American Pimp
by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
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Actor: Antonio Fargas, Heidi Fleiss, Hugh M. Hefner, John S. Dickson, L. HammondDirector: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Brand: HUGHES BROTHERS
Cinematographer: Albert Hughes
Producer: Albert Hughes
Producer: Allen Hughes
Editor: Doug Pray
Producer: Kevin J. Messick
Producer: Spencer Franklin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of American Pimp
DVD Review: Glorifies exploitation of desperate women.
Summary: 1 Stars
I could barely sit though this film. Unfortunately, our society still glorifies male outlaws, which is what Pimps are. They may dress stylishly and drive expensive cars, but Pimps are still criminal dirt-bags.
Virtually all of these Pimps in the film, are black. As a black female, I'm especially offended that black males, who have been oppressed in our society, turn around and exploit desperate women. These black pimps in the documentary, are no better than the white males that they rail against because of racism. Yes, racism still exists, and it has been very damaging to blacks, and other minorities. But racism shouldn't be an excuse, for these black Pimps to abuse, and live off of prostitutes. Pimps are a disgrace to the black community, and are horrible role models for black kids.
Many women in society, especially women-of-color, become prostitutes as a way to support a drug-habit, escape poverty, or because they're fleeing terrible home lives. For a Pimp to take advantage of women in these situations, is utterly abominable. These Pimps have no scruples whatsoever, and don't deserve to be glorified in the media. This film has no redeeming qualities, and I don't recommend it.
DVD Review: Documentary-American Pimp.*dvd.
Summary: 3 Stars
Hughes bros, Documentary,hbo,Dvd: American Pimp:
Outlandish Cars,Clothes,and ugly women to boot,with plenty of white trash girls,and bottom b's.From Magic Don Juan to Iceberg Slim To Some dude in Hawaii,and a brothel owner,Amusing that anyone who dresses like a girl and/or big hats and long nails can actually be taken seriously or being feared,but I guess if you got game,you can pull it off. It's a disgusting Trade,and should never be legal.Movie only reinforces that.pretty funny to watch.
DVD Review: Pimping and Prattling
Summary: 4 Stars
Pimps are despicable and weird, but they are flat out entertaining.
American Pimp goes "underground" with several current and past pimps and interviews them about their careers. Pimps have no allure for an "L7" (square) such as myself, so it was interesting to listen to why this particular profession continues to flourish. There is a whole culture around pimps that I was totally unaware of-gator shoes, macks, green and gold ("green for the money, gold for the honey"). Pimps demonstrate unabashed pride in controlling girls psychologically. I was shocked to learn that "ho's" receive zero of their earnings, I thought it was more of a 50/50 sort of a split. But the most interesting thing about this film by far is the way pimps talk-their pimp prattle. Maybe they get their honey with their alliterations and word play. Their chatter is mesmerizing. Maybe to some girls it's hypnotizing!
I doubted the honesty of one or two pimps in this film, but for the most part these men seemed genuine. The pimps had pictures from the 1970's to back up their stories girls in their "stables"-elaborately staged studio shots of pimps with their girls around them in front of desperately customized cars. The two guys that I doubted didn't seem like liars as much as story tellers. Some reviewers have commented that this film is dishonest, but you can't fake gold rings three inches high and a custom Cadillac with stained glass windows over the headlights! Even with pimps who are prone to hyperbole, American Pimp is more honest than a film like Pretty Woman-but a hooker with the heart of gold who meets a rich man is the story most people would prefer to believe.
American Pimp delivers a good interview without delving into the sociological issues. A highly entertaining film. Recommended.
DVD Review: Well Done & Watchable...but How Honest?
Summary: 2 Stars
I've caught this documentary a few times on cable TV and last night watched the entire thing from beginning to end.
What I liked: the open honesty of the pimps and the juxtaposition of the 1970s blaxploitation cinema of pimp culture with the reality of it.
But I didn't feel like I was getting complete honesty. Everything I've read or seen about prostitutes addresses the fear and terror they have of their pimp. Earn or get beaten. Earn or get killed. A friend of mine in Homicide has told me about a case in his city where a pimp took a girl outside of town, raped her and set her on fire, killing her in front of his other girls. True story. I read a book about a Christian ministry in the Midwest that included photos of teen prostitutes murdered by their pimps, one with an article of clothing stuffed in her mouth and a wire around her neck. I don't think I'll ever forget that.
Watching this "documentary," I got the feeling I was watching violent men on their best behavior. And that is not "honesty."
If I watch this doc again (because it is professionally made and well done), I want to count how many times you hear, "You know what I'm saying?"
DVD Review: AMAZING DOCUMENTARY OF A TABOO BUT FASCINATING WORLD!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a must-see movie for anyone who really wants to experience what pimping and prostitution is really about. And how can you make a pro or con judgment on something that you don't know anything about? The Hughes Brothers did a magnificent job, allowing real players tell THEIR story. I was presently surprised to discover a personal connection to the film. First my late husband's band Con Funk Shun had their biggest hit song "Ffun" featured in the film. And then one of the most colorful pimps (now retired), John "Rosebudd" Dixon was my late husband's childhood friend and remained a his friend until his death. Unfortunately the film was released two years after my husband died but he would have been really proud of John. John and I are still in touch to this day.
If you want an indepth, informative, and no-holds barred account of "The Life", check out this extraordinary film.
Description of American Pimp
Urban auteur filmmakers, the Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society, Dead Presidents) hitthe mean streets with an "incredibly entertaining and charismatic" (Shout) expose on real-life pimps. A "snappy, stylish documentary" (The New York Post) containing "blunt, raw power and stylistic energy" (The Hollywood Reporter), American Pimp is "a primer on pimp craftand culture" (Shout) that takes you into the shadowy world of prostitution, "putting on the screen everything you ever wanted to know about pimps" (Nuart). Cutting straight to the heart of the world's oldest profession, this intimate portrait of infamous "mack-daddies" like Filmore Slim, C-Note, Gorgeous Dre and Rosebudd is eye-opening and shocking. From the dirty streets of New York, L.A. and San Francisco to the "Player's Ball" in Milwaukee, you'll walk the boulevard ofbroken dreams and hear every heart-wrenching story and hilarious anecdote. It's an exclusive ride you've never experiencedand won't soon forget.There's a fascinating film to be made about the pimp culture and the myth of the outlaw sexual entrepreneur. American Pimp, a slick and entertaining but rather timid documentary by filmmaking brother act Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace 2 Society, Dead Presidents) isn't quite it, but it's a captivating document nonetheless. Flashy, garrulous real-life characters with names like Charm, Rosebudd, Too $hort, C-Note, and the "internationally known" Bishop Don Magic Juan take over their interviews with silver-tongued charm, spinning self-aggrandizing, often contradictory stories of life in the trade. The Hughes never challenge those contradictions and give only token representation to the women in the life (who have either bought into the myth or are too cowed to say differently). Apart from a few unguarded statements by less cagey subjects, the film avoids the seedy flip side to the so-called benevolent relationship between pimp and "ho." More to the Hughes' point is the fluid relationship between media image (as celebrated in such blaxploitation classics such as The Mack and Willie Dynamite) and street image. Simultaneously embracing and decrying their outlaw status, these pimps transform themselves into peacocklike fashion statements inspired by the very images they find so denigrating. They are undeniably dynamic characters playing out a bizarre fantasy of wealth, power, and swaggering sexuality, but if the film shows the cracks in their masks, it never manages to reveal the men under the money or expose the fallacy behind the fantasy. --Sean Axmaker
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