Blacksnake
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Blacksnake |
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| Type: | Film Color
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| Alternate title(s): | Sweet Suzy Slaves Vixens, Les superbes renardes (Canada) SuperVixens Eruption (Germany) |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date(s): | March 28, 1973 |
| Running time: | 85 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $300,000 |
| Company: | Trident Films, Ltd. Signal 166, Inc. |
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| Directed by: | Russ Meyer |
| Starring: | Anouska Hempel |
| Produced by: | Russ Meyer |
| Written by: | Russ Meyer |
| Music by: | Bill Loose Al Teeter |
| Cinematography: | Russ Meyer |
| Editing by: | Russ Meyer |
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Black Snake is a 1973 American film directed by Russ Meyer]].[1] It was Meyer's return to self-financed projects, following the end of his brief deal at 20th Century Fox. Meyer's only attempt at the Blaxploitation genre, it was filmed in Panavision. It was the first full-length feature film made in Barbados, and was shown there on March 14, 1973, before the U.S. premiere.[2]
A period piece about colonial slavery, the plot centered around Lady Susan, a cruel slave-owner and plantation mistress, and her domination of both the black and white men on the island. Anouska Hempel, a New Zealand-born actress well known in the UK, was cast at the last minute when Meyer's original lead fell ill.
Meyer was dissatisfied with the film, and for years afterwards he complained of Hempel's unsuitability for her part. In the late 1990s Hempel, now Lady Weinberg, bought the British rights; since then it has not been seen on UK television, though it has been released on DVD there.
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Black Snake has also been released under the title Sweet Suzy.[3]
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External links
- Firsching, Robert. Blacksnake (plot synopsis) (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on August 9, 2008.
References
- ↑ Infobox data from Frasier, David K. (1998). Russ Meyer : The Life and Films : A Biography and A Comprehensive, Illustrated, and Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, p. 209-210. ISBN 0-7864-0472-8.
- ↑ Frasier 1998. p. 210.
- ↑ {{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/78896/Sweet%20Suzy.html?dataSet=1%7Ctitle=Sweet Suzy|accessdate=2009-12-21|work=Variety})
