Addio zio Tom (1971)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Gualtiero Jacopetti (writer)
Franco Prosperi (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1971 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

300 years of hate explode today!

Plot:

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade. |

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Humiliation | Fake Documentary | Rape | Beach

Cast

Gualtiero Jacopetti	...	Himself
Franco Prosperi	...	Himself

Directed by
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gualtiero Jacopetti		writer
Franco Prosperi		writer

Produced by
Gualtiero Jacopetti	....	producer
Franco Prosperi	....	producer

Original Music by
Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by
Claudio Cirillo
Antonio Climati
Benito Frattari

Film Editing by
Gualtiero Jacopetti

Costume Design by
Kathryn Snedeker

Production Management
Annamaria Ambrosi	....	production supervisor: USA
Giampaolo Lomi	....	production manager
Marcello Tranchini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Abussi	....	assistant director
Giampaolo Lomi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Carlo Diotavelli	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Franco Abussi	....	camera operator (as Francesco Abussi)
Bruno Angeletti	....	chief electrician
Ennio Marzocchini	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lunella Surdi	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Ken Dewey	....	post-production: US version
Tom Kennedy	....	post-production: US version
Luciana Scandroglio	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Giorgio Agazzi	....	music editor

Other crew
Margherita Autuori	....	unit publicist (as Rossetti)
Enrico Lucherini	....	unit publicist (as Lucherini)
Matteo Spinola	....	unit publicist (as Spinola)

Production Companies

• Euro International Film (EIA)

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Cinecenta Film Distributors (1973) (UK) (theatrical) (as "Uncle Tom")
• Galinza Films S.A. (1980) (Spain) (theatrical) (as "Adiós Tío Tom")
• Blue Underground (2003) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut) (English version)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• EuroVideo (????) (West Germany) (VHS) (as "Addio Onkel Tom")
• Spike K.K. (????) (Japan) (DVD) (as "Yakopetti no zankoku tairiku")
• Spike K.K. (????) (Japan) (VHS) (as "Yakopetti no zankoku tairiku")
• Video Classics Gold (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Video Screen Play (VSP) (????) (Greece) (VHS) (as "Uncle Tom")

Also Known As:

Farewell Uncle Tom (Australia) (video box title)
Goodbye Uncle Tom (International: English title)
Uncle Tom (International: English title)
White Devil: Black Hell (USA) (X-rated version)
Zio Tom (Italy) (alternative title)

Runtime:

136 min | Australia:128 min | Canada:103 min (Québec) | UK:94 min | USA:123 min | Argentina:108 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | UK:X (heavily cut) | USA:X (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1976) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Italy:VM18 | Spain:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Euro International Film (EIA)

Trivia:

DECAMERONE NERO German Import DVD has a Super-8mm Version of "Goodbye Uncle Tom", (German Audio only) as a special feature on the disc.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Das geheime Kino (2007)

Quite possibly the most shocking film you'll ever see...

Goodbye Uncle Tom is a downright jaw-dropping and surprisingly professional production in the Mondo Cane series. Terrifically shot documentary-style, this film explores the interaction between the races in modern America. Slavery, Black Rage, White Oppression...Jacopetti and Prosperi are all showing it uncensored and without mercy. It's repulsive, shocking and the violence subtly get more under your skin as opposed to the average teenage horror slasher. The inhumanity of previous generations makes you bow your head in shame. Guided by a thrilling Riz Ortolani score (perhaps known best for his Cannibal Holocaust music) Goodbye Uncle Tom shows how black people are being exploited, raped and killed for no reason other than being "inferior". The films opens with a truly atmospheric portrait of how Martin Luther King's death mobilized the black community. Right from that moment, you just know that you're about to see a film that is a lot more intelligent than it seems and ahead of its time when it comes to being provocative. A history lesson that sticks to you! Of course, because of its realism, it cannot be recommended to everyone. Goodbye Uncle Tom is better not watched by the faint-hearted. Highly recommended piece of revolutionary cinema!