Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780609594 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 078060959X Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: July 22, 1997 Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1973 Sales Rank: 18917
Amazon.com: The Mack, a 1973 pimping epic, is at once a laughable, schlock classic and a harbinger of more serious black-themed films to come. Starring the now-forgotten Max Julien as Goldie, the preening ex-con whose dream is to rule the streets with a fine Cadillac and a fleet of topnotch hookers, this film is full of whip-crack, mostly improvised dialogue and hilarious stereotypes (the evil white cops, a wisdom-spouting blind man, and more trash-talkin' pimps than you could shake a walking stick at).
Not only is the film one you can chuckle at in the postmodern, ironic mode, it is also a window on the world of today's rap superstars, many of whom have sampled, invoked, or quoted lines from this gaudy paean to pandering. In other words, The Mack is a kind of godfather to a future stark frankness about life on the streets. But forget the sociological hooey and dig into the piece as an urban costume picture with a greasy/funky score by R&B genius Willie Hutch.
Also, it features an amazing supporting turn by Richard Pryor, who, playing Tonto to Julien's Lone Ranger, unleashes torrents of nearly incomprehensible verbiage in the film's finest moments. Mind you, such brilliance is a direct comedy-organ transplant from Pryor's stand-up act: he was performing his "Pimp on Blow" routine at about the same time The Mack was filmed. Seventy percent of this piece is dross, but the other 30 is the apex of urban surrealism. One vignette to tantalize: Goldie hypnotizing his "ladies" into docile submission as they sit in a planetarium, mechanically repeating his words: "I will remain a lady at all times..." --David Was
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Classic
I din't expect to like this movie, but I did. I especially enjoyed the documentary of the movie with the actors and other historical film professionals.
Rating: - Old School Pimp Flick With A Lesson
This isnt just a movie glorifying the pimp game. This pieces touches on the pros and cons of pimp life. Action packed yet makes you think. An Excellent buy.
Rating: - PIMPIN
FUNNY! THE MACK SHOWCASES ALOT OF REAL COMEDY. JUST ALOT OF REAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN MACKS AND PIMPS THAT YOU WOULD HEAR FROM YOUR OLD UNCLES AND COUSINS AT THE FAMILY PICNIC.
Rating: - Classic
This a Classic film about the pimp game. Goldie is my hero. this is and will always be a timeless Classic.
Rating: - The greatest pimp movie ever made. Hands down!
Talk about some real gangsta' dialouge. The Mack had some of the coldest lines ever heard in cinema history. The story line was excellent and the movie was well directed. The acting was pretty good ... Read More
- Classic
- Old School Pimp Flick With A Lesson