The Mack
Directed by Michael Campos
Screenplay by Max Julien, Richard Pryor & Robert J. Poole
1973, USA
Set in Oakland, California, The Mack was the highest-grossing blaxploitation film of its time, and the story behind the making of the film is perhaps more interesting than the actual movie itself. Rumour has it that screenwriter Robert J. Poole started developing the treatment and script on toilet paper while he was in prison, and later passed it on to Max Julien and Richard Pryor, who wrote the final draft. The film is notorious for featuring the first ever Players’ Ball, and along with Julien and Pryor, the film also featured real life criminals, including the legendary Ward brothers. The production was plagued with problems: Richard Pryor’s notorious behaviour and drug habit led him to be kicked off set after assaulting the director – Frank Ward was murdered during filming and The Black Panthers...
Directed by Michael Campos
Screenplay by Max Julien, Richard Pryor & Robert J. Poole
1973, USA
Set in Oakland, California, The Mack was the highest-grossing blaxploitation film of its time, and the story behind the making of the film is perhaps more interesting than the actual movie itself. Rumour has it that screenwriter Robert J. Poole started developing the treatment and script on toilet paper while he was in prison, and later passed it on to Max Julien and Richard Pryor, who wrote the final draft. The film is notorious for featuring the first ever Players’ Ball, and along with Julien and Pryor, the film also featured real life criminals, including the legendary Ward brothers. The production was plagued with problems: Richard Pryor’s notorious behaviour and drug habit led him to be kicked off set after assaulting the director – Frank Ward was murdered during filming and The Black Panthers...
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