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Panther | 
| Director: Mario Van Peebles
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Angela Bassett, Bobby Brown, Marcus Chong, Richard A. Dysart
Studio: Polygram Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: $440.35
New (2) Used (7) Collectible (1) from $142.30
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 102611
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Letterboxed, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305181292
UPC: 780063630924
EAN: 9786305181293
ASIN: 6305181292
Theatrical Release Date: May 3, 1995
Release Date: December 22, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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This simple-minded account of the Black Panther Party is insulting to anybody who ever admired the positive qualities of the organization or at the very least took their militancy seriously. Melvin Van Peebles wrote the thin script, and son Mario directs it with little of the penetrating and expansive sensibility necessary to understand the subject in its broadest context. The presence of a big cast with a lot of familiar names and faces--including real-life Panther contemporaries Jerry Rubin and Dick Gregory--give the project a false air of importance. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Are you kidding me? April 5, 2009
P. R. Shearer (Portland, OR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why has this video not been release on mass market DVD? Is the industry really trying to kill off this film? It exist s virtually no where, and while I realize it is a bit radical, it needs to be out there for public consumption. I know many people whom have never even heard of this film, and that include professors of black and Afro-American studies programs. Please make this into a DVD so that it can be watched as another view of the Black American experience in America. If I have to watch Marci X, or another film that follows the traditional HW stereotypes, I swear I am gonna be sick. We need more films that can portray the humanity of people, all people. At least this breaks the mold of " anotha nigga eatin water melon, or acting a fool". Please let people see what it took to shake America into being able to have a man like Mr. Obama as a President of the USA. It took a struggle of a Peoplehood in many forms, stop with the sugar coated history.
 Desperate January 30, 2009
L. Phillips
Plz.. If there is anyone out there that know where I can get a copy let me know. I have been looking everywhere for a copy Blackgirl of you are out there you siad you found one at the library. Also, I loved the movie I think it hit some of the high points of the Black Panther movement. And I dont know why they took it off the selves. And them prices are crazy are they serious Im willing to pay 25 to 30 so if you have one to sell hit me up
10 stars January 11, 2009
JCUTT (OAKLAND CA)
Can't say to much everything was already said but my review is on the video version not to take away from the vhs but the video has a lot more extras very very hard to find anyway 10 stars.
Flawed but good account on the BPP December 1, 2008
Nuisance (Miami)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie came and went during its run in theaters due to its nature. But I feel that it was an honest attempt to tell the story of the most controversial party in America: the Black Panthers.
The story is based on the Panthers and how they came to be. The party gets frustrated with the police brutality in America and decide to defend themselves with weaponry.
The acting is pretty good all around: Marcus Chong is great as Huey P Newton, Judge is Kadeem Hardison's best performance on screen point blank period. The same goes for Bokeem Woodbine's character in this movie. The only flaw is that they leave out a few key elements that lead to their downfall but other than that I have no real gripe with this film. I thought that Mario Van Peebles did the best he could with the material he was given but we have to understand that movies are edited just like books are edited so certain information that might have made a difference in the story. You can always read about the Black Panthers if you want to know more about them. This movie is worthy of being in your collection despite the little flaws. If you can find it at a reasonable price, you can definitely check it out.
PS: to the sellers who are selling it for 164 and up are you high? Is the DVD made out of solid gold? Does it come with a Rolex watch? Thats grimy as hell man. No wonder people hate to buy films that are hard to find on here!
Panther October 16, 2008
Cyrus Lowry Jr.
I love this movie but not enough to pay this price. The story is told well but you can't put something this important in an hour and a half long movie. It did what it was supposed to by making the watcher interested enough to go do research after watching it. Let's get real on the price, Seller!!!
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