The Great White Hope 1970

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  • čas přidán 18. 02. 2017
  • James Earl Jones stars as Jack Johnson the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the world.

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  • @user-mb1sy9uz6z
    @user-mb1sy9uz6z Před 6 měsíci +15

    Celebrating the 93rd birthday of great actor, James Earl Jones!! Eternally thanking you, Sir, for sharing your gifts, abilities, talents, artistry and creativity with the world!! Enjoy to the fullest, Emperor!!❤

  • @terrybranch7986
    @terrybranch7986 Před rokem +37

    James Earl Jones should have won the Oscar for his performance in this movie.

    • @charliebrownie4158
      @charliebrownie4158 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Easily

    • @Chuckles2109
      @Chuckles2109 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Depends on what films he was up against.

    • @RigginsPasses
      @RigginsPasses Před měsícem

      ​@@Chuckles2109he was up against George C. Scott Patton, Melvyn Douglas I Never Sang For My Father, Jack Nicholson Five Easy Pieces, and Ryan O'Neal Love Story

  • @cheyenneasiafoxe292
    @cheyenneasiafoxe292 Před 7 měsíci +14

    The great James Earle Jones. A.true American Master!....A legend!

  • @manueladames5835
    @manueladames5835 Před rokem +17

    James Earl Jones in one of his best roles, man and what a good looking young fella he was❤ !!!! There was only one other with such a charisma * Yul Brunner, ❤

  • @cloudypinkpanda5069
    @cloudypinkpanda5069 Před 4 lety +46

    This movie made me cry because he was a great man with ALOT OF HEART

  • @kingking-lg6ki
    @kingking-lg6ki Před 5 lety +73

    Mississippi Legend, James Earl Jones.

    • @flopimus
      @flopimus Před 4 lety +2

      He's from Michigan

    • @hoestrickshijomio6078
      @hoestrickshijomio6078 Před 3 lety +5

      @@flopimus HE WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN MISSISSIPPI BUT GREW UP IN MICHIGAN

    • @leighwright3450
      @leighwright3450 Před rokem +1

      ​@@hoestrickshijomio6078right, he is ORIGINALLY from Mississippi.

  • @johnh8705
    @johnh8705 Před 4 lety +63

    I love Jones's old performances. He's such a powerful actor

  • @jeffreyworthen7033
    @jeffreyworthen7033 Před 2 lety +38

    Moses Gunn (R.I.P.) had a brief, but powerful scene in this film in which his message still rings today.

  • @Joshua-fr1xp
    @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety +63

    James Earl Jones is one of the GOAT's. A lot of people don't appreciate his acting.

    • @Joshua-fr1xp
      @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety

      @killwill83 Absolutely true, but those who appreciate the classics. Trust me, I've seen quite a few online, and face to face who don't even know who he is and they're my age (24) or in my age group (20-30).

    • @IntheClutch75
      @IntheClutch75 Před 2 lety

      AGREED.

    • @ravenlodus
      @ravenlodus Před 2 lety +5

      Maybe some Twitter youngins’ don’t, but the majority does appreciate him. As a matter of fact, I’ve never heard otherwise.

    • @IntheClutch75
      @IntheClutch75 Před 2 lety

      @@ravenlodus unfortunately, a lot of people who matter don't. Or didn't, rather. That's why in films he got so few roles worthy of his prodigious talents. A tragic missed opportunity.

    • @user-hv6sb3kg9g
      @user-hv6sb3kg9g Před 10 měsíci

      Always have and it's favor to us also anyway cause he could've made a whole career of narrating with his voice

  • @CC-ff7ft
    @CC-ff7ft Před rokem +12

    Great movie. The documentary about Jack Johnson ,Unforgivable Blackness has to be not just the best boxing doc but probably best documentary ive seen on one man, its a must watch. Great upload 👍

  • @chowder8802
    @chowder8802 Před 6 lety +185

    Jack Johnson is still revered here in his home town of Galveston, TX.

    • @ChristianCentury2000
      @ChristianCentury2000 Před 3 lety +18

      Jack Johnson was, in my opinion, the best boxer of his generation. His biggest problem was that he was born in 1878 instead of 1978. Had he been born in 1978, and accomplished successes in boxing, he could be who he was, without harassment and racial animosity. As historian Ken Burns noticed about Jack Johnson, the boxing champion just wanted to live a good, happy life. He married more than once and his wives just happened to be white. This was unacceptable by many in his generation.

    • @rebelliousredneckvlogs
      @rebelliousredneckvlogs Před 2 lety +6

      @@ChristianCentury2000 He ducked Sam Langford who pursued him in the same way Johnson pursued Burns. Culturally significant for breaking barriers, but I strongly believe he would have been beaten by Langford had he been granted a title fight.

    • @frankfitapelli1091
      @frankfitapelli1091 Před rokem +2

      @@ChristianCentury2000 order 99 lol lol k ok

    • @ChristianCentury2000
      @ChristianCentury2000 Před rokem +3

      @@frankfitapelli1091 I don't understand what order 99 is. Could you explain your comment?

    • @ChristianCentury2000
      @ChristianCentury2000 Před rokem +2

      Frank Fitapeli, what does order 99 have to do with the boxer Johnson? I don't understand. Could you please explain?

  • @gerryvanderzeypen1214
    @gerryvanderzeypen1214 Před 4 lety +66

    I always liked everything James Earl Jones did but in this movie as far as I'm concerned, he surely played the superb part of Mr JOHNSON....well done , great movie!

    • @jerramaurice7836
      @jerramaurice7836 Před 3 lety

      Was he nominated an academy award for this

    • @gerryvanderzeypen1214
      @gerryvanderzeypen1214 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jerramaurice7836 ah....good question, can't be sure of that BUT he should have been !

    • @Joshua-fr1xp
      @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety +2

      @@jerramaurice7836 Yes he was.

    • @indigosunset70
      @indigosunset70 Před 2 lety +2

      theres another movie here on youtube where james plays ufo abductee. just search 'james earl jones ufo'

    • @manueladames5835
      @manueladames5835 Před rokem

      Absolutely top performance ❤

  • @vnote1970
    @vnote1970 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This was one of the best performances by an actor I have ever seen. James Earl Jones should have won an Oscar.

  • @TheBatugan77
    @TheBatugan77 Před 8 měsíci +7

    I did a book/play report in this when I was a schoolboy. I've been a Jack Johnson & James Earl Jones ever since.

  • @drk9011
    @drk9011 Před 2 lety +15

    Two great acting performances well-deserving of their Oscar nominations.

  • @billsomody6928
    @billsomody6928 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Great movie! Magnificent performance by James Earl Jones!

  • @frederickanderson1860
    @frederickanderson1860 Před 9 měsíci +8

    It was a miracle he survived his times. Muhammad Ali said he was either crazy or mad

  • @113dmg9
    @113dmg9 Před 5 lety +36

    Holy crap, that's an incredibly great movie... on so many levels... and it was from 1970!!!

    • @leslielandberg5620
      @leslielandberg5620 Před 4 lety +8

      The golden age of film was just ramping up! This ain't no "movie" it's art. The play won a Pulizer

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 Před 3 lety +5

      “I ain’t nothing to you but a Black ugly fist here.”

  • @YourJellyFishAteMyTV
    @YourJellyFishAteMyTV Před 4 lety +69

    The chemistry between James and Jane is outstanding, I would of loved to of seen this on stage... bloody electric

  • @gregoryyarbrough7765
    @gregoryyarbrough7765 Před rokem +6

    Always a good movie to look at James. Earl Jones is a hell of an actor. Everything he plays in is good. Everything now I'm about to watch bingo long and it's traveling all stars and motor vehicles

  • @joeldavis8851
    @joeldavis8851 Před rokem +10

    I remember this movie. James Earl Jones played the part of Jack Johnson perfectly. Very gripping and powerful.

  • @judithreed5433
    @judithreed5433 Před 11 měsíci +6

    I have never seen James Earl Jones this young.

  • @jameskokoris921
    @jameskokoris921 Před 2 lety +15

    A great wonderful movie. Best acting I've seen as long as I can remember. So many compliments I can give. Amazing movie . James earl gave one of the best performances I've ever seen. From the minute it started till the end this movie had my full attention. I first seen it yesterday morning and since yesterday I've seen it about 4 times and watching it now. High class sugar high class

  • @khcat9
    @khcat9 Před 6 měsíci +3

    James Earl Jones, what a great actor in very handsome❤❤❤❤ !!! He is the Goat !!!!

  • @marjorjorietillman856
    @marjorjorietillman856 Před rokem +20

    When I see these type movies, I’m reminded of the humiliation my dear parents endured, like having to get off the sidewalk. I went through blatant racism in school in TX, but I’m still puzzled, why my country has embraced racism for so long and held it so tightly, and never gave us one equal right! Every right received, we had to fight hard for it and, fought equally hard to retain it! Why😢? Will it ever end??

    • @cg6348
      @cg6348 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Vote. Hopefully someday it will.

    • @judithreed5433
      @judithreed5433 Před 11 měsíci

      You ask when racism might be over,well the antichrist won't be looking at the color of skin, because He will be looking,for one thing.

    • @ZephaniahL
      @ZephaniahL Před 4 měsíci +2

      My, but the cascade of self-righteousness and self-pity from certain quarters never ends. Why? Why😢?😂

    • @mandydalton9750
      @mandydalton9750 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yes, I believe it will!!! I was called albino/Oreo during my school days but never saw myself as anything other than Melissa!!! I am Gods child and I believe He’s makin things rite, rite now🙌🙌🙌😇🧝‍♀️♥️

    • @ZephaniahL
      @ZephaniahL Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@mandydalton9750 Give us at least one piece of evidence, so we can take hold of something solid in your comment.

  • @bobbytheblade2550
    @bobbytheblade2550 Před 2 lety +71

    I am sure they had reasons for not making an actual biography, but this film prompted me to research the real life Jack Johnson.
    WHAT A GUY!

    • @nkadimashiane
      @nkadimashiane Před rokem +5

      Yes, film was closely controlled to depicted a narrative they felt was safe

    • @annedwyer797
      @annedwyer797 Před rokem +7

      Ken Burns made an outstanding documentary abt Jack Johnson in 2005: "Unforgiveable Blackness: the Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson". The "unforgiveable blackness" phrase is from a newspaper article of the time, which praised Johnson's boxing abilities and accomplishments, but ended with the racist insult "...but for his unforgiveable blackness."

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před rokem +3

      @@annedwyer797it was written by our very own W.E.B. Dubois, just so you know.

    • @007JNR
      @007JNR Před rokem

      ​@@capoislamort100crazy

    • @bbryant9455
      @bbryant9455 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@annedwyer797excellent documentary 💯

  • @jjeverson2269
    @jjeverson2269 Před rokem +13

    20:38 damn that acting was incredible from James Earl Jones.

  • @Kingofthepeople
    @Kingofthepeople Před 2 lety +9

    James Earl Jones did a good job of becoming Jack Johnson the fighter.

  • @JRosevelt
    @JRosevelt Před 9 měsíci +5

    I love James Earl Jones, and I appreciate the celebration of the legacy of Jack Johnson. But the fact is, based on audio that's available of Jack Johnson speaking, he was much more articulate and intellectually capable than what's portrayed here with this movie. He was quite distinguished.

  • @franciscosalinas8686
    @franciscosalinas8686 Před 2 lety +8

    Great movie and great acting and true to real fighter before the great Ali.

  • @paulroper3222
    @paulroper3222 Před 6 lety +62

    James earl Jones should have won the Oscar for his fantastic performance. Been trying years to get this film on dvd reg 2' with no luck.

    • @bobbypride
      @bobbypride Před 6 lety +3

      Paul Roper I found it right away on dvd at a flea market the first day I looked for it

    • @bobbypride
      @bobbypride Před 6 lety +8

      White hate is still alive for no reason today for a lot of black mens.

    • @paulroper3222
      @paulroper3222 Před 6 lety +2

      bobby pride yes there is still racist hate, dunno why it's easier to love, on your reply about the dvd, you find it at a flea market, that must be what we call in England a Car Boot sale, been trying for years to get The Great White Hope on dvd can only find it on Region 1, it as to be region 2 to play in England and Europe. James Earl Jones gives a magnificent performance, some say over the top, but that's the way Jack Johnson was as far as I've heard.

    • @haileyshannon7548
      @haileyshannon7548 Před 6 lety +3

      Paul Roper he won a tony for the stage version

    • @ruthannmarie7119
      @ruthannmarie7119 Před 4 lety +1

      Absolutely

  • @joespain7216
    @joespain7216 Před 6 lety +131

    I'm a White Man and I say this to any racist idiot. Jack Johnson was the greatest of his time. I love it that he had white women. They want the Champion. I love Jack Johnson 1908 to 1915. That's a statement.

    • @IblewuponyourfaceIII
      @IblewuponyourfaceIII Před 6 lety +2

      Joe Spain he had 4 draws during his Reign as Champion

    • @jacktheripoff1888
      @jacktheripoff1888 Před 6 lety +8

      He denied the greatest contender, Sam Langford a shot at his belt. They fought 5 times prior and Johnson lost 3. He said that 2 black fighters would not draw any spectators for a championship fight, but in 1909 over 5000 American's traveled to France to watch Joe Jeanette and Sam Mcvey fight. Both black and both considered to be the greatest of heavyweight contenders.
      FROM WIKIPEDIA:
      "After Johnson became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World on December 26, 1908, he never again fought Jeanette, despite numerous challenges. Johnson's refusal to fight African-Americans offended the African-American community. Jeanette criticized Johnson, saying, "Jack forgot about his old friends after he became champion and drew the color line against his own people."

    • @bringinthedope5929
      @bringinthedope5929 Před 5 lety +3

      woah seriously? im all about black empowerment and legacies but was he a uncle tom?

    • @tracyclark7519
      @tracyclark7519 Před 5 lety

      @@historygeek7779 yeah and history geek if you're truthful you'll admit at the time u were against Ali...
      Like your KKK family members were.. lol

    • @historygeek7779
      @historygeek7779 Před 5 lety +1

      Tracy Clark what? Ali used to speak at kkk rallies because they agreed with him ypu clown

  • @Sweetbabyvixen
    @Sweetbabyvixen Před 5 lety +120

    The scene where Jack cruelly dumps Eleanor is acting at its finest. JEJ and JA should have won Oscars for their performances in this movie.

    • @obbor4
      @obbor4 Před 3 lety +16

      They were both nominated and each won a Tony Award for the play. Tough year. Jones was up against George C. Scott, who won for 'Patton', and also Jack Nicholson ('Five Easy Pieces'), Ryan O'Neal, and Melvin Douglas. Scott was also great, but he never accepted his win because he didn't feel that actors should compete against each other. He certainly was impressive throughout his career as has been James Earl Jones.

    • @catholiccrusader5328
      @catholiccrusader5328 Před 2 lety +4

      I totally agree with you SBV the verbal exchange between James and Eleanor. The best versus the best. Damn good show!!

    • @aarondigby9859
      @aarondigby9859 Před rokem

      @@obbor4 bigoted racist Hollywierd. Jack wouldn't pump no YTE hip, just beat they freaking arse.

    • @GMDOCNICE
      @GMDOCNICE Před rokem +7

      James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander for those who don't know Jack and Eleanor's real names.

    • @marjorjorietillman856
      @marjorjorietillman856 Před rokem

      In real life, didn’t he marry another White lady that was a prostitute??

  • @cloudypinkpanda5069
    @cloudypinkpanda5069 Před 4 lety +15

    And Jane Alexander was superb in her role as well;in her role as a woman standing by her man as well as being a woman of dignity.

  • @linneab8317
    @linneab8317 Před 3 lety +19

    Among so many blaxploitation films of that decade, GWH was a rose among the weeds. And gentleman James Earl Jones, a polished, high class actor.

    • @corthofler2007
      @corthofler2007 Před 3 lety +1

      ??? HHU ??? This is a great film period !!! What's up with the rose weed nonsense ???
      Good Greif !!!!!!!!!

    • @Popeyethesailorsman
      @Popeyethesailorsman Před 2 lety +1

      @@corthofler2007 to say that your stupid would be like asking if its gonna rain in Massachusetts

    • @corthofler2007
      @corthofler2007 Před 2 lety

      @@Popeyethesailorsman ??? OKAY ???

  • @gregjones6955
    @gregjones6955 Před měsícem +1

    I remember my granddad making me watch this on dvd as a double feature with Claudine

  • @damageincorporatedmetal43v73
    @damageincorporatedmetal43v73 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I'm a Micmac, my Grandmther used to tell me not to fight. I thought it was for a reason; They ended up getting Mercy Flighted !!!

  • @corthofler6749
    @corthofler6749 Před 5 lety +15

    ONE OF THE GREAT LINES IN MOVIE HISTORY..." I GOT MY TURN TO BE CHAMPION OF THE "WORLD" A I'M TAKING "MY" TURN !

  • @michaeljj43
    @michaeljj43 Před 2 lety +9

    james earl jones/jane alexander...their last scene...that's as good as it gets. brilliant!!!!!

  • @ziggymorris8760
    @ziggymorris8760 Před 5 lety +34

    Wow, James was in great shape.

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Před 3 lety +1

      If only James stayed like that.

    • @michaelterrell5061
      @michaelterrell5061 Před 3 lety +7

      @@KenMasters. Age tends to do that. But he is eighty-nine years young and still going strong.

    • @Joshua-fr1xp
      @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety +1

      @@KenMasters. Yeah he's definitely gonna stay like that at his current age.🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Před 2 lety +1

      @Michael Terrell
      @@Joshua-fr1xp
      Have y'all seen Claudine?
      He was fat in that, and that movie was made four years after Great White Hope.

    • @Joshua-fr1xp
      @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety

      @@KenMasters. And? Who cares?

  • @jtudor4524
    @jtudor4524 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Jane Alexander should have the Academy Award for Best Actress for this film. Same for James Earl Jones. The Best Actor winner, George C. Scott, wound up declining the Oscar.

  • @timcobos8954
    @timcobos8954 Před 4 lety +14

    When Jack Johnson returned to the United States on a steamer in 1920 he took my friend's beautiful French grandmother under his wing, and was her interpreter, cuz she did not speak English. Rumor has it his charms were resistible to her. ..ou-la la.

  • @paulwalker7102
    @paulwalker7102 Před 2 lety +6

    I love James earl man he can act good cast of actors and actresses

  • @InfamousGUNN
    @InfamousGUNN Před 4 lety +42

    I am blown away with this movie only gets 43% on rotten tomatoes however most of the reviews were from the 70s and a few in the year 2000 and 2005 this needs to be completely reviewed again by proper reviewer’s this thing is way ahead of its time I’m gonna give it three stars out of four thank you for posting😎

  • @jeffreytripp2892
    @jeffreytripp2892 Před 4 lety +22

    That scene where Jack dumps Eleanor was heartbreaking.

    • @Biggdoom344
      @Biggdoom344 Před 2 lety +4

      Funny how in the beginning he told her it would get worse and gave her an out. But in the end he was the one that couldn’t take it and then basically blamed her for his downfall. Sometimes a good woman tells you stuff you don’t want to hear and she was telling him the truth. Take the deal then work your way back.

    • @jeffreytripp2892
      @jeffreytripp2892 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Biggdoom344 He was fed up and understandably so.

    • @Biggdoom344
      @Biggdoom344 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jeffreytripp2892 no doubt but all his problems really started jumping bail. Of Course this didn’t really happen. He did come up on charges but never lost the ability to make money. If you have an interest..read the book unforgivable blackness. It tells how things really went down.

  • @AHMAD-2324
    @AHMAD-2324 Před 2 lety +7

    James Earl Jones was Amazing in this role.

  • @HOODIZM3
    @HOODIZM3 Před 4 lety +11

    Classic yet Brilliant performance by Mr. Jones.

  • @FleXxTheFuture
    @FleXxTheFuture Před 5 lety +27

    Amazing film 🎞 surprised there hasn’t been a remake

    • @merleginsburg388
      @merleginsburg388 Před 4 lety +6

      thank god that there hasn't been a remake - nobody could touch this film & i agree with you - it is an amazing film.

    • @Joshua-fr1xp
      @Joshua-fr1xp Před 2 lety +1

      You just wait, it will be.

    • @Biggdoom344
      @Biggdoom344 Před 2 lety +3

      Not in this PC age. The term white hope is offensive to these Gen z and mellenials

  • @clifforddriver9434
    @clifforddriver9434 Před 8 měsíci

    This move in some respects is a great comedy. This movie came out the year I got out of high school.

  • @aaronsilva3206
    @aaronsilva3206 Před 6 lety +20

    what a great champion and man. Its a shame the way things where back then

    • @priscllamccain1423
      @priscllamccain1423 Před 2 lety +7

      Yes and it is still a a shame the way things are a lot the same today

    • @marjorjorietillman856
      @marjorjorietillman856 Před rokem

      Things were definitely terrible, and some things still need to change, but I can’t say, he was a great man. He was a great champion!❤

  • @gloriouse4458
    @gloriouse4458 Před rokem +8

    ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS MOVIE 🎥 🍿 OUR HEARTS 💔GO OUT TO ALL WHO HAVE SUFFERED UNDER THE OPPRESSION OF GREEDY, IGNORANT, SMALL MINDED, SUB HUMANS 🤔😿🫶🏼💗

  • @ruthannmarie7119
    @ruthannmarie7119 Před 4 lety +10

    Mesmerizing JAMES EARL JONES

  • @bradleymillington4165
    @bradleymillington4165 Před 3 lety +29

    One of the best - if not the best - performances by an actor ever captured on film from James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander is not far behind.

  • @kiwanishinton9410
    @kiwanishinton9410 Před 2 lety +12

    I remember seeing this back in the '70s as a kid and couldn't figure out why everyone had different names than their original names

    • @annedwyer797
      @annedwyer797 Před rokem

      Artistic license

    • @SimplyThatGuy12
      @SimplyThatGuy12 Před rokem

      What do you mean? Do you mean like why the actors didn't have their real names mentioned?

  • @jerramaurice7836
    @jerramaurice7836 Před 3 lety +17

    I want to see the one man show play version of this with Tony Todd as Jack Johnson

  • @MsThankfulnBlessed
    @MsThankfulnBlessed Před rokem +2

    "Willie's in jail, you just smelling gravy here".
    How you know that?
    "I'm from the jungle like you baby and I hear the drums".

  • @johnerwin9024
    @johnerwin9024 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Good subject matter, cast & like period pictures/thnk U👍

  • @WhiteLion513
    @WhiteLion513 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Watched this one night on LSD and let me tell you now...whoa

  • @Resenbrink
    @Resenbrink Před 3 lety +3

    What a fantastic screenplay as well - just superb.

  • @darkchild00
    @darkchild00 Před 3 lety +6

    Love this classic film.

  • @swami1
    @swami1 Před 3 lety +11

    First time I saw this movie I wondered why Jones didn’t win the Oscar that year. Then I looked up whom he was up against.

  • @earnestemry6381
    @earnestemry6381 Před rokem +2

    I still havent understood why everyone still says African American when he was born in America he is a black American never been to Africa he is African decent i have read about his Bio a great fighter and fought the system like many others of color

  • @cccalll
    @cccalll Před 5 měsíci +1

    1:13:05 JEJ’s was looking scary😂looking like The Grinch stole Christmas,specially when he started dancing😂😂

  • @terencethomas7485
    @terencethomas7485 Před rokem +5

    That bomb seen where he was beating on the trash can lid is so profound , he was jealous of him and called him a sell out

  • @kenlove1472
    @kenlove1472 Před 4 lety +11

    James Earl Jones' finest hour!

  • @calvinbealer7264
    @calvinbealer7264 Před rokem +2

    Great 😃👍 Movie 🍿🎥. Should have been considered for Oscar Nomination instead of PATTON back in 1970.

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin Před 4 lety +6

    Excellent upload!!

  • @manueladames5835
    @manueladames5835 Před rokem

    All actors and the script are excellent, thanks forsharing this great movie☆☆☆¡¿¡♡♡♡❤❤❤

  • @jeremiahwoodsi4202
    @jeremiahwoodsi4202 Před 5 lety +8

    He ran up the stone steps the first Rocky ever well the movie lived up to it's name

  • @rockfresh5359
    @rockfresh5359 Před 4 lety +29

    What a bold strong brother dude a had big nuts and he dropped em ! Kkk killa

  • @russellclaytonjr9315
    @russellclaytonjr9315 Před 2 lety +5

    I saw this movie when I was a kid. Jack Johnson was his own man. he was brave and didn't give a dam about the racist or the law. he was the heavyweight champion during 1908-1915. it was told every time he fought, black men got lynched because they didn't want no brother being the champion and beaten white men in the ring. it's sad how the system trick him by throwing the fight and given up the championship. he thought he can have the charges dropped. however, they still lock him up anyway. Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion who held it down. he was a goat! them racist knew that he couldn't be beaten.

    • @rimrunz1795
      @rimrunz1795 Před 2 lety

      Legend has it, both Dempsey and Johnson were fearful to take on Sam Langford, a contender from nova scotia

  • @darrylwiggins4799
    @darrylwiggins4799 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for posting this.Haven't seen this since I paid to at age eleven.Good then excellent now.

  • @crapstermcduck6593
    @crapstermcduck6593 Před 3 lety +1

    Still better than television from Nigeria.

  • @judithreed5433
    @judithreed5433 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I don't think I ever saw this movie,My uncle Richard Ward was a professional actor in real life,in 1970, my uncle was still alive,and pretty much busy in Hollywood playing in movies.

  • @dldudley61
    @dldudley61 Před 2 lety +6

    Moses Gunn part and what he said is relevant today

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 2 lety +3

      “….even the nose you got, the hair you got, the lips you got, the SKIN you GOT!”

  • @andreblige5758
    @andreblige5758 Před 2 lety +6

    How he didn't win an Oscar for his performance in this movie is a 🤔 to me

    • @nobleman_81
      @nobleman_81 Před 2 lety +3

      Phenomenal film🔥

    • @crystalhowardsgirls4874
      @crystalhowardsgirls4874 Před 2 lety

      You did watch the same movie we All watched right You know why

    • @annedwyer797
      @annedwyer797 Před rokem

      Gene Hackman won the 1971 Oscar for "The French Connection", also an amazing performance.

  • @macknificenttvmcgee8591

    Haven't ever seen this I found myself totally engulfed in the story. Wow.

  • @myimorata7678
    @myimorata7678 Před 5 lety +11

    One of the things JEJ nails is the way black people had to shuck and jive in the face of whites, then reveals his disdain in private. He does this throughout the film.

    • @ZephaniahL
      @ZephaniahL Před 4 měsíci

      Sweeping generalization if ever there was one

  • @AwareEyeAmRare9
    @AwareEyeAmRare9 Před rokem +2

    The Greatest Pugilist ever💪🏿💯💯💯

  • @r.hammond7909
    @r.hammond7909 Před 3 lety +5

    Classic! When he at the train station on the run saying "Here I am!!!" And they did do the Jeffries fight but changed tht storyline the first scene was Jeffries but made him the champion. But we know what happened.. Great movie!!!

    • @thomasthomas2418
      @thomasthomas2418 Před 2 lety

      I imagine the "Here I is!" scene was the close of act 2 on Broadway.
      Bet you could hear a pin drop when the curtain came down.

    • @grxengine
      @grxengine Před rokem

      @@thomasthomas2418 Facts.

  • @Wayne_155
    @Wayne_155 Před 4 lety +4

    I didn't realize til this movie there was a Canadian baseball team called the Blue Jays

  • @efremlee6990
    @efremlee6990 Před 2 lety +1

    30 minutes in a beautiful movie

  • @crystalspiritualmessenger8213
    @crystalspiritualmessenger8213 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Meduim Rare meet well done! 😅

  • @Ace1000ks19751982
    @Ace1000ks19751982 Před 4 lety +6

    I saw this movie back in 1987.

  • @nobleman_81
    @nobleman_81 Před 2 lety +1

    These are the kind of movies you get a glass of Jack and Coke,watch and puff on a good smelling cigar.🥃

  • @marquanbrand-moorehead1887

    Jack Johnson,

  • @dominicalberto2179
    @dominicalberto2179 Před 4 lety +5

    A great fighter!

  • @recreatingthementalmatrix

    The Documentary of Jack Johnson is very Powerful. Watch the Documentary!!

  • @imannonymous7707
    @imannonymous7707 Před 3 lety +2

    This movie got in my craw
    .they hate ya when your clever and they despise a fool.
    .. John lennon

  • @stephenszklarski5446
    @stephenszklarski5446 Před rokem +1

    What a great movie

  • @cheyenneasiafoxe292
    @cheyenneasiafoxe292 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Yes he sure is!

  • @DaveG425
    @DaveG425 Před 2 lety +2

    I am trying to watch some older James earl Jones movies since I really only know him from sandlot, field of dreams and darth vader.

  • @lionzion17
    @lionzion17 Před rokem +1

    22:29-22:54 Wow! Thats the beginning to Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove"

  • @damageincorporatedmetal43v73
    @damageincorporatedmetal43v73 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Another Visit to the Good Will Store, Lord knows I've trumbled & tried we'll never get out of this world a live...

  • @swami1
    @swami1 Před 3 lety +7

    28:00 Great scene with Moses Gunn.

  • @nationalcitysycho
    @nationalcitysycho Před 4 lety +3

    WOW THIS IS THAT ONE OLD GUY FROM THE MOVIE.... BUILD IT & THEY WILL COME.

    • @hereef1
      @hereef1 Před rokem

      Dang you must be a youngster. Good lord.

  • @cloudypinkpanda5069
    @cloudypinkpanda5069 Před 4 lety +2

    Well that whole comment I made just went to heck after that last scene between him and her!I won't say anymore....

  • @nitehawk-de8fy
    @nitehawk-de8fy Před 9 měsíci +1

    Rock hard

  • @seanmartin699
    @seanmartin699 Před rokem +1

    Good film

  • @kbanks827
    @kbanks827 Před 3 lety +4

    The ending was so hard to watch