Mandingo (film)
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{{Infobox Film
| name = Mandingo
| image = mandingo_movie_poster.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = promotional poster for ''Mandingo''
| director = [[Richard Fleischer]]
| producer = [[Dino De Laurentiis]]
| writer = based on the book ''[[Mandingo (novel)|Mandingo]]'' by [[Kyle Onstott]]<br>screenplay by [[Norman Wexler]]
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| starring = [[James Mason]]<br>[[Susan George (actress)|Susan George]]<br>[[Perry King]]<br>[[Lillian Hayman]]<br>[[Richard Ward]]<br>[[Brenda Sykes]]<br>[[Ken Norton]]
| music = [[Maurice Jarre]]
| cinematography = [[Richard H. Kline]]
| editing =
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = 1975
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| imdb_id = 0073349
| followed_by = [[Drum (1976 film)|Drum]]
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'''''Mandingo''''' is a [[1975 in film|1975 film]], based on the book ''[[Mandingo (novel)|Mandingo]]'' by [[Kyle Onstott]]. The film was directed by [[Richard Fleischer]] and featured [[James Mason]], [[Susan George (actress)|Susan George]], [[Perry King]], [[Lillian Hayman]], [[boxing|boxer]]-turned-actor [[Ken Norton]] and [[bodybuilder]] and [[pro wrestling|pro wrestler]]-turned-actor [[Earl Maynard]]. Perry King's frontal nude scene earned him considerable attention, but did not appear to help or hurt his career. {{Fact|date=July 2008}}
==Premise==
The film is about [[Slavery in the United States#1776 to 1850|a slave in the 1840s in the United States]]. The owner neglects his wife while training his slave as a prize fighter. In revenge, the wife forces the fighter slave into letting [[Non statutory female on male rape|her rape him]] by threatening to make a [[Rape#False accusation|false rape accusation]] against him if he refuses. This eventually leads to the film's tragic conclusion. The film is controversial for its depictions of [[racism]], [[nudity]], [[incest]], [[Sadism and Masochism|sadism]] and [[infanticide]], and challenging the 1975 American society with motifs such as [[miscegenation]].
==Critique==
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[[Quentin Tarantino]] has cited ''Mandingo'' as one of only two instances "in the last twenty years [that] a major studio made a full-on, gigantic, big-budget [[exploitation film|exploitation movie]]", comparing it to ''[[Showgirls]]''.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Peary, Gerald |title=Quentin Tarantino: Interviews |year=1998 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=1578060516 |pages=pages 172—173 }}</ref>
==DVD Release==
{{Trivia|date=July 2008}}
[[Paramount Pictures]] licensed the film to [[Legend Films]] for its first official DVD release. The DVD was released on June 3, 2008, in 1.77:1 [[anamorphic widescreen]] without any extras.
Many prominent critics hailed the release of the DVD, including New York Times columnist [[Dave Kehr]].
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Imdb title|id=0073349|title=Mandingo}}
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:Blaxploitation films]]
[[Category:Boxing films]]
[[Category:Drama films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on fiction books]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1840s]]
[[Category:Race-related films]]