No movie is more hilariously racist than fight for your life 1977 user info. The story is essentially a riff on desperate hours, a hardcore, violent, and nasty riff. They seek refuge at the home of an africanamerican minister and his family. Robert judd, catherine peppers, lela small, yvonne ross, reggie rock bythewood, ramon saunders, william sanderson, daniel faraldo director. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politicallyincorrect films of all time. For example, there was a theatrical trailer for the film that was. Aug 08, 2011 theres tough films, then theres fight for your life which will punch you in the stomach then shove a six shooter in your mush until you do what they say. They end up at the house of a black preacher and his family who they take hostage and abuse. Fight for life is a 1987 american made for television drama film starring jerry lewis in his television film debut, patty duke and morgan freeman. He is ready to fight back very early on in the movie and even though he isnt the biggest guy in the world he is more than willing to stand up for himself and his family regardless of the fact that the odds are stacked against him. Endelson and starring william sanderson and robert judd. Fight for your life is more politically ambitious than the lhotl imitators it is commonly lumped in with, transposing the race roles of slave times the master is a moneyed man who cracks a mean whip. It was originally broadcast on march 23, 1987 on the abc. Censored in america, banned in britain, and previously only available to grind house completists as ironically an incomplete bootleg, fight for your life 1977 is now available, uncut, on a new dvd that boasts an allnew look at one of the most disturbing and depraved exploitation films ever made.
Theres a few nasty scenes where the ministers family are being repeatedly terrorised by the thugs. No movie is more hilariously racist than fight for your. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic. Fight for your life 1977 r 1h 22min crime, thriller 16 may 1980 west germany a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who. Endelson on allmovie this outrageous sleazefest released by. Fight for your life is the type of exploitation film that certainly wouldnt be. Viseo nasty list keywords dpp director of public prosecutions bbfc british board of film censors british board of film classification banned in the united kingdom banned in the uk banned in england banned movies mary whitehouse lowbudget horror movies lowbudget horror films strict codes of censorship the uks video recordings. One of them was fight for your life 1977 and after they showed it to me i thought that it was quite awesome.
I watched it again last night for the first time since id. Fight for your life is a controversial 1977 exploitation film directed by robert a. Fight for your life was first released on november, 1977, in the united states this was fortytwo 42 years ago. Fight for your life 1977 william sanderson, robert judd, dan faraldo, peter yoshida. Winsome africanamerican damsel corrie yvonne ross heads to her smalltown liquor store to pick up some wine for a fancy family dinner. Fight for life is a 1987 american madefortelevision drama film starring jerry lewis in his television film debut, patty duke and morgan freeman. At the end of season 6, the drama between the junior elite moms and abby reached its boiling point, as the junior elites left the aldc and entered the. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. All fight for your life movie posters,high res movie posters image for fight for your life. Find out if alternate versions exist for fight for your life, 1977, directed by robert endelson, with william sanderson, robert judd, catherine peppers.
The story revolves around three criminals a white, mexican, and asian male who hold a black family hostage and forces them to fight for their lives. A mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. There is no greater violence than a fathers revenge for the rape of his daughter. There isnt quite as much brutality in this film as there has been in many similar films made before or after this one, but the way that the director puts the focus on. The last movie 1971 rescue force 1990 season of the witch 1972 black sunday 1977 supermarkt 1974 subwaystories tales from the underground 1997 radio inside 1994 appointment at eleven 1959 memories of murder 1990 uno koichiro no nurete noru 1982 cat girls gamblers naked flesh paid into the pot 1965 domination 1994. By the end of the film, sanderson has emptied the tank of pretty much every conceivable racial epithet imaginable and treats his captives like subhuman dirt. I thought that everyone that appeared in the movie did a great job. If you dont mind politically incorrect grindhouse movies then youll enjoy this more than others would.
A racist group of criminals break free from a prison bus, rob a store and hold a black family hostage. Hatefilled redneck convinct jessie lee kane william. For example, there was a theatrical trailer for the film that was geared toward caucasian audiences, and another theatrical trailer for the film that was geared towards africanamerican audiences using the alternate title of the movie, stayin. It was presented at the quentin tarantino film festival in the qt six lineup showing held in october 2005. The most recent season of dance moms may have just ended, but abby lee miller, her dancers and their mothers are back for another round of fierce competitions and intense fights, starting with the season 7 premiere, titled fight for your life. Fight for your life 1977 trivia 3 add new the marketing of this film was unique and unusual. Fight for your life is a mediocre and meanspirited raperevenge film thats full of more colorful derogatory epithets than a kkk vs. Fight for your life, which was recommended on the back cover for fans of the last house on the left and i spit on your grave even if the plot of this film is far not a rape and revenge its a hostage film. This is a grindhouse classic that was released multiple times under many different names. I watched fight for your life some years ago on a nth generation videotape and despite the atrocious picture quality it made an enormous impression on me. Kcmone on bad boys for life 2020 joshgonzales on book girl 2010 joshgonzales on movie requests. This actionadventure film focuses on kane, a bigoted redneck who manages to escape from jail, accompanied by two other convicts, one mexican and the other asian. Fight for your life 1977 posters the movie database tmdb. In the end the minister turns the tables on the 3 convicts and gives them.
Another backflap sellingpoint if you can call it that is the claim that this film is. Matt burgesss rating of the film fight for your life matt burgess like its cowardly racist main villain, this grindhouse flick and notorious video nasty is a lot more talk than actual bite but worth a watch for its sheer balls the kind of raw, angry filmmaking that only the 70s could have produced. A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage. During its limited theatrical run, it reportedly caused near riots in theaters wherever it was shown. Overview of fight for your life, 1977, directed by robert endelson, with william sanderson, robert judd, catherine peppers, at turner classic movies. Fight for your life 1977 plot summary 1 a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. Watch fight for your life movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for fight for your life 1977 robert a. A movie rated r for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the pg rating would permit. There are a few nasty scenes where the ministers family is being. Fight for your life is a 1977 american grindhouse action film directed by robert a. In this very odd special episode of unboxed watched and. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a pg movie would admit. There are a few nasty scenes where the ministers family is being repeatedly terrorized by the thugs. If there was ever a movie that could push the audiences buttons, it was fight for your life.
Trailer for the 1977 exploitation film fight for your life. Not that fight for your life was intended to start any violence in real life, but it did have you wondering what the appeal was supposed to be, a few unintentionally. Fight for your life 1977 aka staying alive horror cult films. Fight for your life has been ranked 2048 times, wins 45. Fight for your life movie trailer and videos tv guide. Fight for your life the 1977 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Fight for your life 1977 out of 4 downright insane exploitation film has three convicts a white, asian and a hispanic breaking free from a van carrying them to prison where theyre about to serve life sentences. Fight for your life a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. Oh, and no cannibal films, because i already own all of those. Fight for your life certainly lives up to its infamy in terms of content and thoroughly plays the race card like a drum. Fight for your life 1977 this video is mostly taken up by talking about vengeance rather than getting.
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