Directed by:
Charles BurnettScreenplay:
Charles BurnettCinematography:
Walt LloydComposer:
Stephen James TaylorCast:
Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Paul Butler, Richard Brooks, DeVaughn Nixon, Reina King, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Julius Harris, Sy Richardson (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
African-American, independent film director, Charles Burnett's low-key drama centres on the dynamics of a black middle-class family living in South Central Los Angeles. When Harry (Danny Glover) turns up on the doorstep of his old friend Gideon (Paul Butler) looking for a roof over his head, Gideon cannot refuse. Gideon's wife, however, does not want another person in the family house as their grown son and his wife are still living with them. To ingratiate himself into the family group, Harry reminds them of their Southern roots; but his drinking does him no favours. When Gideon has a stroke, Harry takes over the running of the household and they begin to see the real man behind the charm. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Danny Glover
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Saw (2004)
Mary Alice
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
A Perfect World (1993)
Beat Street (1984)
Paul Butler
USA
Best movies:
Reign Over Me (2007)
The Insider (1999)
Blues Brothers (1980)
Richard Brooks
USA
Best movies:
The Hidden (1987)
84C MoPic (1989)
Off Limits (1988)
DeVaughn Nixon
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Drake & Josh (2004) (series)
Reina King
USA
Best movies:
Maid to Order (1987)
Scrooged (1988)
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Sheryl Lee Ralph
USA
Best movies:
Oliver & Company (1988)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
Carl Lumbly
USA
Best movies:
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Vonetta McGee
USA
Best movies:
The Great Silence (1968)
The Lost Man (1969)
Shaft in Africa (1973)
Julius Harris
USA
Best movies:
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Sy Richardson
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Train (1989)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Floundering (1994)
Davis Roberts
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
John Hawker
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Lisa (1990)
DeForest Covan
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Wonderful Smith
USA
Best movies:
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Oh, God! (1977)
Ethel Ayler
USA
Best movies:
The Bodyguard (1992)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Irvin Mosley Jr.
Best movies:
The Killers (1964)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Fat Girls (2006)
Marguerite Ray
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Rai Tasco
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
The Black Gestapo (1975)
Lorrie Marlow
USA
Best movies:
The Human Tornado (1976)
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
The Night Before (1988)