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7.0/10   195 votes
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Director:
Charles Burnett
Writer:
Charles Burnett (writer)
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Release Date:
March 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Everett Silas ... Pierce Mundy
Jessie Holmes ... Mrs. Mundy
Gaye Shannon-Burnett ... Sonia
Ronnie Bell ... Soldier Richards
Dennis Kemper ... Wendell Mundy
Sally Easter
Angela Burnett ... Angela
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Bracy ... Walker
Eugene Cherry ... Gene (as Gene Cherry)
Tashia Cherry ... Gene's wife
Frances E. Nealy ... Sonia's Mother

Thomas Penick ... Dead Body

Sy Richardson ... Sonia's Father

Henry G. Sanders ... Beat-up man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min | USA:78 min (2007 director's cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Life is all about choices, 3 January 2008
7/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Milestone released two films by Charles Burnett last fall. His acclaimed Killer of Sheep, and this lesser known film. This film was originally released in 1983, but has been re-cut and re-released. This is the 2007 version that I am reviewing.

The slice of life that we see in this film is interesting, but confined mostly to dialog, with little action. Everett Silas stars as Pierce, an individual who is torn by his loyalty to his no-good friend, and his family. This is put to the test on Saturday as his friend dies on his brother's wedding day.

It is the little things that I found fascinating in this film - the fact that a 16-year-old is constantly flirting with Pierce, who is 30; the stark contrast with Pierce, a working man, and his brother the professional, and the siding of Pierce's mother with wealth; the two people he cares for who can't bathe themselves or take their medicine, and their preoccupation with religion, which also is huge with Pierce's mother. There is a wealth of material to draw upon for reflection, and Burnett has given us a good film.

I can't wait to see the original.

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