Albert Hall,
Diana Sands,
George Murdock,
Joyce Walker,
Juanita Brown
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DVD Release Date: August 27, 2002
Stats: 67 reviews
"Willie Dynamite" is miles above the average "Blaxploitation" films made in the 1970's by it's not glorifying the title character in any way but showing him as a ruthless as well as tragic and misguided person. A person who's self-destructive lifestyle as a big time city pimp lea...( read more)
Filmed in 1974, it shows the style of everything from cloths to Furniture, man bring it all back. Most label this movie as blaxploitation, myself I don't like the word exploitation, just doesn't stick right. I like Great Black Films or Filmakers, and this is just that, a great Bl...( read more)
Willie D might have all the pimp clothes, cars & bitches but he's really just one hard luck nigga. His car is always getting towed, his bitches constantly busted & himself being arrested on trumped up charges. No, pimpin ain't easy.. Starring Roscoe Orman aka Gordon from Sesame ...( read more)
Gordon from Sesame Street as a Pimp ?? Hell Yeah ! This is a wild ride of a movie. Seems a little too long though. Ranks up there with Across 110th Street as best of the blaxploitation era.
It's nice to know that to all the bullshit rappers list of virtues - misogyny, homophobia, materialism, wanna-be-gangsterism, and self-hatred - you can also add fucking unoriginal! Nothing new under the sun. You can watch Willie Dynamite and see where all their bullshit swagger...( read more)
"Get down in the gutter and pray I dont run you over" - An all time classic quote....
A Soul Classic from the golden age of the 1970's. Who would have thought that the man who would later on play Gordon on Sesame Street became a self-righteous straight up pimp name WILLIE D........who had.....
1. All the Women
2. All the Money
3. All the Power
4. And control of every street corner operation in New York!!!
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