melvin Van Peebles at Saint Clair Bourne's Memorial
Losing My Religion (Melvin Van Peebles Live)
Melvin Van Peebles Introducing Caktuz Tree..?13
X-rated movies, by Melvin Van Peebles
- Date of Birth: 21 August, 1932
- Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Biography: Melvin Van Peebles (born August 21, 1932) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer.
Filmography
- American Stag (2008)
- Blackout (2008)
- Bring Your 'A' Game (2008)
- Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2008)
- Smut (2006)
- C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2005)
- How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2005)
- The Hebrew Hammer (2004)
- Baltimore (2003)
- Antilles sur Seine (2000)
- Bamboozled (2000)
- Time of Her Time (2000)
News
In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles scorched screens across America with "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," a surreal odyssey in which Van Peebles played a pimp on the lam after becoming involved in the killing of a brutal cop, emerging as a... ... Full Article
He Once Was Clueless, but Then He Evolved
nytimes.com –
2009-08-20
"Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha" is probably Melvin Van Peebles 's most personal film since "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song" in 1971, which is a mixed blessing. ... Full Article
Film
villagevoice.com –
2009-08-18
In Melvin Van Peebles 's homely home-video-art love-story curio, incorporating fragments of his 1982 stage musical Waltz of the Stork , the seventysomething star-writer-director plays the lead role from age 15 to 45, opposite actors who are, in every case,... ... Full Article
American Swing
avclub.com –
2009-03-26
The notorious Manhattan swingers club Plato's Retreat, which managed to stay in business (with a few hiccups) from 1977 to 1985, was called "the poor man's Playboy Mansion," a place where free-thinking heterosexual couples could get off for a $25... ... Full Article
The dating scene can be real bummer. Especially when you think you finally found that perfect someone and all seems to be going great. Great, that is, until you find out they have the worst taste in movies ever. ... Full Article
His "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song" was GroundbreakingIn 1971, when I went to see the film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" little did I realize that what I was viewing and participating in was an historical event. ... Full Article