The Klansman

Customer Reviews:

Through The Eyes Of A Child.......2007-06-27

I was nine years old in 1974 when this picture came to film in Oroville, California. I'm a native of Oroville. Although the quality of the performance of the main characters leaves much to be desired,It leaves a good feeling when I view the picture now to see some scenes in Oroville (and some surrounding areas) that have REALLY changed over the past thirty three years. Many of the extras I know along with the memory of one Saturday when a scene was filming downtown were the Butte County Courthouse was once located.

Caveat Emptor.......2007-01-19

The DVD version of this film is a nightmare. When this movie was released I was the night projectionist is a grind house in downtown San Diego, California. It was so incredibly offensive that I immediately put it in my "Cult Classic" list. Imagine my horror upon watching the DVD. The sound track is perfectly horrible and the "editing" is nothing less than a hatchet job, to say nothing of being a close relative to book burning. The pitiful Pollyannas who did this have completely robbed the film of its impact. What kind of a world do these people think we're living in anyway? I strongly advise against buying the DVD in its current state.

Dire.......2006-08-24

Dire. By which I mean the DVD which seems to have been authored by someone at home with some free software.

The DVD claims to be 112 minutes long (It says that on the packaging) but it is only 100:35

The other 12 minutes was lost when this was cut into the pan & scan TV movie travesty that you see before you.

Pure Garbage.......2005-12-16

This DVD is Complete Rubbish! No, not because of the Racism, The Klan, Lynchings, etc., but because of the Poor Acting, Film Quality, and Editing. The DVD Producers actually turned this into a PG Rated Fim...Oh, it's still called an "R", but the Lola Falana Rape Scene was Spliced so heavily that it not only fails to move Me emotionally, I would miss it entirely should I blink My Eyes. The Original Opening Scene, Where a Topless Young Black Lady (Jeanne Bell) is tossed around by White Men standing in a Circle is Edited Out as well, the Producers try hard to omit Racially-Charged Scenes, but to do so leaves the Film empty, unfortunately they keep the Redneck Characters intact, the crappy acting from both Marvin and Burton, and a Dull O.J. Simpson, whose own Voice was overdubbed in this Film.....

A hilariously campy piece of garbage.......2004-06-05

This is such an atrociously awful movie that it's a joy to watch. You have to be aware of the real life events that were ongoing during the making of "The Klansman." Burton and Taylor were busting up and Burton was awash in vodka. He arrived in Oroville, California and promptly proposed to an 18 year Denny's waitress. His costar, Lee Marvin, was also drinking a bottle a day. Neither was sober for a single syllable of this terrible movie and their struggles to appear sober make for some hilarious moments.

Burton, as usual, dreadfully overacts and his attempts at a Southern accent are pitiful, to say the least. Marvin's acting is much better, but when he has to speak inane lines from a miserable script, he can't fare much better. The highlights has to be the scene in the bus station when Burton karate chops poor Cameron Mitchell nearly to death. The movie was so cheaply edited that you can clearly hear director Terrence Young yelling, "Cut, Cam! Get up! Cut!" They don't even bother to edit out the director's instructions. You will be laughing yourself into a choking fit during this lengthy bus station melee,

Description

In the south, a white liberal and a sheriff are caught in the middle of racial tensions. A white teenager is raped and it is blamed on a black man. A black teenager is subsequently murdered, which brings in protestors. The sheriff's deputy is a Klan member and rapes a black woman he has illegally arrested, which results in a massive shootout between the blacks and the Klansmen. Good cast.

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Through The Eyes Of A Child
Caveat Emptor
Dire
Pure Garbage
A hilariously campy piece of garbage

The Klansman
Starring: Lee Marvin , Richard Burton , Cameron Mitchell , O.J. Simpson , and Lola Falana
Director: Terence Young
Manufacturer: 303 Recordings
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ASIN: B0001Z52WK
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Customer Reviews:

Through The Eyes Of A Child.......2007-06-27

Caveat Emptor.......2007-01-19

Dire.......2006-08-24

Pure Garbage.......2005-12-16

A hilariously campy piece of garbage.......2004-06-05

Product Description

The Klansman (1974 - A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down. Vengeance Is Mine (1976)- Ernest Borgnine stars in this low-key crime drama that takes place in the backwoods of America. After robbing a local bank, three thugs seek a hiding place at a secluded farm. But the farmer, played by Borgnine, defies the criminals, holding them at gunpoint and leading to a tense and emotionally charged stand-off while the police race to the scene.

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The Klansman / The Black 6
Starring: Lee Marvin; Richard Burton;OJ Simpson; Mean Joe Greene
Director: Multi
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B00066205G
Release Date: 2002-02-02

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Black Klansman
Director: Ted V. Mikels
Manufacturer: Blax Film
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First time available on DVD
Rare Black Exploitation film

ASIN: B000OCTRRQ

Product Description

Originally released under the title "Crossed The Line", this obscure 1966 film is an early example of the Black Exploitation genre. A black man masquerades as a white extremist in order to infiltrate the KKK & avenge his daughter's murder. He also seduces the Klan's leader's daughter to help even the score.

Action Classics: The Fast & the Furious, the Klansman, the Lady and the Highwayman, the Sell Out

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Action Classics: The Fast & the Furious, the Klansman, the Lady and the Highwayman, the Sell Out

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Lee Marvin, Richard Widmark, John Ireland, Hugh Grant
John Ireland in The Fast and the Furious

ASIN: B000U60T78

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Dolby Digital, Region Free

Average customer rating:

Through The Eyes Of A Child
Caveat Emptor
Dire
Pure Garbage
A hilariously campy piece of garbage

The Klansman
Starring: Lee Marvin , Richard Burton , Cameron Mitchell , O.J. Simpson , and Lola Falana
Director: Terence Young
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00014WA26

Customer Reviews:

Through The Eyes Of A Child.......2007-06-27

Caveat Emptor.......2007-01-19

Dire.......2006-08-24

Pure Garbage.......2005-12-16

A hilariously campy piece of garbage.......2004-06-05

Product Description

The Klansman & Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon-2 DVDs in Set DVD 1. The Klansman: UNDERCOVER FBI ACTION & ADVENTURE-REGION FREE-An FBI Agent goes undercover in the Ku Klux Klan in a small southern U.S. town that has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down! STARS: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, Linda Evans, David Huddleston, Director: Terence Young, Rated R, 112 minutes, Color, Audio: English Dolby Digital DVD 2. Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon: Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective (Basil Rathbone) against that "Napoleon of Crime," Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill). Surpassing his previous evil deeds, Moriarty has now aligned himself with the Nazis & has dedicated himself to stealing a top-secret bomb sight developed by expatriate European scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.).Will Sherlock save the secret weapon?

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