The Final Comedown (1972)
- Directed by
- Oscar Williams
- Genre
- blaxploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 12 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.
How it feels
A Black nationalist group gets into a violent shootout with police. The story unfolds through flashbacks that show how they got to that point.
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What happens
The Final Comedown is a 1972 blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Oscar Williams and starring Billy Dee Williams and D'Urville Martin. The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, with the backstory leading up to the shootout told through flashbacks. The radical group is not identified by name in the film but closely resembles the Black Panther Party. The film was recut and re-released in 1976 under the title Blast! The new version featured additional footage directed by Allan Arkush, credited under the pseudonym "Frank Arthur Wilson." The original version has had several releases on DVD from various budget-line DVD manufacturers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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