The Mack Documentary with Max Julien and Dr. Todd Boyd (1973)

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The Mack is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by California native Michael Campus, starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Tony-nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. Filmed in Oakland, California the movie follows the rise and fall of Goldie. After returning home from a 5-year prison sentence, he returns home to find his brother involved in Black nationalism. Goldie decides to take an alternative path, striving to become the city's biggest pimp.
Though reviews were less than favorable upon initial release, The Mack is considered by many critics to be the best entry in its genre.The film is often categorized as blaxploitation, but Michael Campus, Max Julien, and others involved in its production have argued that the genre label oversimplifies the film.
The film's soundtrack was recorded by Motown artist Willie Hutch.
Production
According to director Michael Campus, the original script for the film was written on prison toilet paper by Bobby Poole, an inmate at San Quentin. While staying in Oakland for two months, Campus met Frank Ward, a real pimp and drug dealer from Oakland. Max Julien's character of Goldie is based upon him. In order to shoot the movie, Campus needed Ward's permission, because many scenes were filmed in his territory. In exchange for his guidance and protection, Campus put Ward in the film. All of the homeless people, junkies, pimps and women in the film were supplied by Frank Ward.
Although Campus had Ward's protection, the film was also in Black Panther territory. During filming, Black Panther party members would throw bottles and trash cans from rooftops. In order for filming to run smoothly, an additional deal had to be made with Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, who were then put in charge of providing extras for the film. About halfway through the production of the film, Frank Ward was shot and killed while in his Rolls Royce. There was speculation that the Black Panthers were responsible for Ward's death, and the filmmakers and cast relocated to safer areas for filming. Despite the tension, the film's opening was shot in Oakland with all of the proceeds going to the Black Panthers' breakfast program.
Reception
The film was screened in theaters in only about 20 mostly black communities. Distributors avoided theaters in predominantly white neighborhoods due to a belief the film would do better in black areas. Despite its low distribution, director Michael Campus has noted that the film outgrossed The Godfather in the cities in which it played.
Alternate score
In its original 1973 release by Cinerama Releasing and its 1978 reissue by AIP, The Mack featured a score by Willie Hutch, an artist and producer for Motown Records. In 1983, Producers Distributing Corporation reissued the film to capitalize on the resurgent popularity of Richard Pryor and Roger Mosley, who was co-starring on the hit TV series Magnum P.I.). PDC commissioned a new score by Alan Silvestri featuring vocals by Gene McDaniels. The reissue poster advertised a soundtrack release on Posh Boy Records, but the album was released on the ALA Enterprises label; it is now out of print and highly collectible. To differentiate it from the original score, fans have referred to it as "The Mack and His Pack," based on a catch phrase used on the reissue poster. When the film was initially licensed to Embassy Pictures for home video, it included the Silvestri score. The New Line DVD release restored the original Willie Hutch score to the film.
References in popular culture
Chance the Rapper sampled "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" in "Lost (ft. Noname Gypsy)."[9]
Chief Keef also sampled "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" in "Nobody", a collaboration with Kanye West.[9]
A$AP Mob also sampled "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" in "Put That On My Set", from their collaborative album Cozy Tapes: Vol. 1: Friends.
In a scene in the 1993 film True Romance, The Mack is playing on a TV screen in the background when Clarence Worley (played by Christian Slater) confronts Drexl Spivey (played by Gary Oldman).
The film's theatrical poster is spoofed in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5th season episode "The Curse of Savanti Romero".

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@KadillacKeyeezy_RonOnealJr
@KadillacKeyeezy_RonOnealJr 2 жыл бұрын
Willie Hutch didn’t get enough credit for the soundtrack for the Mack.
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 Жыл бұрын
Right there with Superfly soundtrack 2 me
@seanstephens6915
@seanstephens6915 Жыл бұрын
I agree my totally
@louellarobertson8074
@louellarobertson8074 Жыл бұрын
He didn't
@jasielandgiannischannel8042
@jasielandgiannischannel8042 6 ай бұрын
Rap music took from these jewels and crowned what is now still relevant in the top charts today
@debragarcia1909
@debragarcia1909 5 ай бұрын
💯
@leetheaarceneaux8151
@leetheaarceneaux8151 2 жыл бұрын
I am from Oakland, California. I knew several people who were in this movie . The kid who was in the scene who said he wanted to be like Goldie is now a bus driver for Muni. The guy in the barbershop scene who had on purple is a pastor of a church now and the club scene with the soul group who wore blue the lead singer is my best friends father I think the group name was The Moments .
@roderickstockdale1678
@roderickstockdale1678 2 жыл бұрын
Muni?
@leetheaarceneaux8151
@leetheaarceneaux8151 2 жыл бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 Yes the kid now in his 50s is a Muni Bus driver in San Francisco.
@xUzi786
@xUzi786 2 жыл бұрын
@@leetheaarceneaux8151 interesting he must be mind blown seeing himself as a kid in 1972
@chriso8193
@chriso8193 4 сағат бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 It's short for Municipal....
@roderickstockdale1678
@roderickstockdale1678 17 минут бұрын
@@chriso8193 …oh, ok. Forgot that one
@yell0wberry
@yell0wberry 2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace to Max Julien
@macn4u
@macn4u 2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace to “The Legend Max Julien aka Goldie”. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
@rockabye_baby187
@rockabye_baby187 3 жыл бұрын
The score of this movie...Willie was MASTERFUL. THANK YOU Mr. Hutch
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 Жыл бұрын
Willie went off
@naz.718
@naz.718 Жыл бұрын
Him and Curtis mayfield for SuperFly ⚡️
@savcts5776
@savcts5776 11 ай бұрын
WILLIE HUTCH IS COLD 187's FATHER
@alexrichrevue5731
@alexrichrevue5731 3 жыл бұрын
THE MACK!! A Masterpiece and so is the Soundtrack by Willie Hutch (another musical genius)!✊🏾🙏🏿🌅
@reginaldgraham1057
@reginaldgraham1057 2 жыл бұрын
The old man who introduced Goldie to the pimp game name was Paul Harris. A accomplished actor in his own right.
@Kaydubb
@Kaydubb 2 жыл бұрын
Facts... 💯💯
@Supremmo
@Supremmo 2 жыл бұрын
Paul Harris played a pimp in Truck Turner!
@alfonsoandrewsll134
@alfonsoandrewsll134 Жыл бұрын
Q
@AndriaaLeoLove
@AndriaaLeoLove Жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha ha ha.
@sirjer73
@sirjer73 Жыл бұрын
he also played Gator in Truck Turner and one of Kansas City Mack partners in Let's do it again.
@concernedcitizen5614
@concernedcitizen5614 2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, legend Max Julien 🙏🏾✊🏾🖤
@MM-ml2rl
@MM-ml2rl 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know he had past, I loved the movie Thomasine and Bushrod so much I got one the original movie stills printed in 1974 . What an amazing actor.
@kennethdriver9531
@kennethdriver9531 2 жыл бұрын
He's my hero
@Killemkellz
@Killemkellz Жыл бұрын
He’s not dead dood
@leslieswiman4813
@leslieswiman4813 Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@YakThaWiseman72
@YakThaWiseman72 Жыл бұрын
@@Killemkellz Max Julien is dead, look it up
@arlenerogerswilhite2236
@arlenerogerswilhite2236 3 жыл бұрын
Max Julien was a deep brother off screen
@alpheusjoseph9907
@alpheusjoseph9907 3 жыл бұрын
The Mack is forever legendary
@Bosco53ReadSt
@Bosco53ReadSt 3 жыл бұрын
RIP WILLE HUTCH
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
@LEWIS JONES - which pimp was lewis jones? or was he a pimp?
@dretseljohnson5166
@dretseljohnson5166 2 жыл бұрын
Max Julien was so influential and the movie was so fantastic when it came out. May he rest in peace ✌️ Gone but never forgotten. The Mack will live on.
@bosshogg1155
@bosshogg1155 3 жыл бұрын
My dad named me Max Julien because he was so into this era. I now have 2 sons that one is named Max and the other is named Julian. Also I never understood why Willie Hutch doesn’t get the recognition like other musicians from the era.
@MzpinkHollywood
@MzpinkHollywood 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you his music was Epic 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@mongoslade277
@mongoslade277 2 жыл бұрын
He got his just due as a composer. He scored The Mack. Foxy Brown and he did The Last Dragon. Just the competition in that era & he stayed with Motown too long. Berry Gordy only cared for certain people on that label
@highcrimes9153
@highcrimes9153 2 жыл бұрын
Dad naming you, “Max Julien” is pretty cool.
@Ladysugarshaft
@Ladysugarshaft 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful names Brother 🖤
@sunflowerlove6489
@sunflowerlove6489 2 жыл бұрын
i love it ur name and keeping it going
@anthonynelson2521
@anthonynelson2521 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P Max Julien and R.I.P Richard Pryor and Dick Anthony Williams and Carol Speed and R.I.P Roger E Mosley and R.I.P Frank Grimes and Juanita Moore and plus Don Gordon R.I.P Paul Harris and everybody who's played on The Mack 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯💯 and R.I.P Willie Hutch 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯💯
@KennethDriver-g9z
@KennethDriver-g9z Ай бұрын
❤️✌🏾💐
@funkythangzprod3446
@funkythangzprod3446 Жыл бұрын
The story of Goldie is about my friend Fahali Wards daddy Frank Ward and his brother Tony Ward from Louisiana who migrated to Oakland in the 50's and grew to be the biggest gangster in Oakland. Unfortunately my friend daddy didn't see his movie made because Fahali's daddy Frank was murdered right before the movie The Mack premiered in February 1973, he died at the young age of 33 years old. The question is who murdered my friends father Frank Ward ? Well word on the streets in the early 70's it was allegedly the Black Panthers!!!! Yes, Huey Newton and Bobby Seals are possibly responsible for my friends father death!!! I watched this movie being made as a child in Oakland and I watched my friend Fahali Ward sad everyday not knowing his daddy Frank, but Frank left his son a 1972 silver and grey Rose Royce I used to look at almost everyday. There is more evidence that point to the Black Panthers pertaining Frank Wards death but you'll have to wait until my book comes out about the city of Oakland. I will be talking about the Black migrants who left the south after World War II to become long shore men in Oakland to the introduction of Lesane Crooks aka Tupac Shakur!!!
@aktxag
@aktxag 2 жыл бұрын
RIP Goldie AKA Max Julien. Another legend lost.
@kevinharper1688
@kevinharper1688 Жыл бұрын
R I p to the 1st goldie
@kevinharper1688
@kevinharper1688 Жыл бұрын
Max. Julien
@rockytolbert2669
@rockytolbert2669 3 жыл бұрын
Damn china doll still look good
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
ROCKY- ISNT SHE STILL BEAUTIFUL, PRETTY LADY, TOOK CARE OF HERSELF, MAX JULIEN JUST SAID, "FUK" IT....LOL..😁😂🤣😂
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 Жыл бұрын
Good gracious the actress who played China Doll😍 right now !!!!
@OntarioAndrews415
@OntarioAndrews415 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I saw The Mack when I was a kid. I did not know the history behind it until now. I always remembered Max Julien as the star just like I remember Richard Roundtree as Shaft and Ron O'Neal as Super Fly and of course Pam Greer as Coffy. I actually saw Pam Greer and Willie Hutch once when they came to the Lincoln movie Theater in Washington DC for a premier. I waited in the rain for them. This was way back in the day so no cell phone camera. I just have my memory which is good enough. :)
@FreqsandVibes
@FreqsandVibes 3 жыл бұрын
I like that.
@roberthoward7884
@roberthoward7884 3 жыл бұрын
We all started wherein Mack hats and Superfly, coats.to school, were the Mack.
@gaynellgibson89
@gaynellgibson89 3 жыл бұрын
Wow it's good to know the truth about the Movie I was a teen yongsta when I saw the movie and good to hear about the Black Panthers that tried to help our people for the righteousness not to destroy themselves...
@ROCKNROLLFAN
@ROCKNROLLFAN 2 жыл бұрын
Damn, I was looking all over for this film on Roku TV all this weekend and its unavailable and I would have never thought that he'd die during my search. I have it on VHS. Rest in peace, Max.
@karenross8568
@karenross8568 3 жыл бұрын
love this movie......loved it back in the day and still enjoy..............one of a handful of black movies from the 70's that I will watch whenever it comes on........the soundtrack is superb..............the soundtrack to SUPERFLY will always be my favorite.......... the movie was the shit back in the day but I never watch it....GOLDIE FOREVER.........
@PoloSeanDon
@PoloSeanDon 2 жыл бұрын
I watched this movie a 1000 times and thought I had the full understanding down pack. But after watching this Documentary I truly can say I didn't understand the true meaning of "THE MACK" until now. Endless salute to all the cast, players, black Panthers, etc and most of all RIP to Frank Ward, and Max Julien #FactsOfLife 💯💪
@curtismoore7738
@curtismoore7738 2 жыл бұрын
SALUTE WORD
@wussup12345
@wussup12345 Жыл бұрын
It’s down Pat ya geek😂😂
@PoloSeanDon
@PoloSeanDon Жыл бұрын
@@wussup12345 🤙
@reneedominguez3633
@reneedominguez3633 Жыл бұрын
Ummm, it's down pat, not pack!
@PoloSeanDon
@PoloSeanDon Жыл бұрын
@@reneedominguez3633 🤙
@allaboutkeysllc367
@allaboutkeysllc367 3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in DC as a young kid, seeing the homie Max on the big screen and then turn around and see him in the mall in the city made me believe anything is possible if I put my mind to it
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
what year was that 70's? or recently?, I would have like to seen him in his hay days, when he was "Fine as "fuk", not now, too old and tired, like the rest of us from the 70's...lol..😂😂😂
@sereneamani1713
@sereneamani1713 2 жыл бұрын
I hope people will remember Max Julien's contributions. I was born and raised in Oakland but lived in another state & city when this movie came out. The scene at the pool hall was near my parent's home (now condominiums). Brings back a lot of memories.
@robertwilliams3887
@robertwilliams3887 3 жыл бұрын
One of DC's finest Max Julien
@wilhelmw3455
@wilhelmw3455 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Max Julian.
@princedlpowell
@princedlpowell Жыл бұрын
The Greatest Film of All Time (Hands Down). Big ups to the entire cast & crew. Many Blessings-Gone, but NEVER 4Gotten “THEMACK”
@kareem-a.-jones-miller
@kareem-a.-jones-miller 7 ай бұрын
This is my absolute favorite movie of all time, and I have watched it countless times.
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
THE SOUNDTRACK WAS THE BOMB!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘😁😁😁
@sallysson
@sallysson Жыл бұрын
I've seen this movie more times than I can count. My two favorites lines: When Goldie is talking to Slim in the bar reflecting on how women would risk their lives on the street to get her Pimp's money and he tells Slim, "Oh, I'm not talking about me; I'm talking about those other dudes". And when Pretty tony loses his girl to Goldie in the pool hall and his only retort to Goldie was "You ain't no pimp; you're a rest haven for hoes"
@insuchaway
@insuchaway Жыл бұрын
"You a car thief! A CAR THIEF!!!"
@decoratorlily8869
@decoratorlily8869 Жыл бұрын
I have the DVD of The Mack. I watch it a couple times a year. Now that I know how "real and raw" the creation of it was, I have more and a better appreciation for the story. GREAT documentary! 👍🏽👍🏽
@garealemcgill6967
@garealemcgill6967 3 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack is so hot I'll tell ya these jive turkeys don't know anything about MACKING!!! Can you dig it baby (in my Goldie's voice )
@musikaltherapy3094
@musikaltherapy3094 2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace to my frat brother Max Julien. You will never understand how much you have impacted many peoples lives. #Salute
@dp7047
@dp7047 2 жыл бұрын
Which frat?
@musikaltherapy3094
@musikaltherapy3094 2 жыл бұрын
@@dp7047 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated. Brother Julien is a 1954 initiate of or Xi chapter at Howard University.
@busyrand
@busyrand 2 жыл бұрын
@@musikaltherapy3094 Wow Phi! I never knew that...
@musikaltherapy3094
@musikaltherapy3094 2 жыл бұрын
@@busyrand I found out not long after I crossed. Definitely explains a lot about him.
@josephtessier3213
@josephtessier3213 2 жыл бұрын
@@musikaltherapy3094 p look o
@traceygroomes9296
@traceygroomes9296 3 жыл бұрын
I knew men like this. I used to see them when I left school. I watched them film Superfly in my neighborhood. I saw the players balls in Harlem. I went to thx Jewel box review at the Apollo theatre. Even the conversation is real slang that was used during that time. This whole entire movie was true to life. The drugs scenes were so real.
@AndriaaLeoLove
@AndriaaLeoLove Жыл бұрын
They say as soon as the black man got off the plantation, he started pumping us out.
@CEELOW3000
@CEELOW3000 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. to the original Mack 🙏🏿🕊️
@williamsmith2612
@williamsmith2612 Жыл бұрын
this is a very good documentary really deserve a academy award🏆
@paulcooper5748
@paulcooper5748 3 жыл бұрын
I love movies from this time period.
@tremekawilson9238
@tremekawilson9238 2 жыл бұрын
So do I.
@dreesdog7
@dreesdog7 Жыл бұрын
The soundtrack was so dope. I was told my great uncle was a pimp. He had some of the nicest suits that took from my grand mother. They were old and in excellent condition..
@mikkifarmer9626
@mikkifarmer9626 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to the legendary Max Julien. The Mack has made him a household name and he will never be forgotten.
@rockabye_baby187
@rockabye_baby187 3 жыл бұрын
The score of this movie...Willie was MASTERFUL. THANK YOU Mr. Hutch
@nicholr2933
@nicholr2933 3 жыл бұрын
That was a bad ass soundtrack💯Movie and all i watch this every night to this day💯👍💪
@jamescarter2013
@jamescarter2013 3 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy this movie it’s not on iTunes
@rickimhotep1236
@rickimhotep1236 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamescarter2013 Ask her for her ### maybe yall can watch it together.❤❤❤
@jamescarter2013
@jamescarter2013 3 жыл бұрын
@@rickimhotep1236 I’m going to have to pass homeboy I’m wifed up already G
@beamer7
@beamer7 3 жыл бұрын
Every night though Nikki😬?
@TRIADDPC
@TRIADDPC Жыл бұрын
Super-Fly was New York and The MACK was California. Amazing!
@verahall6498
@verahall6498 3 жыл бұрын
Max Julien was born January 1st 1945, and there is absolutely no evidence that he ever did drugs, he was a classical Actor, he also designed clothes for some of the Rappers he has always been and still is highly intelligent, he is married to former Actress Annabella Chavers and to me he looks pretty good for his age, love the movie, love this documentary, love me some Max Julien ❤️💯
@g.m.5395
@g.m.5395 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You, Much Love and Respect. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@charmaine9920
@charmaine9920 2 жыл бұрын
YES. LOVE SOME MAX IT WAS A GUY AT MY HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THIS MOVIE CAME OUT LOOK JUST LIKE HIM I MEAN EXACTLY A CLONE OF HIM .
@vfree4579
@vfree4579 2 жыл бұрын
That's the most I've learned about Max Julian.. My mother took me to see the Mack, I was no more than 10 years old. Even at 10 years old I thought that he good looking.
@agthaog1986
@agthaog1986 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to the Legendary Max Julien 🙏🏾
@macknificenttvmcgee8591
@macknificenttvmcgee8591 Жыл бұрын
What a classic. Pimp this term was given derogatorily to intelligent confident creative black men. I'm talking bout artist of persuasion not goons. She wants me to be alright because I am right. ❤
@michellepitird1757
@michellepitird1757 8 ай бұрын
❤well said..
@moamostofall8090
@moamostofall8090 2 жыл бұрын
Pure Genious..and boy that Max was an essential thinker getting all his thoughts out all at once.
@duyeasmith2487
@duyeasmith2487 Жыл бұрын
I'm from North Oakland. I was 11 years old when they filmed the Mack me and my 5 brothers snuck into the theater to see the Mack and Coffy at Eastmont Mall in east Oakland in 1974.
@JosephTaylor-gm6jo
@JosephTaylor-gm6jo 5 ай бұрын
That's a conquencedence! I also grew up in North Oakland on this street called Aileen Street! Went to Santa Fe Elementary, Claremont Junior High School and graduated from Oakland Tech in 1981! I'm a movie buff and grew up watching all these great flicks: The Mack, SuperFly, Black Caesar, Sparkle, Coffy, Foxy Brown, Truck Turner, Cleopatra Jones! But my all time favorite flick back then was J.D.'s Revenge! Use to go to the Roxie, The Lux and the Eastmont Cinemas! We probably know each other by face! Small world! Nuff Said!
@mrkingssizesnicker
@mrkingssizesnicker 2 жыл бұрын
INCREDIBLE!!! This documentary on the Mack was so fucking GREAT!!! Did you hear the rap, lingo, the lines they were saying?!!! Some legendary quotes in the history cinematography! The dissing of the cops just how they put words and statements together was 1,000 percent on point. Scarface and the Godfather was good but, I'm not not Cuban, or Italian. The Mack is where it's At because I'm Black, and that a Fact!!! 👊🏿✌🏿
@sunflowerlove6489
@sunflowerlove6489 2 жыл бұрын
REst in power max u are the reason anyone who came from this era and was born and raised during this time got to witness some of the greatest black films , actors , music tv etc.... ever !!!! i'm glad i was born then i came up on the best .
@dimviesel
@dimviesel Жыл бұрын
Why won’t they show this movie on any platform? What are they afraid of?
@lordbison
@lordbison 2 жыл бұрын
I have 2 Copies of This Film on Dvd! The Soundtrack as well! One of My Top 5 Films ever!
@spank2424
@spank2424 3 жыл бұрын
I’m so blessed I was around to witness this era!!
@spank2424
@spank2424 3 жыл бұрын
@Bruno Moterello I was still a kid in the 70s I probably was around 13 or 14 when this movie came out...it seem cool but that life style eventually came to a end if you wasn’t built for it just like any other hustle!
@xUzi786
@xUzi786 3 жыл бұрын
anyone lucky enough to be alive during the early 1970s is a legend!
@spank2424
@spank2424 3 жыл бұрын
@@xUzi786 🙏🏾🙏🏾!
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
Remember how all the brothers wanted to become pimps back in the day, when this movie came out? they were "popcorn pimps", like "pretty tony" said in the movie. (may he rest in peace). he said,' ur a rest haven for hoes." Stay outta grown folks conversations.". Them brotha's/ Actors, back in the day, played the hell out that movie. Back in the day you saw 2 movies for the price of one. and could pay one price and stay all day, which is what i did over and over again. I miss those day, lazy crazy peaceful days...smdh..🙄🙄😬😬
@spank2424
@spank2424 3 жыл бұрын
@@mrs.berniemadoff3324 Right and crazy part for me my father took me and my brothers to that one and Shaft lol
@pierretampa
@pierretampa Жыл бұрын
I remember my mother taking me and my brother to see this movie as a kid. It was crowded like never before for this movie.
@reginaldwilliams6241
@reginaldwilliams6241 4 ай бұрын
How old were you???? I don't think my mom would ever take me a child to see that movie ...it's my favorite though
@Iloveparrisblu
@Iloveparrisblu 3 жыл бұрын
PS- Thank you to all who participated in the creation process and delivery of this epic creation. As well as the soundtrack, Brother Huey Newton, Mr. Ward, Brothers' Max Julien, Willie Hutch, Richard Pryor and a host of equally great sisters and brothers. Thank you, all endearingly and forevermore.
@reginaldsuttles5443
@reginaldsuttles5443 3 жыл бұрын
That brought a lot of good memories growing up in Oakland. Thanks.
@ambitionthedrivenh.y.hstud9577
@ambitionthedrivenh.y.hstud9577 2 жыл бұрын
The behind the scenes documentary about this movie to me is better than the movie itself because you learn about the ward brothers because they were all in the movie and they made the script come alive
@kennethbrown1555
@kennethbrown1555 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to the legendary Max Julian(aka Goldie)🙏 Thank you for giving us a timeless classic that will never die.💯
@henryevans2935
@henryevans2935 3 жыл бұрын
He rode in broke and he left broke
@jeanheard4615
@jeanheard4615 Жыл бұрын
My daughter was born had the prettiest golf skin color my husband started calling her Goldie when she found out where he name came from one day she said oh yea I’m gone be a macketta I said oh naw to this day she say Goldie Goldie lol
@deborahdiggsagee930
@deborahdiggsagee930 Жыл бұрын
MAX JULIEN WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY 💜 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER THEY SHOULD MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT HIS LIFE IT WILL BE JUST AS BIG AS THE MACK. THINK ABOUT IT PLEASE HE DESERVES IT!!!! 🙏❤️
@vanessadoravhill9321
@vanessadoravhill9321 2 жыл бұрын
So you mean to tell me all these beautiful black ladies,he chooses a Becky for this movie to lay with.
@roderickstockdale1678
@roderickstockdale1678 2 жыл бұрын
No, she was one of his girls. Did you ever see them lay together? He was expanding his stable. He mentioned doing that in the bar scene.
@LJ-focus
@LJ-focus 3 жыл бұрын
I love the movie "The Mack"....watch it all the time because there's so much GAME/deception out here. Classic line in the movie, " Anybody can control a woman's body, but the key is to control her MIND. I can see a man coming to me with that PIMP mindset miles away, I usually tell him, "To the Left, To the Left, baby" hahaha The Spirit of Manipulation, Control and Domination = WITCHCRAFT. My favorite scene in the movie is when Goldie was hypnotizing his women with all the dramatics and said there will be a President, Director and a Teacher and all these offices will be held by him.(LOL) Hilarious and sad how the women allowed that spirit of hypnotism take over their minds. Another classic line by Max Julien is "Pimps are in the Boardrooms". Yup soooo True, they're creating systems of Entrapment, DOMINATION and Bondage all over America by enforcing these ridiculous Covid Vaccine Mandates, restrictions and protocols on people's lives or risk loosing their jobs.... it's happening all over. No Vaccine, No Paycheck, now that's PIMPING and WICKED. We should be FREE to make our own choice. The Almighty Heavenly Father who IS on the THRONE is gonna expose these corporations and bring them to their knees like he did Pharaoh. YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT! Prayer Warriors/Prophets/Apostles of the Body of Christ who is filled with the HOLY GHOST are on the wall praying. God hears their prayers like HE heard the Children of Israel. You spirit of Pharaoh, "LET MY PEOPLE GO" in Jesus name.
@claradavis5911
@claradavis5911 11 ай бұрын
Yesss I really feel you with this movie, but if you look at it in a different light, then you would also know and realized that some of the ACTORS and Actress who played these characters were portraits of people who actually lived that kind of life but sometimes the movie as my mother would have said or put it, the directors just SUGER CODED IT, if you get my meaning, but trust me at one time this pimping and drugging had really gotten out of hand ✋ in America and across this beloved country that we call home, I really believe it really hasn't changed much but it has slow down since the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it's still nice to see theses yesterday movies of long ago, from the days I grew up, but it still reminds us that somethings still hasn't changed but takes different effects and forms because of the technology that's in our world today, but thing we all must not forget who sit high and looks low and that's God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the holy spirit. AMEN 😂
@saundrabrown-um1xs
@saundrabrown-um1xs Жыл бұрын
Now we all know that the movie industry had Frank D. Ward killed so they didn't have to pay him, then they completed the movie.
@gregorysmith8278
@gregorysmith8278 3 жыл бұрын
Man I remember when I was about 13. Me and my older cousin he was about 20 were walking down 52nd street in west philly the strip is what they called 52nd street back then I was amazed at the way those brothers dressed and those sister's omg gorgeous fine blk woman the 70,s what can I say Lol..
@arlenerogerswilhite2236
@arlenerogerswilhite2236 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Mr. Frank D Ward. And all those gone on and blessings to the visionaries of this aweso.e movie and music ooh wee I Choose you!
@Biggestbhich
@Biggestbhich 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P the legend !!!
@richardharris3316
@richardharris3316 2 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe he's gone his quotes and the way he talked was unbelievable I mean he had it down to a T. He was ours I guess that's the one thing I can say he belonged to us. Rest in peace Max Julien, you always be Goldie
@tinathomas8593
@tinathomas8593 2 жыл бұрын
Rip to a true legend Max Julien. You will never be forgotten 🙏🏽💪🏾🕊
@jamespickett241
@jamespickett241 3 жыл бұрын
Don't ever remake this ever
@arlenerogerswilhite2236
@arlenerogerswilhite2236 3 жыл бұрын
The best Movie ever!!! I love this documentary thank you. It was right timi g we needed this whatever they said about it it was needed.
@invisiblesets5157
@invisiblesets5157 2 жыл бұрын
Keep it real baby!😏
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 Жыл бұрын
My favorite blaxploitation
@tyronneferguson2449
@tyronneferguson2449 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best MASTER PIECES I’ve seen. Which is why I have it on VHS as well As DVD.
@BlindMellowJelly
@BlindMellowJelly 2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Goldie.........Long Live the True Mack
@AndriaaLeoLove
@AndriaaLeoLove Жыл бұрын
Lol
@dancingwithgramma3339
@dancingwithgramma3339 2 жыл бұрын
My teen crush 😍. Max n Richard they both had that smile n ooo them lips mmmm.clevland ohio embassy theater n the hippodrome theater
@MyTwinFlameisCurrency
@MyTwinFlameisCurrency 2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Paradise Max Julien 💖
@denisehallman2141
@denisehallman2141 2 жыл бұрын
I am truly appreciative for the explanations provided in this commentary.
@sever427
@sever427 3 жыл бұрын
Huey P Newton Bobby Seale
@shogunmadness
@shogunmadness 3 жыл бұрын
Great documentary about an epic and deep film. Thanks for posting.
@MrBigR928
@MrBigR928 2 жыл бұрын
Pockets look like they got the mumps 🤣👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@jeffrey.classicgamesjones2332
@jeffrey.classicgamesjones2332 3 жыл бұрын
Classic movie 🍿
@kevinwashington9417
@kevinwashington9417 Жыл бұрын
I Was Influenced By Willie Hutch In Which Who Did The Score To This Film RIH Legends #214Texas4Ever
@yvonnefinch4982
@yvonnefinch4982 3 жыл бұрын
Just a classical film will always be a historical movie that I still watch i. 2021
@karameldreem
@karameldreem 3 жыл бұрын
Max Julien is of Native American descent he favors and sounds like my father. This entire Musical score is stellar. I knew Frank Ward was real and not a fictional person.
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
KARAMELDREEM- NO HE IS NOT, MAYBE HALF OR A QUARTER, BUT NOWHERE DOES IT SAY, HE IS NATIVE AMERICAN. FACT CHECK 1ST...SMFH
@roderickstockdale1678
@roderickstockdale1678 2 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Bernie Madoff descent means ancestry as well so fact check on you, Boo-Yow!
@JBlingBling03
@JBlingBling03 2 жыл бұрын
I have ALWAYS said that about Max Julien as well. As a matter of fact the OLDER he got the MORE APPARENT it became. If anyone disagrees, then just look at his Native American features. Many African Americans are mixed with Native American ancestry. I still have a book that I purchased in the 90's titled "BLACK INDIANS" written by William Loren Katz who explained the relationship between the two groups. I have Cherokee ancestry in my family and I can still see the features of Native Americans in many of my African American family members. Most groups of Native Americans refuse to acknowledge this and years ago on the news I saw a tribe who wanted to cut all ties with their African American brothers and sisters. I cannot remember which tribe though. RIP Max Julien.
@l.blanton3019
@l.blanton3019 Жыл бұрын
MAX JULIAN-JOHN MACKINS-THE MACK,APRROVED FROM FRANK WARD AND HIS BROTHERS! official legendary pimps!
@mojo5763
@mojo5763 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great movie. SUPERFLY is still my favorite movie but the Mack is high on my list.
@MsM1975
@MsM1975 2 жыл бұрын
Goldie! Goldie! Rest Easy, Rest In Peace -Jan 1, 1945-Jan 1, 2022🙏💛💛
@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597
@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597 3 жыл бұрын
You know ,to my surprise, that max Julien is still looks great at 83. I believe its God's great way to enhance. I couldn't hey enough thank Goldie.💋🌹❤️🌼🥰😍😁😉😀good bless you and Oakland.
@blackamerican40
@blackamerican40 3 жыл бұрын
I just Googled him. He's 76.
@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597
@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597 3 жыл бұрын
@Jingjing Saduay 😂😂😂😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😋🤣😅😅 Same ol' tradition, same ol tradition
@goldenxmax
@goldenxmax 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackamerican40 He's actually turning 88 this year. He was born July 12, 1933. The internet has false information.
@mrs.berniemadoff3324
@mrs.berniemadoff3324 3 жыл бұрын
lifeworks- MAX JULIEN IS 75 YEARS OLD, NOT 83 HE WAS BORN IN 1946. FACT CHECK 1ST.🤔🙄 AND NO HE DOESNT LOOK GREAT, HE LOOK HORRIBLE, HAIR UNCOMBED, AND CLOTHES ALL DESHOVELED. HE LOOKS LIKE A RECOVERING /RECOVERED CRACK ADDICT. OMGAWD "HE USE TO BE", SO FINE!!!!😘🥰😘🥰
@LJ-focus
@LJ-focus 3 жыл бұрын
Max is Not 83. Him and my mother is around the same age. Born Jan 1, 1945 which makes him 76.
@juliusgreen7495
@juliusgreen7495 3 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest movie ever cast its pure gold me and my home boy watch this movie at the famous carver theater on parramore ave in Orlando fla in the 70 guys it could not been any better than this we will never forget our brother and sister s whom made such a great movie
@hermp1174
@hermp1174 3 жыл бұрын
🙄Going the underworld route has gotten us in prison and cemeteries. Its time to go the political route.
@LJ-focus
@LJ-focus 3 жыл бұрын
It's time to go the Kingdom of God route and move in the Supernatural under the power of the Holy Ghost. 🤗
@vfree4579
@vfree4579 2 жыл бұрын
@@LJ-focus Some folks think that route is too slow but that route is the way up seeking the kingdom
@sweetsjones2138
@sweetsjones2138 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people don’t realize that the best pimps came out of San Francisco during that time
@Kaydubb
@Kaydubb 2 жыл бұрын
Facts..Salute to Fillmore Slim
@tonymickens8803
@tonymickens8803 3 жыл бұрын
I've known the Hughes Brothers since they were 3 here in Detroit and they ALWAYS have been VERY Creative, they make GREAT Movies. @Foggy Melson
@roderickstockdale1678
@roderickstockdale1678 2 жыл бұрын
You have Goldie’s last name!
@tonymickens8803
@tonymickens8803 2 жыл бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 Yessir! Mack Of The Year! LOL!
@lordbison
@lordbison 2 жыл бұрын
God Speed Mr. Max Julien 🙏!
@djking8740
@djking8740 2 жыл бұрын
Rip legend
@kincamell
@kincamell Жыл бұрын
Heavy. Peace to Richard Pryor, Max Julien the whole cast , Willie Hutch and the peple of Oakland Ca. "Dizzy world, my mind's in a daze. Plastic smiles mixed up, with phony ways."- The Ballads Uptight is a classic film as well Juanita Moore also played Max Julien's mom. I didn't know that Barbershop or pool hall was in North Oakland.
@mrrig3414
@mrrig3414 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could find the full movie somewhere !! This is a classic !
@katrinabutler1385
@katrinabutler1385 2 жыл бұрын
EBay
@RomeWill
@RomeWill 3 жыл бұрын
So many good films and music from that era
@aleshascott2673
@aleshascott2673 2 жыл бұрын
Max Julien looks like my father they both passed away on New Years Day
@xUzi786
@xUzi786 2 жыл бұрын
RIP Max Julien and Carol Speed (1945 - 2022) aged 77 and 76.
@MrDink1975
@MrDink1975 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great movie with just the right amount of street knowledge blended with black party politics and whats really going on,, they can't remake this movie and mess it up like they did Superfly.
@debranettles8344
@debranettles8344 Жыл бұрын
My favorite line is being poor and black don't mean shit !! Being rich means something that is some serious shit and so true the mack said some real powerful things that's what macks and players did they was real I loved that movie need more realist like that I miss those actors love you 💯🙏 max Julien
@jerryblair4106
@jerryblair4106 Жыл бұрын
A great movie & a good actor RIP
@sgthjennings
@sgthjennings 3 жыл бұрын
This was good info. Lot of pieces of the film I was not aware of. Thx for posting!
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