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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0844503000200 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Legend Films Languages: Manufacturer: Legend Films Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Legend Films Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 03, 2008 Running Time: 127 minutes Studio: Legend Films Theatrical Release Date: 1975 Editorial Review: Product Description: Based on the best-selling book, Mandingo is a shocking look at plantation life in the Deep South. Mede (Ken Norton) is a slave whose master, Hammond Maxwell (Perry King), intends on keeping him as a prizefighter. As Maxwell focuses his attention on his wenches and Mede's brutal training, his neglected wife (Susan George) turns her passions towards Mede himself. The sordid doings explode across the screen as Mandingo plays out its savage and dramatic story. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Classic movieMandingo is a classic movie. Excellent actors! I was thrilled to see it finally in DVD. Brenda Sykes and Ken Norton are great in their roles. Rating: - Hot Southern Sleaze...But Riveting!Part Harold Robbins and part Euripedes, this film has brutal depictions of slavery, abhorrent language, and extraordinary cinematography by Richard Kline. The imagery of Falconhurst, the huge but decrepit plantation of a cruel and vicious man (James Mason in a strange and brilliant performance) is fantastic; with peeling paint and filthy mosquito nets, winding staircases of gleaming wood, dark steamy rooms, and lush exteriors with drooping wisteria. The score by Maurice Jarre also adds much to the ... Read More Rating: - mandingoafter owning the vhs copy. this it very high quality. thank you for great copy. would recommend it very highly. Rating: - Good FilmMandingo was a novel I had to read in High School about Slavery. I found the film to be very true to the original novel and well worth a sit-down. I recommend it to anyone. Rating:  - In "Mandingo," Humans Are Treated Like AnimalsI am a huge fan of science fiction and horror. However, nothing prepared me for the treachery and sorrow of "Mandingo." Not since "Planet of the Apes" have I seen a movie where humans are treated worse than animals; they are brutalized, degraded, and murdered because their skin color is different. Since the beginning of time, humans have been enslaved by other humans. This occurred often in war when the vanquished were forced into slavery by their conquerors. However, America ... Read More |
