Drum

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Drum

R

Released Jul 30, 1976

1h 40m

Drama

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A slaver (Warren Oates) buys Drum (Ken Norton), a bordello queen's (Silvia Pinal) son, in 1860s New Orleans.

Verina Glaessner

Time Out

Much of the blame rests with the chaotic and clumsy script fashioned from Kyle Onstott's potboiling bestseller.

Jan 26, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

There's more hot air than steam in the overwrought melodrama of Drum.

May 9, 2005

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

You can't possibly take this one seriously, but you might enjoy it.

May 9, 2023

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Richard Corliss

New Times (magazine)

[Every character] is drawn in caricatures broad enough to do a pay-toilet artist proud.

Jun 22, 2022

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

A hopelessly inept, foul interpretation of history and human emotions that should be ignored at all costs.

Oct 30, 2019

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Fernando Trueba

El Pais (Spain)

The movie is nothing more than a soap opera set in New Orleans. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 26, 2019

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Its your classic seventies exploitation movie, combined with a salacious, soft porn plantation drama. All the sordid, sleazy, tantalizing ingredients are present for outrage and some great non P.C. entertainment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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delysid d

drum is the son of mandingo, he gets stuck in a sex farm

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/17/17

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This pseudo-sequel to Mandingo isn't nearly as disturbing and has a better plot. Warren Oates is very good as the plantation owner. Plus, Yaphet Kotto is added to help with acting (since Ken Norton is a boxer turned Actor). If you liked Mandingo then you should watch Drum.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Follow up to MANDINGO is respectable in its own right with slave Norton sold to plantation owner Warren Oates and leading a revolt. Good cast makes up for Norton's deficiencies in the lead.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Django Unchained is totally based off this film. Drum is a pretty damn good flick! This is so UNDERRATED!!!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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82% "I love you Claudia, but maybe niggers shouldn't love."-Drum (Ken Norton) I'll bet, two bits, that Tarantino loves this flick. "Blind is the color of freedom."-Blaise (Yaphet Kotto)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

A slaver (Warren Oates) buys Drum (Ken Norton), a bordello queen's (Silvia Pinal) son, in 1860s New Orleans.

Director: Steve Carver
Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 1976, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m