The Soul of Nigger Charley
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DVD Cover Information
Primary Contributor: Fred WilliamsonDVD: Region Code 1
Running Time: 109 unknown-units
Studio: Blax Film
Product features:
- Widescreen presentation 2.35-1
Movie Reviews of The Soul of Nigger Charley
Movie Review: "Blax" DVD evaluation ... FYI
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a review of the BLAX FILM DVD edition, as information on the title seems to be spare, and the film seems available in no other manner. Basically I'd say I did not get ripped off as I only paid about 3 or 4 dollars for the thing ... Plus I'd always had curiosity about a movie with such a lurid title.
Source material seems to be an aged film print, possibly 35mm. It is scratched, filthy, and faded throughout. Contrast almost nonexistent and the wrong lens is used for the "transfer." Box promises 2.35:1 aspect ration but what you get is closer to 1.85:1 and a slightly scrunched image. Focus problems persist throughout and an operator actually wrestles with it at one point and attempts to manually adjust it as the film plays (!!!). The print's raggedy nature adds to the appeal for this viewer but your results may vary. There is hiss and crackle on the soundtrack from beginning to end. Menu screen has a button for "trailers" and "feature" but both result in starting the film. No extras are present.
This sequel to "Legend of N. Charley" is a step in the right direction for whoever decided to make a franchise out of character with such a tasteless name. Charley finds his legend has spread and he is now a well-known folk hero that children worship and fawn over. Film is tonally imbalanced in a 1970's way that seems to straddle grim nihilism and do-gooder adventure simultaneously. Film seems firmly set in "PG" territory until a downer montage showing lots of characters' bloody deaths pops up in the third act. Fred Williamson tries to express emotions such as laughter and sadness as opposed to just 'looking bad and looking cool' and the results are debatable at best. Still, Fred is a fine movie presence and it is his fans that will want to see this movie despite the low quality of the DVD.
Buyers will want to be aware that the "Blax" DVD plays fine and has nice art applied to it but is probably as unprofessional a presentation as one could hope to find outside a NYC sidewalk vendor. Print is bottom-of-the-barrel AWFUL but if you are insatiably curious it gets the job done. However, I would still advise spending as little as possible.
Summary of The Soul of Nigger Charley
Film Director(s): Larry G. Spangler Film Producer(s): Larry G. Spangler Released: 1973 ( USA ) Cast: Fred Williamson, D Urville Martin, Denise Nicholas, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Kirk Calloway, George Allen Running Time: 110 mins. (approx.) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo - Dual Mono) Features: Letterboxed, Mono, Trailers Plot: After a southern colonel in the Civil War captures renegade slaves for a colony of southern aristocrats living in Mexico, escaped slave Charley and his friend Toby bend all their energies to freeing the 71 blacks captured by the colonel. Overview: This movie, a sequel to "The Legend Of Nigger Charley", tells the story of a southern colonel in the Civil War who has raided locations in the north in order to capture renegade slaves for a colony of southern aristocrats living in Mexico. Escaped slave Charley (Fred Williamson) and his friend and fellow escapee Toby, bend all their energies to freeing the 71 blacks captured by the colonel. In the violence that follows, the southern cause suffers.Similar DVD Movies
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