Cleopatra Jones [DVD]

" my grandma told me don't believe what they tell you at school Cleopatra was Black " 🤪🤣😏🙃

Another movie from back in the day that at the time was exciting and now when I watch the movie and find some of it real funny.

I have seen this movie more than 3 time's in over 20-something years. The late Tamara Dobson was a and could have been a force in the movie industry. I assume that her height may have been a bit much for "Casting Director's" as well as the fact. That many women of color ..struggled for decent role's in the 1970's. Part's that did not depict them as "Junkies,Hooker's or Arm candy" were avoided by women like Cicely Tyson,Ruby Dee,etc so to speak.? The man who wrote the screen play and produced this film. .. is Max Julien. He is now 87 years old.. He starred in "The Mack-1973, Thomasine & Bushrod-1974 ,etc, project's.". He did not produce the follow-up "Cleopatra Jones & The Casino of Gold". Many of the supporting cast member's we all know from many motion picture's and television. Like the late Albert Popewell,Bernie Casey,Shelley Winters(2X Academy Award winner)...Antonio Fargas,,Esther Role,,Micheal Warren,Dan Frazer ,,Don Cornelius (Soul Train) and Francesca Hilton( Zsa Zsa Gabor's daughter & Conrad Hilton's only daughter,,(related to->) Elizabeth Taylor's 1st father n law,and Paris Hilton's great-grandfather.) I have always liked this movie for what it stood for .. A STRONG BLACK WOMAN ..! No dig on Pam Grier,Diahann Carroll,etc. Ms. Dobson was Tall,Confident and had the looks..that ..would certainly intimidate the average man. Her death at the age of 59 in 2006 from Multiple Sclerosis ..was certainly a blow..she did leave behind other movies she co-starred in.. We will never know what promise she could have held. The cast did a superb job....The corvette she drove and the wardrobe certainly complimented ...her character . Very few women from her generation could pull off an "Afro" and those heel's ..? Let's hope that they don't attempt to remake this movie again..? Who would take on such a part..? Ms. Dobson ..will always be associated with this role..

I absolutely loved this movie! Actress Tamara Dobson was outstanding as Cleopatra Jones, a smart, sexy and a brilliant federal agent who set out to destroy the drugs and save her brothers and sisters from OD'ing on heroin/the poppies from Turkey. 'Academy Award'-winning actress Shelley Winters was good as 'Mommy' who liked to 'have her way' with her 'minions'; I also liked actor Bernie Casey as Cleo's boyfriend who, too, wanted to help his brothers and sisters from doing drugs/stay clean and sober. The love scene was beautiful (there was no nudity) and I enjoyed the fight scene between Cleo and Mommy; I loved the karate scenes, I felt bad for actor Antonio Fargas's character when he, his homies and his chauffer were killed; actress Brenda Sykes' character Tiffany wasn't singing in the movie and she was very vulnerable as though she couldn't speak for herself! Some of the scenes were scary, there was a crooked cop and the lieutenant had the hots for Cleo! Cleo was gorgeous and the men couldn't stop staring at her (a head-turner)! It was great watching this classic 'Blaxploitation' flick and things sure were different in the 1970's! REST IN POWER to the following actors and actresses: Miss Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947-October 2, 2006); Ms. Shelley Winters (a. k. a. Shirley Schrift) (August 18, 1920-January 14, 2006); Ms. Esther Rolle (November 8, 1920-November 17, 1998); Mr. Bernard Terry 'Bernie' Casey (June 8, 1939-September 19, 2017); Mr. Donald Cortez 'Don' Cornelius (September 27, 1936-February 1, 2012): 'You all may be gone but you will never, ever be, forgotten.' Thank you all for making a great movie!

Brought back Memories

I have always really liked this movie since it came out in 1973. I have watched it countless times through the years on TV, but haven't seen it for a while on TV so I picked it up on DVD. Although the DVD doesn't offer a lot of features, the picture quality is good and it's presented in it's original cinemascope format. This was one of the higher budget "blaxploitation" flicks from the '70s. Seeing it as a kid I thought it was the coolest movie. Now that I am a lot older, it's still cool, but in a campy/fun way. The plot consists of a government agent named Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson)who is hired to rid the US of drugs. She goes after one of the "Queenpins" of the drug trade called Mommy, played by Shelley Winters. The one thing I never forgot about this movie was Cleopatra's kickin' Corvette complete with a cassette deck, which was really high-end at the time! (Most cars had 8-track players) Along with this was her funky fashions! If you like the '70s action genre, this is a great addition to your library.

This movie is so seventies, but Ms. Jones is fly, the plot is fun, and there is A LOT of social commentary that is relevant today. It is also cringey at times, due to it being from a less enlightened time, but I loved it! Celebrating a strong, sexy, fierce, intelligent, desirable, effective black woman.

I love Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones. She fights for what is right and she holds no prisoners. She's a Federal Agent in Turkey having a female drug boss's poppy field (which is worth a whole lot of money) destroyed, which pisses the woman (Shelley Winters) off royally, of course. I love Cleopatra Jones films (there are only two of them) and I wish more had been made though they're violent, of course, yet there's a great car chase and Cleo Jones is excellent at martial arts. I like seeing a woman be tough and able to take care of herself in any given situation, especially very dangerous situations. I like seeing what outfit Cleo Jones will wear next, too. It's a good, action-packed film with some comical scenes. Antonio Fargas is great as Doodle Bug. I love his death scene (he did another great death scene in Pam Grier's film "Foxy Brown"). Shelley Winters makes a great villain, too.

The package came on time. However I wasn’t happy with how the movie was packaged. Someone put clear big tape on cardboard movie case. No way to remove the movie, without destroying the movie case. So I had to remove it. Now let’s talk about the movie. I haven’t watch this DVD yet. But seen the movie before. I hate the word blaxploitation. No one say whiteploitation, or indianploitation films. When they are making their movie. I don’t care who came up with the name blaxploitation films. It shouldn’t be call that. Every film does exploit. But why focus on black films. This movie I’d not one of the best movie of that time. But still entertaining. You have the 6,2 Tamara Dobson beating up bad guys. The sequel to the film is Cleopatra Jones and the casino of Gold.

Cléopatra Jones est agent fédéral chargée de la lutte anti-drogue. Son petit amis s' occupe d' un centre de désintoxication que la police voudrait fermer. Entre les flics ripoux et la méchante traficante "Mamma" , Cléopatra a fort à faire .....voila pour le résumé ..Dans le film, le commissaire est l' acteur Dan Frazer, ( le seul blanc du film qui ne soit pas ripoux). Il a aussi le rôle du commissaire dans la série Kojak. Il y a aussi Antonio Fargas "huggy les bons tuyaux" de Starski & Hutch dans le rôle d' un dealer.Le film bénéficie d' un budget suffisant, les scènes d' action, nombreuses, sont très bien réalisées. On ne s' ennuie pas !Pour amateur  Shaft [Import anglais ] et  Les Nouveaux exploits de Shaft , Foxy Brown [Import anglais ] , etc ..) bien sûr !Il y a eu une suite, toute aussi réussie : Dynamite Jones et le casino d'orShaft [Import anglaisLes Nouveaux exploits de ShaftFoxy Brown [Import anglaisDynamite Jones et le casino d'or

must see blaxsploition

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Un des films de blaxploitation qui a le moins vieilli. Personnage savoureux mention spéciale pour la mama une espèce de méchante particulièrement sans pitié.bien sûr l'héroïne parfaite en agent secret m'as tu vu .bref action au rendez-vous sur un fond de réseau de drogue.film à redécouvrir rapidement.