Black Caesar - Il Padrino nero

Titolo originale: Black Caesar

1973
VM18
1h 27min

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Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaRaised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

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While filming in Harlem, Larry Cohen was accosted by local gangsters who threatened to disrupt the shoot unless they were paid off. Instead, Cohen offered them small roles in the film. They helped so enthusiastically that they attended the premiere to sign autographs.

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Tommy cuts off the left ear of the man in the barber's chair, but the ear he drops into the plate of spaghetti is a right ear.

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Tommy Gibbs: That used to be home, sweet home, Pa. Top window. Rear
Mr. Gibbs: Always seemed to me like a much bigger building.
Tommy Gibbs: You must know what I do for a living.
Mr. Gibbs: I'm not gonna lecture you. I don't have the right.
Tommy Gibbs: Did it ever occur to you... That I've been waiting 25 years just to kill you?
Mr. Gibbs: No. No. Wait, listen please. I mean, it was the depression. I mean, you don't know what it was like to... Then the war and my chance to get away. You never had those responsibilities. I mean, you never been trapped. Oh, no. Not knowing where to run or who to-- or who to hate. I was 20 years old, 20 years old when I enlisted. And I was a cook all through the war. I was a cook!
Tommy Gibbs: You never sent home one allotment check. My ma had to scrub floors on her hands and knees for pennies!
[pins his father against a wall pointing his gun at him]
Tommy Gibbs: I'm gonna kill you!
Mr. Gibbs: She-- she couldn't get no allotment! We wasn't married legal! Folks didn't bother much in those days.
Tommy Gibbs: [lowers his gun and turns away] She never told me.
Mr. Gibbs: I--I could have sent you something.
Tommy Gibbs: Go on. Start walkin.'
Mr. Gibbs: I didn't mean to break it to you that way. I mean, I wouldn't have said anything...
Tommy Gibbs: Don't matter. Move on, before I change my mind. Pa! I don't ever want to see you again.
Mr. Gibbs: I understand, son.
Reverend Rufus: What are you going to do now? Kill your momma?

Versioni alternative
The European version included an additional scene before the end credits, where, after Tommy Gibbs is seen wandering in a neighborhood slum, a street gang robs him and fatally beats him up. This sequence was originally cut from U.S. prints, as AIP was already interested in making a sequel. However, in the late 1990s, when MGM bought the Orion Pictures library, the European cut made its way to home video, due to a mix-up on MGM's part. Therefore, all current video releases, to this day, feature this print.

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Featured in Tommy Gibbs criminale per giustizia (1973)

Colonne sonore
Down and Out in New York City
Written by Bodie Chandler & Barry De Vorzon
Performed by James Brown

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7/10

Hail the mighty Williamson for defining the "blaction" era.

BLACK CAESAR is only the first half in the gangster epic of Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson). It has attitude, and comes up strong in detailing the urbanized ghetto culture in a gritty style. Compare this to THE GODFATHER, if you will, because there isn't a lot going on here that its second-half sequel HELL UP IN HARLEM actually offers much more to the story (Maltin, take note of this!). Both films gave Williamson the spotlight he deserved in show business with his mean, dirty style of action-packed influence. This one's just warming up. Best scene to remember: Gibbs putting on the shoe polish of a white man's face to resemble Al Jolson, only in beating the living daylights out of him as he shouts "Mammy! Mammy!". As you'd normally expect for a "blaction" classic, it's pure entertainment, and James Brown's soul music score (absent in the sequel) is the best I've heard. There is a call for examination on Gibbs' "superior" gang who wants to rule over the opposing race, a plot that sometimes goes overboard and needs to be studied. You need to check out and watch BOTH of these titles simultaneously to avoid instant confusion, letting them stick together into a three-hour movie on its own.