That's the Way of the World (1975)
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75% want to see it
(8 ratings)
This cult favorite from director/producer Sig Shore featured the music of Earth, Wind and Fire and had a #1 soundtrack album, but went belly-up at the box-office. That's a shame, because what other film offers viewers Harvey Keitel as a record producer who skates at an all-black disco rink, Bert… More This cult favorite from director/producer Sig Shore featured the music of Earth, Wind and Fire and had a #1 soundtrack album, but went belly-up at the box-office. That's a shame, because what other film offers viewers Harvey Keitel as a record producer who skates at an all-black disco rink, Bert Parks as a child molester, and squeaky-clean singer Jimmy Boyd ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus") as a hardcase junkie? Other treats on hand include the manager of a Christian pop band threatening to stick an ice pick in Keitel's ear and appearances by noted disc jockeys Murray the K and Frankie Crocker. Amidst all of this insanity, Cynthia Bostick's female-lead turn as a Joplin-like junkie singer named Velour is lost. The film ends with a number of Earth, Wind and Fire songs, but by that point most viewers will be in bad-movie shellshock. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sig Shore
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
PG,
Critic Reviews
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
Earth, Wind & Fire fans may now have the missing film, but the band is still nowhere to be found.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
If I chose to write a review of That's the Way of the World the length of which accurately reflected the duration of its star attraction Earth, Wind & Fire, I should have stopped writing two clauses ago.
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David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
It's a movie that could have been made thirty years earlier or thirty years later without losing an ounce of its relevancy.
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Cast
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Harvey Keitel
as Coleman Buckmaster
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Ed Nelson
as Carlton James
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Cynthia Bostick
as Velour Page
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Bert Parks
as Franklyn Page
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Jimmy Boyd
as Gary Page
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Michael Dante
as Mike Lemongello
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Frankie Crocker
as Himself
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Charles McGregor
as Mantan
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Murray Moston
as Buck's Father
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Dick Stewart
as Mel
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Leonard M. Smith
as Bouncer
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Ron Gorton
as Warren
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John Powers
as The Greek
- Earth Wind & Fire
- Philip Bailey
- Ralph Johnson
- Maurice White
- Verdine White
- Valerie Shepherd
- Freddie White
