With the success of penitentiary, fanaka demonstrated that with the right material, black films could be extremely popular with audiences even without big budgets or name actors. Its easy to dismiss a movie with a cracksmoking extremewrestling little person called the midnight thud, but that characters third act shift into yoda territory. Featuring the haiti kid as midnight thud, the psychotic, cracksmoking haitian dwarf. I read in an article that penitentiary is one of john singeltons favorite films. Penitentiary also completed while at ucla topped critics lists, won acclaim at the cannes film festival and became a box office smash. Because he is such a great fighter, he finds himself caught in the. Archie moore archie moore, born archibald wright december 19 ndash. Penitentiary iii 1987 r 0904 1987 us action, crime 1h 31m user score. Penitentiary fanakas surprisehit prison saga is a visceral gutpunch writ in sweat and blood. A hitchhiker named martel gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prisons boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance. Penitentiary ii 1982 is that thing we love where a director has been burning it up on the fringes and then they get a little more resources behind them and they really go for it. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prisons worst killer, a martialarts fighting midget called thud.
Jamaa fanakas penitentiary iii original soundtrack from. As with the first film, gordones romantic interests really are incidental to the rest of the plot, as he picks up a pair of groupies car washs renn woods and lyrica garrett for himself and seldom seen and finds true love. The women in prison film is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the early 1900s and continues to the present day. Overview of penitentiary iii, 1988, directed by jamaa fanaka, with leon isaac kennedy, anthony geary, steven antin, at turner classic movies. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Penitentiary iii is a 1987 american comedy film written and directed by jamaa fanaka. Penitentiary iii 1987 r 09041987 us action, crime 1h 31m user score. T, ernie hudson and even a dolemite appearance but the highlight for me is tony cox as midget, the little person who is desperately trying to solicit sex from a female prisoner. Wilbur hifi white, leon isaac kennedy, thommy pollard, hazel spears, donovan womack, floyd wildcat chatman, gloria delaney, badja.
Fanaka completed street wars in 1992 and he is currently in post production on hip hop hope, his first documentary feature film on the the underground hip hop culture. Institutional library services washington state library. Prison is a 1987 horror film directed by renny harlin and starring viggo mortensen, tom everett, kane hodder, lane smith, and tommy lister. The third entry in the violent cycle of prison dramas has streetkid turned prizefighter too sweet back in. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It is also a departure from the earlier penitentiary films because of the almost. Jul 17, 2015 in the blink of an eye, cheetahs have arrived in jamaa. Penitentiary leon isaac kennedy fuckin out hazel spears. Trailer for the jamaa fanaka classic penitentiary iii from 1987. The first two films in this series were strange, but the third one is so odd.
Too sweet gordone kennedy is forced to fight for his life after hes banged up for killing his opponent during a boxing match. A sliceoflife prison drama that built on the inroads made by the previous years awardwinning documentary film scared straight, penitentiary also completed while at ucla topped critics lists, won acclaim at the cannes film festival and became a box office smash. On this very site fanakas filmography still remains incomplete. The film stars leon isaac kennedy, anthony geary, steve antin, ric mancini, marie burrell fanaka and raymond kessler. Penitenciaria 3 e um filme produzido nos estados unidos em 1987 escrito e dirigido por jamaa fanaka.
Leon isaac kennedy stars as martel too sweet cordone in the lateera blaxploitation favorite penitentiary 1979, written and directed by crackpot cinema legend jamaa fanaka soul vengeance, black sisters revenge. It was filmed at the old state prison in rawlins, wyoming, with many residents on the cast and crew. Penitentiary nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing penitentiary iii near you. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. Shot when writer and director jamaa fanaka was still a student at ucla, penitentiary was the first starring vehicle for former disc jockey and future evangelist leon isaac kennedy. The greatest prison boxing film featuring a black midget called the midnight thud ever.
Featuring a stand out performance from the haiti kid as midnight thud a crack smoking dwarf rapist. The film was released on september 4, 1987, by cannon film distributors. It is an film that is kind of like an acquired taste. It was followed by another sequel, penitentiary iii, which was released in august 1987. With leon isaac kennedy, anthony geary, steve antin, ric mancini. New listing hellraiser iii 3 vhs vcr video tape movie terry farrell horror used 5 out of 5 stars 1 product rating 1 product ratings hellraiser iii 3 vhs vcr video tape movie terry farrell horror used. Penitentiary iii 1987 boxer too sweet leon isaac kennedy kills a man, goes to prison, and faces thud the dwarf and hugo the hulk. Hardhitting, intense, and memorable, with some very well done casting, especially badman badja djola as half dead. Penitentiary ii is a 1982 american blaxploitation drama film, directed by jamaa fanaka. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison s worst killer, a martialarts fighting midget called thud. He is best known for his 1979 film, penitentiary, and is one of the leading directors of the l. The movies plot is set in motion when martel is wrongly sent to prison for murder, where the warden chuck mitchell, who played porky in porkys. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 1987 freigegeben.
On this stint, he had been there since 2001, serving a sentence of a. Your purchases will help patrons in prisons and state hospitals. Vinegar syndrome brings this early 80s action classic to bluray, newly restored from its. Its all very tragic, but doesnt say much anything about the film itself, so lets get into it. Leon isaac kennedy returns as too sweet gordone, thrown back in the slammer and once again enters a boxing tournament, this time atodds with a reclusive. The plot centers on too sweet gordones time in prison, where he is sent after beating another boxer to death in a performance enhancing drugfueled fugue state. Penitentiary ii the 1982 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prisons boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prisons. Institutional library services click here to visit the wishlists on the washington center for the book page. He was first sent to prison in 1987, and arrived in pendleton in 1996.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. See the full list of penitentiary iii cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and. Performed by midnight star available on official soundtrack release, not heard in film. I think so and i think you will too after watching.
Cant imagine what it was like to watch this on the deuce back in the day. Penitentiary iii the berserk final installment in fanakas series. Famous inmates at atlanta federal penitentiary and the movie. Xvideos penitentiary leon isaac kennedy fuckin out hazel spears free.
He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prisons worst killer, a martialarts fighting. It is also worth mentioning that in 1987, the penitentiary series had more. Aug 21, 2019 subscribe for more movies added daily. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. With leon isaac kennedy, wilbur hifi white, thomas m.
Penitentiary iii 1987 leon isaac kennedy in penitentiary iii 1987. Fanaka tracks the continuing saga of too sweet as the excon faces life postprison and hangs up his boxing glovesuntil an old rival busts out of the slammer looking for a fight. See the full list of penitentiary iii cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Jamaa fanaka passed away on april 12, 2012 due to complications related to diabetes. These fast felines cant wait to start sprinting through jamaa, so run out and become one of these slick. The hero of this story is unjustly sent to prison, where he must prevail against. When done right, the characters and stories are something that i am.
September 6, 1942 april 1, 2012 was an american filmmaker. Wilbur hifi white, leon isaac kennedy, thommy pollard, hazel spears, donovan womack, floyd. Gordone would return once more in penitentiary iii for cannon films. The third entry in the violent cycle of prison dramas has streetkid turned prizefighter too sweet back in the slammer again. Regarder penitentiary iii 1987 toutes les infos sur le film complet penitentiary iii en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. Penitentiary iii 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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