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- 2006
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2006
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 25 m
Summary A chronological collage of Melvin Van Peebles, a beyond-Renaissance man. (Film Forum)
- 2006
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2006
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 25 m
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Summary A chronological collage of Melvin Van Peebles, a beyond-Renaissance man. (Film Forum)
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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A loving tribute to one of the strangest and most enjoyable figures to emerge from American pop culture in its entire history.
If anything, one wishes the film would have spent even more time with Peebles in his personal life.
Enlightening.
Largely content to bask in the great man's glow, Angio provides generous clips and soundbites alongside fond reminiscences, but the celebratory tone leaves room for darker reflections.
Melvin Van Peebles gets the idolatrous treatment in this documentary by first-time director Joe Angio that traces his subject's career as San Francisco cable-car conductor, rap pioneer, filmmaker, Broadway producer, stockbroker, and all-around womanizer.
Angio's film is an excellent introduction, but it won't be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute. When you want to know more - and you will - you'll be glad there's somewhere else to go for a bigger picture.
Though the film verges on hagiography, Angio unearthed a treasure trove of fascinating clips, from the bored-looking writer-director leafing through his program at the 1971 Tony Awards.
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Production Company
Breakfast at Noho LLC
Release Date Jan 20, 2006
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Unrated
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Website
http://www.mvpmovie.com/
Awards
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
