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| Boss | 
 enlarge | Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Fred Williamson, D'urville Martin, William Smith, R. G. Armstrong, Don "
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 13287
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Enhanced, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 584
UPC: 089859058424
EAN: 0089859058424
ASIN: B001DW2BFQ
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: September 30, 2008
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Condition: Five Star Seller!!! New, factory sealed US Region 1 DVD. Item is 100% guaranteed not to be a bootleg or import. Item is shipped directly from our warehouse. Easy exchange if item defective or damaged in shipped.
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Product Description
The Boss (former football star Fred Williamson), has "decided to hunt white folks for a change," becoming a bounty hunter and setting out on the trail of fugitive outlaw Jed Clyton (William Smith). With his comic sidekick Amos (D'Urville Martin), he rides into the town of San Miguel, finds that it has no sheriff and takes the job himself. Boss takes a bite out of local crime and brings the hammer down on Clyton in this amusing and action-filled parody of the 1970s blaxploitation genre, as he institutes black man's law in this white man's town! Bonus Features: Scene Selection,Original Theatrical Trailers, Video Specials: "A Conversation With Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson" with Joel Blumberg, "A Boss Memory" with producer Myrl Schreibman, A Jack Arnold Tribute to Producer Myrl Schreibman Product Specs: DVD9; Dolby; 87 min.; Color; 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA PG; Year 1975; SRP - $14.99
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Great to finally see it after all these years--even though it sucks November 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
OK, this is a very rare Blaxploitation film from the seventies that I've been wanting to see for years and I'm really happy that VCI has released it, even though it's certainly no great film.
Those with an interest in the genre will already know a bit about this movie, but for the person more casually interested in buying this DVD I feel I should provide a couple of words of warning (well, three actually).
Firstly, the real title of this film is "Boss N**ger." And the "N-word" (as we are forced to refer to it in this ever more juvenile world we live in) is all over this thing. I lost count, but I bet the N-word is used at least 150 times (not counting the lyrics of the theme song). It actually becomes kind of humorous after the 20th time, but if you're sensitve about that word, this is not the movie for you.
Secondly, this was a very, VERY low budget film. And even though it was directed by sci-fi film legend Jack "Creature From the Black Lagoon" Arnold, Boss N**ger was shot in the simplest, most rudimentary way possible. The movie was shot almost entirely in master shots with few close ups and almost no editing--just kind of like Arnold would set the camera in one place and tell the actors to just fumble through the entire scene, like in an Ed Wood flick. And the sound work is horrible as well. The whole movie plays like a series of bonus deleted scenes on a dvd--unfinished.
Thirdly, even though the movie is in anamorphic widescreen and the package says this was transferred directly from the original 35mm negative, many parts of the film looks pretty bad, as though it was transferred from a videotape. Makes me wonder if parts of the 35mm film were destroyed and had to be replaced with video (or maybe it's just a crummy transfer).
In any case, the DVD is inexpensive. And it allows you (like me) to satisfy a long held desire to see a Blaxploitation flick that has been held from public view for years simply because of its title.
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