Buck and the Preacher
by Sidney Poitier
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Actor: Dennis Hines, Harry Belafonte, Lynn Hamilton, Ruby Dee, Tony BrubakerDirector: Sidney Poitier
Brand: Sony
Primary Contributor: Harry Belafonte
Primary Contributor: Ruby Dee
Primary Contributor: Sidney Poitier
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Portuguese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Buck and the Preacher
DVD Review: Pretty Good Western From A Different Angle
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a western coming from a very different perspective. It is good, but still a little slow at times. Other than that small complaint, I would say the movie was very, very good. If you can rent this movie, do so. It will be weel worth your time. DVD Review: Simply Superb.
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent flick! Holds your interest from start to finish.
Harry Bellefonte and Sidney Portier have the chemistry to make this movie really work! And I can't say which actor does the better performance. I especially like the scene where they are bargaining for passage to the West past the Indians, and the Commanches demands more horses.
Mel Brooks later did a funny take off on this movie scene in "Blazing Saddles" where he plays the Indian Chief who, when he sees the Blacks, exclaims "Ah, Schwartzes!"
Anyway, this movie is going into my tape library as one of the best for characterization, if not story.
DVD Review: Classic Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Sidney Poitier went full strength behind the scenes as a Director in this Film classic that dealt with alot of Issues.It showcased the Black West which hasn't gotten enough mainstream shine. mario Van peoples made a little noise with "Posse" but on a whole this element of Black Life hasn't gotten it's full shine in the Mainstream.Poitier&Belafonte truly have strong chemistry here. a must see film.DVD Review: Brought The Black West to Life Before Posse
Summary: 5 Stars
While I liked Posse, This was the film that brought the Black West to a wider audience. Sidney Poitier as Buck is exciting and Harry Belafonte and Cicely Tyson give him a big helping hand.DVD Review: Yahoo! Great shoot-em up fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
Looking for fast, shoot-em up fun with a little morality tale attached..this is it! Sidney Poitier is terrific as Buck, the former slave now gun slinger who helps newly freed slaves to homestead out west and guards them night riders trying to bring them back to a dying, post civil war south. Belefonte is charming as the Preacher who gives the good word as well as sling a colt .45. Don't miss Belefonte's terrific "fornication" speech scene. It's topped off with a stellar supporting cast including Ruby Dee as Buck's wife. This movie would be great fun to watch back to back with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid just to compare the relationships between the four characters. So sorry this movie is hard to find. It's great fun, especially for western fans. Happy watching!
Description of Buck and the Preacher
About a scout and a con man who team up to protect the exodusters: ex-slaves who traveled across the west after the civil war. Special features: subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai production notes scene selections original theatrical poster and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/29/2000 Starring: Sidney Poitier Harry Belafonte Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sidney PoitierSidney Poitier made his directing debut with this 1972 action comedy with an edge to it. Made at the height of the Black Power movement in America, the film has an unmistakable militancy in its story of a wagon-train guide and a con man who team up to throw a posse of white nightriders off the trail of escaped slaves. Poitier has never been a distinctive filmmaker, and Buck and the Preacher certainly doesn't indicate any early signs of raw talent that later went undeveloped. But the film's energy and sense of fun, hand in hand with the suggestively political zing, make it watchable. --Tom Keogh
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