Mandingo (film) 1337210 225862455 2008-07-15T19:18:35Z AliaGemma 2165091 /* Ciritque */ Mandela reference seems unrelated to the film. {{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]] | narrator = | 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 | runtime = | country = | language = | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = | amg_id = | imdb_id = 0073349 | followed_by = [[Drum (1976 film)|Drum]] }} '''''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== {{expand|section|date=June 2008}} [[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== {{reflist}} ==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]]