Up Tight! (1968)

Original title

Uptight

Directed by

Jules Dassin

Genre

drama film, blaxploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, a group of black militant activists in Cleveland plan an armed uprising. One man betrays his friends to the police, leading to tragic consequences.

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What happens

Uptight (also known as UpTight! or Up Tight!) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. It was intended as an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland. The soundtrack was performed by Booker T. & the MG's. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is used as a backdrop for the film's fictional narrative. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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