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Mandingo
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Mandingo is a 1975 American film directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Norman Wexler wrote the screenplay, with Maurice Jarre composing the music. The cast includes James Mason, Perry King, Paul Benedict, and Ken Norton. Richard H. Kline served as director of photography, and Ann Roth designed the costumes. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and filmed in New Orleans, with the narrative set in Louisiana.
The film addresses slavery in the United States and incorporates elements of drama, history, romance, blaxploitation, and action. Keywords associated with the story include bare knuckle boxing, slavery, interracial relationships, and slave owners. It has a runtime of 127 minutes. The work has received review scores of 5.6 out of 10 and 29%, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.5 and a TMDb vote average of 6.641. It is part of the Mandingo Collection.
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6.6Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Cast
- Perry King as Hammond Maxwell
- James Mason as Warren Maxwell
- Susan George as Blanche Woodford Maxwell
- Ken Norton as Mede (Ganymede)
- Richard Ward as Agamemnon
- Brenda Sykes as Ellen
Themes
- bare knuckle boxing
- slavery
- interracial relationship
- slave owner
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- slavery in the United States
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Screenwriter
- Norman Wexler
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Cinematographer
- Richard H. Kline
- Narrative location
- Louisiana
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 239127
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- publication date
- 1980-08-30
- title
- Mandingo
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- costume designer
- Ann Roth
- review score
- 29%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- Commons category
- Mandingo (1975 film)
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
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