The Angel Levine 1970  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, Gloria Foster, Barbara Ann Teer, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Stephen Strimpell, Sam Raskyn
An old Jewish man has lost faith in God due to the setbacks he and his family have suffered over the years. Then along comes an Angel-in-training (Harry Belafonte) whose task is to convince the man to change his outlook.
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Bobby 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Christian Slater, Laurence Fishburne, Freddy Rodriguez, Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Joshua Jackson, Dave Fraunces
This story covers events in the lives of several staff members and guests at the Ambassador Hotel as they cross paths in the hours before U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the hotel kitchen. 1 User Review
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| | mich 03/16/2007 | | I think Emilio Estevez had made a powerful film. I hope some day it goes down as one of the greats of American independent filmmaking- which always has different values from the mega-budget "blockbusters", so it needs to be judged on its own terms.In a way, it reminded me of Garden State-simple, elegant and slightly under-drawn figures -just as we all are .I think Estevez captured that characteristic mundanity and chaotic inner-life of the subjects very well. Forget about looking for obvious thematic links between RFK and the disparate characters.It didnt need to be obvious, because at a subconscious level, there was a sense of tension slowly building out of the ordinary grist of daily life- and isnt that just how cataclysmic moments are formed? The ending was so incredibly moving- it was tinged with sentimentality and nostalgia for a lost moment but not at all mawkish, and it was just so sad. Estevez is agreat film maker when he really cares about his subject. |
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Carmen Jones 1954  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Diahann Carroll, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy E. Glenn Sr., Nick Stewart, Sandy Lewis
Otto Preminger's terrific African American cast enhances this film version of Oscar Hammerstein's successful 1943 Broadway play. Dorothy Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of that ultimate femme fatale: Carmen Jones.
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Island in the Sun 1957 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Diana Wynyard, Harry Belafonte, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Williams
Based on the novel by Alec Waugh, this is a story of racial prejudice in the West Indies and how it affects an affair between a British widow (Joan Fontaine) and a Black labor leader (Harry Belafonte).
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Kansas City 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi, Brooke Smith, Jane Adams
This entertaining film represents Director Robert Altman's memories of his hometown. The setting is 1934, and the plot involves a bizarre kidnapping. However, the real story is the interaction of a varied assortment of characters: gamblers, socialites, politicians, musicians, and–oh yes–just ordinary people.
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Odds Against Tomorrow 1959 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame, Wayne Rogers, Cicely Tyson, Richard Bright, Will Kuluva, Zohra Lampert
This is a violent drama about crime and racism told through the exploits of three criminals plotting a robbery.
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 Uptown Saturday Night 1974   PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Paula Kelly, Johnny Sekka, Calvin Lockhart
Two sequels, "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action," followed this comedy about Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) who are robbed at a gambling club and then try to regain their losses. Richard Pryor plays an unforgettable character, Sharp Eye Washington. 1 User Review
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| | very funny | aj pete 03/07/2007 | | |
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White Man's Burden 1995 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Desmond Nakano
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower, Margaret Avery, Carrie Snodgress, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lawrence Bender, Tom Wright
Racial roles in America are reversed when Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) inadvertently glimpses the naked wife of his boss, Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). Pinnock is fired, cannot find a new job, and faces eviction. Next, his wife and kids go home to her mother. Things cannot get much worse than this. BUT, wait, they do!
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| 1. The Angel Levine (1970)
2. Bobby (2006)
3. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
4. Carmen Jones (1954)
5. Island in the Sun (1957)
6. Kansas City (1996)
7. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
8. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
9. White Man's Burden (1995)
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