Lets Do It Again 1975 Full Movie

1975 film by Sidney Poitier

Let'southward Do It Again
Theatrical release affiche by Jack Rickard
Directed by	Sidney Poitier
Screenplay by	Richard Wesley
Story by	Timothy March
Produced by	Melville Tucker
Starring	Sidney Poitier Bill Cosby Calvin Lockhart John Amos Julius Harris Denise Nicholas Lee Chamberlin Mel Stewart Jimmie Walker Ossie Davis
Cinematography	Donald M. Morgan
Edited past	Pembroke J. Herring
Music by	Curtis Mayfield
Color process	Technicolor
Production companies	First Artists Verdon Productions Express
Distributed past	Warner Bros.
Release engagement	October eleven, 1975 (1975-ten-11)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English language
Box office	$11.8 million (rentals) [one]

Let's Do Information technology Again is a 1975 American activity crime comedy picture show directed past and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker,^[2] among an all-star black cast. The pic, directed past Poitier,^[two] is about blueish-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing lucifer to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was featured as the opening and ending theme of the movie, and every bit a effect, the two accept go commonly associated with each other. The production companies include Verdon Productions and The First Artists Production Visitor, Ltd., and distributed past Warner Bros. The movie was filmed in two cities, Atlanta, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana, where about of the plot takes place.^[iii] This was the second film pairing of Poitier and Cosby following Uptown Saturday Night, and followed by A Slice of the Action (1977). Of the three, Let'due south Practice It Again has been the most successful both critically and commercially. Calvin Lockhart and Lee Chamberlin also appeared in Uptown Saturday Night. Co-ordinate to the American Motion-picture show Establish, Permit's Practice It Once again is not a sequel to Uptown Saturday Nighttime ^[three]

Plot [edit]

2 friends, Baton Foster (Bill Cosby) and Clyde Williams (Sidney Poitier), demand to quickly observe a mode to enhance funds for their fraternal order, the Sons and Daughters of Shaka.^[four] Information technology is incumbent on Billy to find the money considering he is the treasurer of the struggling society. After Billy convinces Clyde that it is their best and quickest choice, they decide to bring back a successful money-making scheme, hence the title. Clyde's special ability of hypnosis allows the two to set up boxing matches and then maximize profits past going all in on the underdog. Baton and Clyde accept their talents to New Orleans to rig a boxing match. This is where Jimmie Walker's character, Bootney Farnsworth, comes into the fold. Bootney is lanky boxer that is overwhelmed in the initial sparring matches. His difficulty to print anyone, even his autobus, makes the odds of him winning lower by the 24-hour interval. Subsequently watching Bootney struggle, Billy and Clyde are encouraged to go through with their plan. Earlier the friction match, they sneak into Bootney's hotel room and hypnotize him, before they hilariously escape. They use what's left of the order's budget to place their bets with local bookmakers, Kansas Metropolis Mack (John Amos) and Biggie Smalls (Calvin Lockhart). The hypnotized Bootney has transformed into a battle miracle and easily defeats the champion, 40th Street Black (Rodolphus Lee Hayden), by KO. After collecting their coin and returning to Atlanta to celebrate at the lodge, they shortly receive a visit from Kansas City Mack. Mack grew suspicious of the duo'due south conveniently-timed bet, and after finally communicable on, he spent weeks searching for the 2 best friends. In one case he arrives at the lodge, he makes a deal that would let the two sides be even. Baton and Clyde must perform exactly the same hypnosis on a boxer, but this time they must collude with Mack. Billy and Clyde concord to the initial deal, but Clyde has a hard time de-hypnotizing Bootney. Bootney, still under hypnosis, has go far too quick for Clyde to keep up with and de-hypnotize. Unable to enter Farnsworth's grooming room to dehypnotize him, which in turn would crusade him to lose the fight, Williams and Foster make up one's mind to bet on the friction match being a describe, and place bets with both gangster groups past using their wives, who will not be recognized. They decide to anesthetize Bootney'southward opponent, in order to capitalize on an outrageous bet no one would think of, a tie. Following the stunning outcome, Baton and Clyde are nowhere to be found. Outraged, Kansas City Mack and rival bookmaker, Biggie Smalls, team up in order to runway the two down. Baton and Clyde lead them on a hunt that ends upwardly at the local police department. Here, the lead officer tells the two bookmakers that if he always hears they have harassed Billy and Clyde or if the 2 come missing, they volition exist thrown in jail for a very long time. The movie ends with Baton and Clyde taking a car ride. Billy jokes that they should rig a fight involving heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

Cast [edit]

• Sidney Poitier as Clyde Williams
• Neb Cosby every bit Billy Foster
• Calvin Lockhart as "Biggie" Smalls
• John Amos equally Mack "Kansas City Mack"
• Jimmie Walker as "Bootney" Farnsworth
• Ossie Davis as Elder Johnson
• Denise Nicholas as Beth Foster
• Lee Chamberlin as Dee Dee Williams
• Mel Stewart as Ellison
• Julius Harris equally "Bubbletop" Woodson
• Baton Eckstine as Zack
• Paul Harris as Jody Tipps
• Rodolphus Lee Hayden as 40th Street Black

When the film premiered, John Amos and Jimmie Walker were starring as father and son in the CBS sitcom Skillful Times. George Foreman makes a cameo appearance as a factory worker who challenges Billy to a fight in the outset of the picture. Jayne Kennedy also makes a cameo during the opening credits equally the beautiful Girl at the Manufacturing plant that Billy is looking at when he crashes his forklift.

Background [edit]

The moving picture's author, Richard Wesley, too wrote the get-go pic that featured Cosby and Poitier equally co-stars, Uptown Saturday Dark. Wesley's repertoire includes a range of black power films and plays. Wesley is responsible for a 1971 play Black Terror, which portrayed the story of a black revolution that was to take identify in "the very most future" and a 1989 play The Talented Tenth which takes its name from West. East. B. Du Bois'due south article, "The Talented 10th." Like Wesley, the film's producer, Melville Tucker, besides worked on Uptown Saturday Night. Tucker worked with Poitier prior to both films likewise in The Lost Human (1969). The Lost Homo is black power film about group of blackness militants that hatch a plan to finance their "revolutionary struggle." In society to succeed in this mission, the group conspires to rob a manufacturing plant.

The DVD contains a commentary feature that includes Richard Wesley and New York Press picture show critic Armond White. Wesley mentions that the moving-picture show was important to Poitier's paradigm. The film allowed Poitier to expand his now "distant" epitome and answer criticism from black militants and the younger generation.^[v] Working with younger actors, similar Jimmie Walker, was an important factor in widening Poitier's audience. Jimmie Walker's grapheme welcomed Poitier to "new black humor." Wesley also mentions that Pecker Cosby and Sydney Poitier were not the original lead actors he had in mind when writing the script. Instead, he idea of casting Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. This did non come to fruition, as Warners Bros. wanted actors more than known to mainstream America. Pryor and Foxx had some success but Poitier was seen as a more than feasible lead actor. In the terminate, Wesley was pleased with the actors that lead the flick, because Poitier and Cosby worked so well together. Wesley points out that the friendship off-screen translated to the motion picture. Though, Poitier and Cosby had two very dissimilar acting styles, their chemistry was what boosted the script. Cosby and Poitier were joined by other actors that worked together previously. John Amos, Jimmie Walker, and Mel Stewart had all worked with an role player, producer or director prior to Let'southward Practice It Once again.

Themes [edit]

The attire in the picture resembles much of what is seen in the Blaxploitation era. In the DVD'due south commentary, film critic Armond White points out that the suits were worn by Kansas City Mack and co. to parody Blaxploitation. Improvident, if not gaudy, suits and golden jewelry are Blaxploitation staples.^[6] White likewise mentions that Bill Cosby satirizes the attire of Blaxploitation in only i scene. Cosby wears a flamboyant ruddy and pink suit in an endeavor to impress prominent bookmaker Kansas Metropolis Mack (John Amos). Author Chris Laverty went into more than particular virtually habiliment and their importance in a periodical for Arts Illustrated stating, "In a sense it was social progression, the essence of the cocky-made man; readable entirely by what he wears. Narrative was indirectly powered by the coveting of apparel equally visual representation of having 'made it.'"^[7] It is besides worth noting that Mack's entourage has either relaxed hair or a shaved head. Afros are not ofttimes seen on the heads of aristocracy African-American businessmen. Afros are Blaxploitation staples and is seen on the head of Bill Cosby, while Sidney Poitier has a lower cutting.

The role of women in the film was a priority of Wesley. He admitted, in the moving-picture show's commentary, that women were "underutilized" in Uptown Sabbatum Night. In Let'south Do information technology Again, the significant others of Baton and Clyde are more visible throughout the flick and play a larger role in the denouement of the film. Women are more than visible in their relations to other characters likewise. Wesley points out that an antagonist, Biggie Smalls, has a female caput honcho. Mature relationships between black men and women that may have been "soured" by the time was another reason for Wesley increasing the function of women in the picture. Richard wanted to improve the epitome of black community. To him, this improvement began in the portrayal of the household. Let'south Do It Once again came at when films that starred powerful, blackness female person leads, such as Coffy and Foxy Brown, were being released. Wesley decided to take a dissimilar route and utilize blackness, female characters as companions to male leads.

Self-determination is another theme present in the flick. The film showed characters taking charge of their own lives. This idea that each individual controls their own life is some other mutual theme in the Black Power movement and was cardinal to lectures by Blackness Power leaders such equally Malcolm Ten and Martin Luther Rex Jr.^{[8] [9]}

Soundtrack [edit]

The soundtrack to the moving-picture show was put together by earth-renowned musician Curtis Mayfield. Mayfield, as well responsible for the highly-successful soundtrack in Super Fly (1972), wrote the music and The Staple Singers performed the songs. The title track for this picture entitled, "Let's Exercise Information technology Once more," was a number i hit on both the R&B and Pop charts.^[3] Wesley credited much of the moving picture's success to the success of the vocal, which was released prior to the picture's debut. The music also resembles much of what is seen in Blaxploitation. Upbeat funk with horns and syncopated drum beats are heard in black cinema films throughout the 1960s-1970'due south.

1. "Let's Do It Again"
2. "Funky Love"
3. "A Whole Lot of Love"
4. "New Orleans"
5. "I Want to Cheers"
6. "Large Mac"
7. "After Sex activity"
8. "Chase" (Quinton Joseph, Phillip Upchurch, Gary Thompson, Floyd Morris, Joseph Scott, Mayfield)

Influence in popular civilisation [edit]

• The late Brooklyn rap artist The Notorious B.I.G. took his allonym, Biggie Smalls, from Calvin Lockhart's character in this moving-picture show. However, the alias could not exist used as his name due to ownership issues.
• East Coast rap group Camp Lo named their 2nd album "Let'due south Practice It Again" after their debut album was named "Uptown Sabbatum Night," a reference to the two Cosby and Poitier movies.
• Musician/MTV personality Fonzworth Bentley took his phase name from Jimmie Walker's character, Bootney Farnsworth.^[10]

Reception [edit]

The acquirement is listed at $xi.8 million and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1975.^[eleven]

Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of iv stars, maxim that information technology "isn't a terribly ambitious comedy, but inside its limitations it works well."^[12] Gene Siskel also awarded 3 stars out of four and wrote, "After making 'Uptown Sat Night,' Cosby said that he wasn't satisfied with the picture even though it was selling well. He said he wanted to utilize the same gang and practise it once more, but better. That'south been accomplished, and there's no reason to stop at two. Cosby and Poitier have broad humour down pat; I'd like to run across them get witty."^[thirteen] Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote that the action "is familiar stuff, but some of information technology is pretty funny," and found Cosby in particular "hilarious."^[14] Diverseness wrote, "The gang from 'Uptown Saturday Night' encores successfully in 'Let's Practise It Again,' a funny, free-form farcical revue reminiscent in substance of classic Hal Roach comedy."^[xv] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times stated, "At 112 minutes, 'Allow'due south Practice It Again' is extraordinarily long for a comedy, yet its humour is sustained throughout, cheers to Wesley's ingenuity and to the fine ensemble playing of a large cast under Poitier'due south affectionate direction."^[16] Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Monthly Moving picture Bulletin wrote, "Despite a frankly nonsensical plot total of formula antics and an unnecessarily protracted running time, Let's Do It Again is a good for you reminder of the relative verve, energy and talent to be found nowadays in the so-called 'black exploitation' moving picture—a somewhat loaded term considering the fact that no one always speaks of 'white exploitation,' and particularly inappropriate in relation to such a high-spirited yet unassuming amusement equally this."^[17]

Rotten Tomatoes gives information technology a rating of 63% based on reviews from eight critics.^[xviii] The picture show also won all five NAACP Image Awards for which information technology received a nomination. The film earned $6 meg in theatrical rentals in Northward America.^[19]

References to Richard Wesley'due south Life [edit]

In the DVD'due south commentary, Wesley admits that several scenes and characters are references to his life, more specifically his childhood. 40th Street Black was the nickname of a kid at a army camp Richard'southward brother attended. Jimmie Walker's character, "Bootney" was another reference to his life. Wesley grew up knowing two brothers named "Lil Bootney and Big Bootney." Wesley mentions the two were known as fighters within the community.

Remake [edit]

Will Smith and his product company, Overbrook Amusement, secured the rights in 2002 to the trilogy for remakes to star Smith and to be distributed past Warner Bros. Smith stated that he hoped to go Eddie White potato, Martin Lawrence and other famous African-American stars to be in the films.^{[twenty] [21]}

Meet also [edit]

• Listing of American films of 1975

References [edit]

1. ^ Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue. Box Role Report via Internet Archive. Retrieved September xviii, 2013.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Let's Do It Again". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved May 21, 2016.
3. ^ ^{a b c} "AFI|Catalog". itemize.afi.com . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
4. ^ "http://world wide web.blackclassicmovies.com/lets-do-it-over again/". blackclassicmovies.com . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
5. ^ Let's Do it Once more Flick Commentary
6. ^ "Costuming the Blaxploitation Hero | Clothes on Movie". CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
7. ^ "Blaxploitation Wearing apparel Codes in 1970s Movie theater". Clothes on Film. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
8. ^ "Malcolm 10 Preaches Blackness Cocky-Empowerment". PBS LearningMedia . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
9. ^ "Martin Luther King Jr.: Leader of Millions in Irenic Drive for Racial Justice". nytimes.com . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
10. ^ "The Bro's Lawmaking Interview: Fonzworth Bentley" Archived 2008-ten-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Bro's Code, July 9, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
11. ^ "Box Office Report - Revenue Database - 1975". 2008-06-05. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
12. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Let'due south Do It Once again Moving-picture show Review (1975) | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
13. ^ Siskel, Gene (Oct 14, 1975). "'Do It Again': Once more... but amend". Chicago Tribune. Section iii, p. 5.
14. ^ Eder, Richard (October xiii, 1975). "Poitier and Cosby in 'Let's Practice It Again,' Black Action One-act". The New York Times. 31.
15. ^ "Film Reviews: Permit's Exercise It Over again". Diverseness. October viii, 1975. p. 16.
16. ^ Thomas, Kevin (Oct xiii, 1975). "Cosby, Poitier Dorsum in 'Again'". Los Angeles Times. Part Iv, p. 1.
17. ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (August 1976). "Let's Exercise Information technology Again". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 43 (511): 166.
18. ^ "Let's Do It Once again". Retrieved 2018-12-08 .
19. ^ "All-fourth dimension Film Rental Champs", Variety, vii January 1976 p 46
20. ^ VH1.com : Will Smith : Will Smith Secures Rights To Sidney Poitier/ Pecker Cosby Flicks - Rhapsody Music Downloads
21. ^ Uptown Sabbatum Nighttime (1974) - News

External links [edit]

• Let'south Do It Once again at IMDb
• Permit's Do Information technology Again at the TCM Movie Database
• Let's Do It Again at AllMovie
• Let's Do It Again at Rotten Tomatoes

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