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      Dutchman

      Released Feb 27, 1967 56m Drama List
      Reviews 72% 500+ Ratings Audience Score An African-American man named Clay (Al Freeman Jr.) rides the New York City subway and becomes the fixation of a white woman, Lula (Shirley Knight), who is seemingly sexually attracted to him. Lula's brazen attempt to seduce Clay in public feels menacing, and he is rejects her advances. She becomes increasingly threatening and Clay eventually snaps, no longer able to remain polite in the face of her anger. His reaction, though, has severe repercussions. Read More Read Less

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times A word about Miss Knight's performance, which won an award at Cannes: It is superb. Rated: 3/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Toward the bold, rowdy conclusion, roles are reversed and tables are turned, but there's no hope for a real escape. Rated: 6/10 Aug 24, 2020 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      S R An interesting artistic two character study, all based in the subway in NYC. Original. I saw it because of a short on TCM about the Subway. It was on youtube. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Most intense movie i've ever seen Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent direction and performances are enhanced by realistically grim production values and the black and white film itself. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member like how Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka flips "the man" into "the wo-man." wonder if it had anything to do with his ex? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Takes a lot of deep, deep thought to get all the allegory... simply too complicated for me. Great acting though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A film that's hard to watch and difficult to understand, yet still fascinating. I feel that going to a stage performance would be altogether more impacting, however. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An African-American man named Clay (Al Freeman Jr.) rides the New York City subway and becomes the fixation of a white woman, Lula (Shirley Knight), who is seemingly sexually attracted to him. Lula's brazen attempt to seduce Clay in public feels menacing, and he is rejects her advances. She becomes increasingly threatening and Clay eventually snaps, no longer able to remain polite in the face of her anger. His reaction, though, has severe repercussions.
      Director
      Anthony Harvey
      Screenwriter
      Amiri Baraka, Amiri Baraka
      Distributor
      Continental Distributing Inc.
      Production Co
      Dutchman Film Company, Kaitlyn Productions, Gene Persson Enterprises
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 27, 1967, Original
      Runtime
      56m
      Sound Mix
      Mono