta Williams | ... | Vera (as Vesta) |
| Isaac Hayes | ... | Cable | |
| Richard Jordan | ... | Sheriff Bates | |
| Paul Bartel | ... | Mayor Bigwood | |
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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. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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14 May 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$5,311,902, 16 May 1993Gross USA:
$18,289,763Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Written by Vesta Williams (as Vesta) and Louis Russell
Performed by Vesta Williams (as Vesta)
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A production assistant was specifically assigned to follow Tone Loc around between set-ups as he constantly wandered off-set, usually to the craft service table. See more »Goofs
When Jesse Lee is fighting Colonel Graham in the burning building, the Colonel's eye-patch moves about between shots. See more »Quotes
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There are scenes from the film, historical photographs of black cowboys, posters of early back westerns and clips from two early black westerns and "Once Upon A Time in the West' seen behind the closing credits. See more »Alternate Versions
For "Posse's" Australian theatrical run, the love scene was considerably cut to receive an M rating. The uncut version was released on VHS and DVD with the original MA rating. See more »Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Lost in Yonkers/Carnosaur/American Heart/Posse/The Story of Qiu Ju (1993) See more »Soundtracks
Tell MeWritten by Vesta Williams (as Vesta) and Louis Russell
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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.