- BAADASSSSS!
Infobox Film
name = BAADASSSSS!
caption = Promotional poster
director =Mario Van Peebles
producer = Bruce Wayne Gillies, Dennis Haggerty, G. Marq Roswell, Jerry Offsay,Mario Van Peebles , Michael Mann, Tal Vigderson, Tobie Haggerty
writer = Dennis Haggerty
Mario Van PeeblesMelvin Van Peebles
starring = Mario Van PeeblesDavid Alan Grier Nia Long Rainn Wilson Terry Crews
music =Tyler Bates
cinematography = Robert Primes
editing = Anthony Miller
Nneka Goforth
distributor =Sony Pictures Classics
released = flagicon|USSeptember 7 ,2003 (Toronto Film Festival)
runtime = 108 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
gross = $365,727 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=johnsonfamilyvacation.htm, Box Office Mojo]
website = http://www.sonyclassics.com/badass
amg_id = 1:293434
imdb_id = 0367790"BAADASSSSS!", also known as "How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass", is a 2003
biopic , written, directed by, and starringMario Van Peebles . The film is based on the struggles of Melvin Van Peebles (played by his son Mario), as he attempts to film and distribute his movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ", the film widely credited with causing Hollywood to create theblaxploitation genre in order to try to market movies to the black audience which it proved existed. The film also starsJoy Bryant ,Nia Long ,Ossie Davis ,Paul Rodriguez ,Rainn Wilson , andTerry Crews .ynopsis
The film focuses on the social barriers and production problems which
Melvin Van Peebles had to overcome, as well as the personal sacrifices he had to make. The film features such events as Melvin's film being rejected by every studio in Hollywood, and his subsequent attempts to raise funding by pretending that he was making a black pornography movie. Melvin's battles with his creditors and unionists are also shown, as is the farcical scene of him having to bail his crew out after a white police officer arrests them when he comes to the conclusion that a group of hippies and black men could not have come by their equipment legally. However, despite these difficulties we see Melvin overcome and finish his film through sheer commitment and ruthlessness.Cast
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Mario Van Peebles —Melvin Van Peebles
*Adam West — Bert
*David Alan Grier — Clyde Houston
*Glenn Plummer — Angry Brother
*John Singleton — Detroit J
*Chuck Norris — Mr. L
*Joy Bryant — Priscilla
*Karimah Westbrook — Ginnie
*Khalil Kain — Maurice
*Khleo Thomas — Mario
*Len Lesser — Manny Goldberg/Mort Goldberg
*Nia Long — Sandra
*Ossie Davis — Granddad
*Paul Rodriguez — Jose Garcia
*Penny Bae Bridges — Megan
*Rainn Wilson — Bill Harris
*Saul Rubinek — Howard "Howie" Kaufman
*Terry Crews — Big T
*T.K. Carter —Bill Cosby
*Vincent Schiavelli — Jerry
*Wesley Jonathan — PantherAwards & nominations
2004 Gijón International Film Festival
*Best Feature —Mario Van Peebles (nominated)2004 Philadelphia Film Festival
*Best Feature Film — Mario Van Peebles (winner)2005 Black Reel Awards
*Best Actor, Drama — Mario Van Peebles (nominated)
*Best Director — Mario Van Pebbles (winner)
*Best Film, Drama (nominated)
*Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted — Mario Van Peebles (winner)
*Best Supporting Actress —Joy Bryant (nominated)2005 Independent Spirit Awards
*Best Director — Mario Van Peebles (nominated)
*Best Feature — Mario Van Peebles (nominated)
*Best Screenplay — Dennis Haggerty, Mario Van Peebles (nominated)2005 NAACP Image Awards
*Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Mario Van Peebles (nominated)
*Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film (nominated)References
External links
*" [http://www.sonyclassics.com/badass/ BAADASSSSS!] " – Official site
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*imdb title|id=0367790|title=BAADASSSSS!
*metacritic film|id=baadasssss|title=BAADASSSSS!
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