Kelly is perhaps best known for his role as williams in the 1973 martial arts action film enter the dragon. Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semiretirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. Black belt jones is a kung fu brother out to protect the world from street scum. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent black belt jones online on moviefone. If you like the movie black dynamite you will love this film michael jai white must have loved this too. Spit that wine the fuck outta here and welcome to the 1974 jim kelly classic, black belt jones. Because he did not have the funds to open his school, pop was forced to borrow. Jim kelly plays jones, a secret agent who has gone into semiretirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. Watch black belt jones online stream full movie directv. Kelly plays a karate expert who comes to the rescue of his mentor, played by scatman crothers. A mafia buy out of papa byrds karate school downtown ends in his death.
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Black belt jones is an action film that focuses on the owner of a karate school named pop byrd scatman crothers. Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie hda mafia buy out of papa byrds karate school downtown ends in his. To make matters worse, pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property pops. Purchase black belt jones on digital and stream instantly or download offline. The film is a spiritual successor to clouses prior film enter the dragon, in which kelly had a supporting role. Mistress of evil tops the weekend, but falls short of expectations 20 october 2019 box office mojo. In his first starring role, kelly plays jones who tries to help protect his old martial arts school after the mafia take an interest in it for their own needs. Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie hd duration. Black belt jones is a 1974 american blaxploitation martial arts film directed by robert clouse and starring jim kelly and gloria hendry. To further my studies of africanamerican cinematic culture, i decided to take a chance on black belt jones, and im very happy i did. The creators of enter the dragon reunite for another actionpacked adventure, this one about the mafia getting more than it bargained for when it attempts to muscle. In some ways it feels like a bruce lee film especially in kellys fighting style. Blaxploitation film about three martialarts specialists who prevent white supremacists.
Kelly rose to fame in the early 1970s appearing in several blaxploitation films. Released 1974, black belt jones stars jim kelly, gloria hendry, scatman crothers, alan weeks the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The item youve requested contains mature content that may not be suitable for all audiences. James milton kelly may 5, 1946 june 29, 20 was an american athlete, actor, and martial artist. Black belt region of chicago, a historical region in chicago, illinois, in the south side area. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The reason for this is because this wine was fermented in a vat with a dead body in it. Urban action collection 19741976 black belt jones 1974 hot potato 1976 black sampson 1974 three the hard way 1974 dvd. Black belt jones 1974 stars karate world champion jim kelly and is directed by robert clouse. Robert clouse march 6, 1928 february 4, 1997 was an american film director and producer, known primarily for his work in the actionadventure and martial arts genres. Byrds daughter, sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Watch black belt jones now on your favorite device.
Watch black belt jones starring jim kelly in this actionadventure on directv. As a result of the popularity of that film and his role in it, kelly began getting starring roles in blaxploitation films like black belt jones and black samurai. Kelly unlike many hollywood action types was actually a true martial artist. This is a compilation of the some of the fights scenes in black belt jones a movie. Actress gloria hendry on set of the warner bros movie black belt jones in 1974. Hbos watchmen is poised to be a giant hit, but that doesnt mean season 2 is coming.
The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named pops,played by scatman crothers. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named pops scatman crothers. This is an alphabetical list of film articles or sections within articles about films. Two films with jim kelly not always asian cinema on. Black belt jones reteams the enter the dragon producing team and director robert clouse, also jim kelly, this time heading the cast. He died on february 4, 1997 in oregon of kidney failure clouse directed bruce lee in lees second englishspeaking film starring role, the other being marlowe 1973s enter the dragon. Still, many years later, he remained a draw for autograph seekers at comic book conventions. Add to cart share this page with friends and family for an additional 15% off.
Jones reluctantly teams with sydney in many battles. Black belt jones 1974 full movie hd black belt jones is a movie starring jim kelly, gloria hendry, and scatman crothers. Black belt jones 1974 given the popularity among inner city moviegoers of martial arts films particularly, but not limited to, those starring bruce lee the merging of kung fu cinema and blaxploitation was inevitable. Black belt jones is a bad ass awesome vintage kung fu flick. Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie. Black belt jones 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film is a modern day kung fu action film with humorous overtones. Black belt jones stars jim kelly as the eponymous hero, fighting his way through a fleet of mobsters and goons with names like pinky, blue eyes and big tuna in order to protect his friends. Vinyl 7 dennis coffey theme from black belt jones 1974, vinyl discogs. Black belt jones 1974 after the success of enter the dragon it was no surprise that jim kelly launched his own career of the back of it. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1974 movies 1974. Kelly stars as black belt jones who returns to the inner city karate school where he got his start after the death of his mentor pop byrd the wonderful scatman crothers, who yes, kicks some butt before he is killed, a sight youll never forget.
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