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Blacksnake
Slaves / Sweet Suzy
1973 Directed by Russ Meyer
Blacksnake is an historical melodrama of the early 1800's with a central theme of slavery and oppression, broadly translated with distinct contemporary parallels.
The locale is "San Cristobal", a mythical island in the Caribbean. The screenplay is based loosely on legend and historical fact.
Blackmoor Plantation is one of the last, profitably functioning sugar plantations in the British colonial system. LADY SUSAN, Blackmoor's amoral mistress and a female bluebeard, controls her island anarchy with an iron hand.
She is aided and abetted in her cruel repression and exploitation of her black minions by CAPT. RAYMOND DALADIER, the militaristic leader of her own "ton-ton macoute", a horse-mounted platoon of French speaking black mercenaries. He is also a "bull-faggot".
JOXER, the brutal white overseer, and Lady Susan's occasional stud, is another member of the circle of vicious sub-alterns with which she surrounds herself.
SIR CHARLES WALKER, a young English blue-blood, enlists the aid of a high government official in Great Britain to assist his clandestine investigation into the circumstances surrounding the
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disappearance of his brother, JONATHAN, the most recent husband of Lady Susan. Disguised as RONALD SOP WITH, a low born bookkeeper, he infiltrates the realm of Lady Susan's island bastion.
There, he encounters the pacifist ISIAH, the spiritual leader of the island slaves, and his militant son, JOSHUA - in the mold of Martin Luther King and Huey Newton, respectively. lsiah, an advocate of passive resistance is contested by Joshua, who demands immediate, forceful action to end Lady Susan's cruel oppression.
Ronald is caught up in this cauldron and, unwittingly, becomes the pawn of all the warring factions, and the catalyst of revolt. A tender relationship develops between Ronald and Cleone, a ravishingly beautiful black slave girl.
Ronald eventually finds his brother, emasculated giant of a man referred Jonathan as a "dup-pie" (zombi) by the superstitious slaves.
Lady Susan, Joxer and Raymond meet their justified deaths at the hands of the revolting slaves led by lsiah, following a cruel death by crucification of Joshua.
Blacksnake! A film of violence born and nurtured by terror and climaxed with destructive retribution!
Blacksnake! A film of parody/satire of our time!
Blacksnake! Cast with British actors, and filmed in spectacular PANAVISION and full color entirely in the country of Barbados, a tropical island.
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CAST of Blacksnake
Lady Susan Walker .......................... ANOUSKA HEMPEL
Sir Charles Walker (Ronald Sopwith) ........ DAVID WARBECK
Joxer Tierney .......................... PERCY HERBERT
Joshua .......................... MILTON McCOLLIN
lsiah .......................... THOMAS BAPTISTE
Capt. Raymond Daladier .......................... BERNARD BOSTON
Cleone .......................... VIKKI RICHARDS
Sgt. Pompidoo .......................... JEAN DURAN
Jonathan (the Duppie) .......................... DAVE PROWSE
Barnaby .......................... BOB MINOR
Bottoms .......................... BLOKE MODISANE
Lord C/lye .......................... ANTHONY SHA~PE
The In former .......................... ROBERT LEE
Stalwart .......................... CARL CORBIN
Cart Driver .......................... EGGIE CLARK
Village Elder .......................... SYDNEY A. HARRIS
First Running Girl .......................... DONNA YOUNG
Second Running Girl .......................... LAWANDA MOORE
Ton-Ton Soldier .......................... WENDELL WILLIAMS
First Running Boy .......................... BRUCE RICHARD
Second Running Boy .......................... DON DANDRIDGE
Credits for Blacksnake
Produced by .......................... RUSS MEYER
Associate Producer .......................... A. JAMES RYAN
Directed by .......................... RUSS MEYER
Screen Play by .......................... RUSS MEYER and LEN NEUBAUER
from an Original by .......................... RUSS MEYER and A. JAMES RYAN
Director of Photography .......................... ARTHUR ORNITZ
Sound by .......................... RICHARD SERLY BRUMMER
Production manager .......................... FRED OWENS
Assistant to Producer .......................... DON DORSEY
Art Director .......................... RICK HEATHERLY
Make-Up Artist .......................... BUD MILLER
Script Supervisor .......................... MARGARET DOWDING
Wardrobe .......................... ELSIE GITTINS
Key Grip .......................... CARL CORBIN
Assistant Grip .......................... MARIO HARRIS
Head Gaff.er .......................... VICTOR HOUSTON
Best Boy .......................... ANTHONY ELLIE
Assistant Cameraman .......................... ARTHUR BROWNE
Coordinator .......................... ALFRED PRAGNELL, M.B.E.
Assistant Coordinators
PEARSON GRAZETTE, TONY MURRELL, MARK WILLIAMS
Security .......................... CPL. BAPTISTE
Publicity .......................... JULIAN A. MARRYSHOW
Production Assistant, U.S.A .......................... JACQUELINE RYAN
Stunt Coordinator .......................... BOB MINOR
Rerecordirig .......................... PRODUCERS' SOUND SERVICE
Titles & Opticals .......................... JACK HARMON
.......................... PAUL CAPPEL
Post-Production .......................... FRED BARATTA, A.C.E., Editor
PAUL LAUNE, M.P.S.E., Sound Effects
.......................... SAM SHAW, Sound Effects
Casting Director .......................... MAGGIE CARTIER
Music .......................... BILL LOOSE, AL TEETER
Second Unit Photography .......................... RUSS MEYER
Color by .......................... MOVIELAB
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