Superfly-The American Dream

[@franktalk5037]

Eddie was a great character in this film. He captured that 1970s NYC hustler persona _perfectly_ in his dialogue and mannerisms. Props to the actor - Mr. Carl Lee.

[@dkapone]

+Denmark Vesey Great scene and movie....Too bad Carl Lee died of a heroin overdose way back in 1986. What a waste. Peace.

[@Einnor084]

dkapone Datz DUH American dream, ni55a. Well - ain't it?!?

[@shawnmoore4622]

He made u believe wat he was saying was gospel being in the game was all he knew

[@quentinkirk3870]

"It's The American Dream Nigga,Ain't It"

[@JohnSmith-ko6zv]

Love these old school movies.

[@cozmo5294]

You better come on in,man. Best line ever. Love this flick

[@RodneyD]

After hitting that coke.... I can guarantee he didn't have an appetite for food. Coke suppress the appetite. LOL

[@whitneywilliams317]

Sounds like you speaking from experience

[@RodneyD]

@@whitneywilliams317 I do…. No shame here.

[@whitneywilliams317]

@@RodneyD no judgement here. My choices of drugs was 💊

[@J.Gainez]

i be ready to fxck a moose of the blow eating comes much later once the bag done lol, percs always was my DOC though

[@wsmith412]

Movie had no mistakes. He was hungry because of all that energy he used chasing fiends.

[@terrymanning2285]

This is a great scene.

[@jackjohnson7396]

Best movie line ever. 8 track too!

[@Blueiscoool]

The American Dream is a great thing!

[@shemereali961]

The best two movie soundtracks in history Superfly and Troubleman.

[@tonyjulian1289]

Shemere Ali you forgot Shaft

[@rdave7956]

The mack. By Willie hutch was fire too

[@hushmoney2058]

Hell, I would put Coffy in that list ....

[@shemereali961]

Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye both did the whole soundtracks Classic

[@robertnelsonjr663]

Marvin Gaye Did Trouble man

[@fredmac8247]

Yup, two Masters. 👍

[@TampaRedd]

Soundtrack is one of my favs, that Chase Scene and Freddie's Dead are still 2 of my go to peices of music when I'm feeling fly!

[@smartanajones4u]

2000 years from now we’ll all be dead and gone but this movie won’t ever get old as the ages move on

[@MisterB2eternity]

Over the years I always thought that Carl Lee a.k.a. Eddie looks like he could be Diddy (Puffy)'s dad.

[@williammason475]

fool, you better come on in!!

[@BigPeebo]

Now who would've known that 21 years later after this scene was filmed, a 21 year old from Long Beach, CA would reenact this exact scene as the intro to his debut album???

[@MsJanetWood]

Snoop Doggy Dog "Bathtub" 🛀🏻

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I was thinking that too.

[@hood999111]

Best line in cinematic history.

[@stingraybeach9710]

Hell of a way to go through your one life you get from God - TVs and dope??!! Ron O'Neil even stated that he felt "...a curious sense of responsibility" when it came to the popularity of this film. I admit the soundtrack was the bomb!

[@ricardotorres4150]

Classic Scene Right Here

[@unique74muzik]

"You better come on in"

[@damianedwards2327]

best monologue in film history

[@shogunmadness]

This shyts so cold. Some real East Coast game.

[@frankfrank1999]

Eddie forgot the gold pinky ring , fur hat , white go-go boots , and pearl handled .45___all must have for 70's cool in the big city.

[@SJbzzz]

Eddie wasn't no clown bro.He was a hustler.

[@bigearl3867]

You confusing a clown with a hustler. People who stand out catch the attention of the law.

[@spencercohen1577]

Priest had his head on straight, focused guy.

[@stebbiej]

He said 8track i died lol

[@DeenoverDunya215]

70's baby

[@jasondawson8938]

Why?

[@christopherduffy1703]

Hey! If you had an 8 track stereo back then you was doing good.

[@oholm09]

Now we got cds 💿 😊

[@filippersson5256]

Im geting out eddie,, The cameraman cracks up. Never heard that before.. 🌡️

[@youngnixx88788]

friend or no friend, another grown man is definitely not going to be in my home lickin his fingers like that smh

[@rogue7894]

About a decade later while watching a move Red Dawn about a Soviet invasion of the US. I recognized Ron O'Neal in the role of a Cuban commander trying to hunt down the American guerilla fighters. It was kind of surreal, after Superfly. I felt like at one point he was going go in on his soldiers like, "I want them Wolverines hunted and found...Tonight!" Maybe Priest settled in Cuba and got drafted by the Cuban government.

[@devinpittman942]

😂😂

[@CarlMickens]

I didn't think I was gonna find this scene on youtube lol

[@Bigdgotthejuice3443]

Snoop’s first album put a gen z on this movie just now😂😂😂🙏🏾

[@MsJanetWood]

0:33 I wonder what kind of sandwich that was! I want some! 🥪

[@adamfreeman2348]

eddie was my favourite character in this. very captivating

[@creoleDJ]

This shit snaps even harder when you watch it on closed caption mode! 🤣🤣

[@castolano]

Carl lee played a goon in spike Lee's movie clockers which came out in 95 great film he can act his ass off

[@karajones4638]

31membami no he didnt he died in 1986

[@MD-DLive]

Actually, that was played by Thomas Jefferson Bryd!

[@dirtyweasel]

Snoop Dogg. Doggystyle intro.

[@jameskelley4089]

8 Trak stereo in very room......Seventies guys can relate to that!

[@craiggraves1819]

American nightmare

[@joel8583]

Definitely no life to live.

[@michaelhatcher5264]

Agreed myfriend Agreed

[@brojonsan9987]

Fax

[@TheBishopDon]

Gotta love Eddie bruh!!!

[@franktalk5037]

There were a couple more great scenes of dialogue in this movie that give this scene a run for its money. Great movie! I waited a good 25+ years before finally seeing this film on dvd. SHAFT would always be on late at night (after the 11PM news), but they blacklisted this movie from network television back in the day because they (whoever "they" are) claimed that the movie promoted drug dealing and cocaine use. At least that was the case in the New York City television market of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Superfly was a cool character but he was looking for a way OUT of the game. Sure, some poor kids in the hood or the barrio may have wanted to be like him. However, overall the movie was about a guy who knew he'd end up in jail or dead and wanted to turn his life around. He sold drugs because his poverty and a felony on his record gave him few options to live a comfortable lifestyle.

[@norrissteve9239]

I

[@elijahnakumura4375]

"They" dont want that gettin out there. They want to promote the character that loves being there

[@timothyblack1979]

This ain't the first time for you trick

[@1trucxhondamov589]

Coked up and a sandwich too bacc in 1972,...life don't get much sweeter than that, nigga!!! 😃 WS MOVIN 3X!

[@BeinformedBefree]

Exactly Craig

[@johnpatton2794]

That nose candy

[@Undermineded-333]

How come lisa always get the good ones,,,c the light!!!((come to America jack))

[@quentinkirk3870]

Who Remembers When Eddie(Carl Lee) played on An Episode of Good Times As Willonas Ex Boyfriend Who Wanted To Get Back With Her?,When The Scene in The Evans Household Was Coming To An End Eddie Starts Eyeballin Thelma Who He Later Makes A Pass At.

[@lampshadecover6895]

Quentin Kirk ... Thelma!! ..he wanted to hit Thelma

[@lampshadecover6895]

Quentin Kirk his name was Ray..and mama Evans told him to get your nickle sick bones outta here

[@ayrramadan8819]

Not as dumb as he looks

[@Buildsolarhomes]

U mean ex husband

[@daxterclark5092]

YEP...I remember THAT!!

[@crazyralph6386]

Priest was such a cool dude

[@samuelgriffin9364]

Priest had the munchies for sure

[@cobinalee4568]

8 track stero, color tv in every room, when you leave Priest, Leave that 8 Track and Color TV with me Dude...😈😅😃😈

[@ginnrollins211]

(Charlie Brown) Linus, I'm gettin' out. (Linus) Gettin' outta whut? (CB) Da ho business. (Linus) Sheeit, you gonna give all did up? 8-track stereos, color TV in ev'ry room, and all da hoes u could tap inna day? That's the American Dream nigga!

[@SirLurnAlot]

OH sweet Jesus! Them junkies must have knocked a whole in yo head. You gonna give all this up? 8 track sterio color tv in every room.

[@raymondgarcia8266]

Hole*

[@christopherduffy1703]

Hey! They got all that stuff but no wifi?! C'mon man, these guys need to get up to speed.

[@locmarcuz4454]

Snort a half a piece of dope a day,Itz tha American 🇺🇸 dream 😴

[@creoleDJ]

Would’ve been funny as hell if he said “that’s the American dream, if you will!”🤣🤣

[@harryknutts8428]

u better come on in

[@TheDoctorJC]

Katt Williams looked great in this movie

[@nicolehall8876]

That is Not Katt that is Mr Ron O Neal 😮

[@hushmoney2058]

He must have been one of the Babies in that Getto Apartment that Priest Chased after that Junkie that tried to rob him ....

[@ricodixon343]

"You got anytHing to eat man?!" After takin' a bump......

[@THEKING-tt5rp]

ice cold beer after a hit 🤣

[@summerwinter2864]

If Eddie call a 8 track stereo and a colored tv a American dream, what would he call a cell phone that hold 10,000 songs and a 65 inch TV in HD 😃😃

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Priest definitely had the munchies

[@floridagator1765]

Don’t get high on your supply. The dope runs you instead of you running the dope!

[@SouthSideRalph1]

Eddie never lived to see the American dream...Sadly

[@waynecarter4153]

🤟🤘💯🤟🤟

[@michaelhatcher5264]

Satellite radio flat screen smart 📺 in every room police after me. That's the American dream Bigger. 😆 😆 😆

[@2enchant]

This would have been great if They mentioned the messenger Elijah Muhammad.

[@VitoDonatucci.jr.215ton.y2]

Who snorts coke an ask where's the food at lol....not me I'm good for a few hours

[@samuelgriffin4167]

It's the munchies

[@Pamela-zy7vc]

🤣 👕 👖

[@Crezelltree4261]

What!Give up my 8 track player?Nigga is you crazy?

[@columbusohio72]

Lol

[@rdave7956]

Come on in ....

[@unique74muzik]

@0:35 Petty 💀😩

[@Undermineded-333]

The darkest thing that have given us is two women Oprah and Michelle,,, priest is a colored white with darker men looking at him as the author

[@_nx..kromer.6085]

Talk about a heavy upload.

[@michaelbowles4757]

For the young. Men and weman in other words. Only white had it like that. This brother was balling next level shit. 👊🏾🦶🏾

[@youstankhoe4309]

Moodymann

[@andrickagrady4248]

WERK OF WERK

[@deloresboudreaux2755]

More like the American tragedy.

[@jayyarbrough9902]

Eddie sold his soul to the street for just that? I wish I would.

[@jackiebarker4082]

Sweet cheeks you gonna give all this up

[@feliciacoby5321]

I Love this movie 🍿 the critics gave this movie 🍿 bad reviews I assume because it glamourized drug use

[@williamfore2478]

I NEVER listen to critics they are to busy critiquing the movies instead of enjoying them

[@thetrismegistusone]

Ain't it

[@imaninternettroll1660]

Coke & being hungry don’t mix. Huge error in consulting

[@nazariobazan1462]

Niggaz was saying nigga in the 70s

[@user-iv2jr5pu2s]

Man that is not my dream lol

[@cinnaminson0653]

Glorification of the criminal life.

[@lwmson]

This was a good movie and Ron O"Neal was one of the actors of that the blaxpliotation era who could actually act, but to make a movie glorifying a dope peddler and justifying it because it was the "only thing he could do" was immoral.

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

It presented the dilemma.

[@Biggdoom344]

I think you missed the message. It didn’t glorify dope dealing. It was actually an anti drug movie summed up with the song Freddie’s dead. ..there’s a Freddie on the corner now..but remember Freddie is dead. In summary..this stuff will eventually get you arrested or killed.

[@lwmson]

@@Biggdoom344 The song Freddie's Dead was a side message from Curtis Mayfield about the danger of drugs. The truth is that Freddie didn't die from drugs. He was killed in a car accident. But the movie itself was sending a message that the only way a black guy could make it was if he sold drugs. As Eddie said to Priest, "I know it's a rotten game. But it's the only one the man left for us to play, and that's the stone cold truth."

[@Biggdoom344]

@@lwmson Freddie’s character died getting hit by a car in the movie. The song Freddie is dead talked about the peril of drug dealing with serious consequences. But if you think priest wanted to get out when he had police protection and unlimited coke to sell as glorified drug dealing ( oh yeah, scatter got killed because he was no longer necessary) that’s your take.

[@lwmson]

@@Biggdoom344 The song isn't about the peril of dealing drugs. It's about the peril of doing drugs. "Freddie's on the corner now. If you want to be a junkie wow. Just remember that Freddie's dead."I know Priest wanted out, but he won in the end because he made his big payday. That's where the glory comes in.