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Don't Play Us Cheap

1972

Action / Comedy / Musical / Romance

Don't Play Us Cheap

1972

Action / Comedy / Musical / Romance

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5.7/10 · 478

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Plot summary

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.

Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Top cast

Avon Long as Brother Dave

Mabel King as House guest at the party

Esther Rolle as Miss Maybell

George Ooppee McCurn as Guest

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

940.24 MB

1204*720

English 2.0

Not Rated

Subtitles

23.976 fps

1 hr 42 min

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1.89 GB

1792*1072

English 5.1

Not Rated

Subtitles

23.976 fps

1 hr 42 min

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Comments 2

cisscess 1464 days ago

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hierodom 1843 days ago

The "Only Race that allowed itself to be enslaved"?!! @Grambo it appears you know little about history outside of your narrow racist views. Maybe go upstairs and ask mommy to get you a library card.

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2 / 10

I did not really like this movie

R T

I did not really like this movie.

10 / 10

This was a cool musical movie! It was

R T

This was a cool musical movie! It was nice to see Esther Rolle and Teresa Merrit in another role besides the roles that made them very popular. This movie was…

A curio from the talented Melvin Van Peebles

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My review was written in June 1990 after watching the movie at MoMA's screening room.Melvin Van Peebles' film of his play "Don't Play Us Cheap" is an…

My review was written in June 1990 after watching the movie at MoMA's screening room.Melvin Van Peebles' film of his play "Don't Play Us Cheap" is an entertaining artifact made 18 year ago. Put on the shelf after having only benefit screenings in 1972/73, pic offers some terrific musical numbers and an ebullient look at black culture of a generation back.Utilizing the same cast that he directed on Broadway, Van Peelbes creates the atmosphere of a house party in Harlem that's a direct forerunner of the Hudlin Brothers recent hit "House Party".His fantasy premise of an imp and little devil creating the party to spoil it out of pure meanness allows the filmmaker's militant themes to be expressed in humor and whimsy.Among the dozen tunes composed by Van Peebles is a show-stopping number "Quittin' Time" sung by lanky George (Ooppee) McCurn. It's a sterling example of the power of recording musical numbers in direct sound, a technique revived for the occasion (two years before Peter Bogdanovich' similarly inclined "At Long Last Love") by Van Peebles, who went to the trouble of building sets in New Mexico and using mobile sound trucks for that purpose.There's also an extremely complex roundelay of four songs sung together which comes off impressively. Hurting the film's overall impact is van Peebles' use of visual tricks left over from the '60s, particularly superimpositions, that stunt the live performance feel. In particular, coloratura Rhetta Hughes' big number is ruined by the disconcerting multiple images of her overlaid on screen.Fantasy elements climax with black comedy of topliner Esther Rolle smashing the little devil in the form of a cockroach with a rolled up newspaper. Rolle is in great form as the party hostess, ably supported by an ensemble cast.Tech credits range from topnotch sound recording to shaky camerawork.. Most setups are filmed using the multiple camera method and both focus and framing are too loose at times. Editing, credited to the filmmaker, is haphazard where a seamless approach would have benefited the "live" feel.Pic deserves a second round of look-sees by potential distributors, as it sharfes he sme time capsule qualities that finally earned "The Plot Against Harry" a latter-day release.

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