Release Date
May 28, 2004 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
September 14, 2004 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Mario Van Peebles
Writer
Dennis Haggerty, Mario Van Peebles
Cast
Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Adam West, Karimah Westbrook, Nathan Wetherington, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rodriguez, Nia Long, Joan M. Blair, Penny Bae Bridges, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Len Lesser, Jazsmin Lewis, Mario Van Peebles
Studio
Running Time
108 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for pervasive language and some strong sexuality/nudity
What is Baadasssss! about?
The year was 1971 and the hot ticket at the box office was "The French Connection". Little did audiences and the film industry know that in the same year the birth of a new era was about to explode…Independent Black Cinema. The city was Detroit, and a weathered Melvin Van Peebles sat alone in the Grand Circus theatre watching only a few ticket buyers enter where his new film - his follow up to the... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
From the title, you wouldn't expect much, but Baadasssss! is one of the best movies of 2004. Mario Van Peebles writes, directs and stars as his father Melvin Van Peebles, reenacting what his father went through to create an indie film in the 1970's. Full movie review »
