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Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 37 produced by 2 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 3 production management 2 second unit director or assistant director 2 art department 1. It was released as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. The film was clearly a lowbudget endeavor, and the resulting presentation cant hide that, especially the audio, which can be quiet or muddled a fault of the original source, not the new lossless track. Released 1972, superfly stars ron oneal, carl lee, sheila frazier, julius harris the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 67 out of 100 on metacritic, which. Super fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. Curtis mayfield, mayfield, curtis superfly 1972 film. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting the coke to cash and running off to start a new life. Mar 23, 2018 attention, exploitation enthusiasts, sony pictures entertainment has released the first trailer was for superfly, a reimagining of the 1972 blaxploitation action classic, super fly. Super fly is the third studio album by american soul musician curtis mayfield, released in july 1972 on curtom records. Jun 12, 2018 trashy, wellplotted update of the harlemset 1972 blaxploitation classic stars a soso trevor jackson as the atlanta drug kingpin looking to get out, but hes surrounded by strong supporting players. Super fly, a blaxploitation film super fly, a 1972 curtis mayfield soundtrack to the film superfly song, the albums title track. The problem is that the mob does not have a retirement. He lines things up for one final score that could retire him, but things go terribly wrong and now his loved ones are in danger.
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