Does anyone know where I could pick up any of these fine films. DVD, VHS or VCD.
For those of you that don’t know, click threre===>Dolemite
I’m serious.
miltownkid…
if you do find dolemite, perchance can i suggest a meeting at the crib for a player’s ball…i’d like to see it too…and if i find it around, i’ll let you know.
I thought you were after some specialized kind of Marmite or Vegemite. Finga’s in Taichung sells Vegemite but that’s obviously not what you’re after. You should try it though, if you haven’t already. Spread it thinly on well-buttered toast. Some people love it - some people hate it. Very few are ‘so-so’ about it. I love it. My Dad’s from Scotland where they don’t have it, so he missed that critical early-stage accustomization, and consequently hates it.
I’ve heard of Shaft, but never Dolemite, looks like Blaxploitation at its peak. Good website for that topic along with films, actors, and history of the genre:
I did a search for Dolemite and they had a direct link to Amazon.com, and it looks like you can buy it directly from them. Click on movies then scroll down til you hit Dolemite.
From the Amazon.com webiste:
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ … 79-5588756
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Who’s the baddest motherf****r to blow onto blaxploitation screens? Forget Shaft and just ask X-rated comic and “godfather of rap” Rudy Ray Moore. He’ll give you the gospel of Dolemite. Street hustler, pimp, and all-around ghetto superhero Dolemite began life as a character in Moore’s nightclub act and was a natural character for his self-financed film debut, a revenge tale set on the corrupt streets of L.A.
Dolemite is sprung from prison by an impossibly understanding warden so he can find the drug-dealing, gun-smuggling crooks who framed him. With the help of his all-girl army of kung fu killers and the most flamboyant wardrobe this side of Cher, he lays waste to dozens of bad guys while spouting his funky raps. Thick, slow and sleepy, Moore is neither a natural actor not a convincing martial arts action hero, but his lazy line deliveries are great, lyrical cascades of four-letter words and “ghetto expressions,” and he performs two of his most famous stand-up raps, “Shine and the Great Titanic” and “The Signifying Monkey.”
Dolemite is not a particularly competent movie–the direction (by costar D’Urville Martin) is clumsy, the performances flat, and microphones peek in from time to time (get that video letterboxed, Xenon!)–but the outrageous mix of nightclub rap, kung-fu action, and Moore’s four-letter dialogue turned it into an instant urban hit and has kept it alive as a cult classic. Dolemite returns in The Human Tornado. The DVD also features clips from the documentary The Legend of Dolemite and the complete lyrics to his raps. --Sean Axmaker --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.
Purchasing from amazon is a fine suggestion, but I don’t have a credit card. It’s been over a year, the search for Dolemite continues…
I also thought you were after the spread. And would have told you to try marketplace at the bottom of Taipei 101. As friends have told me they have marmite. (A trip to taipei is in the pipeline again now). Dolemite over vegemite or marmite…points two fingers at his forehead…and takes back the vegemite comment.
[quote=“embryopoet”]miltownkid…
if you do find dolemite, perchance can I suggest a meeting at the crib for a player’s ball…I’d like to see it too…and if I find it around, I’ll let you know.[/quote]
Man if you find this, MAKE SURE YOU have a player’s ball. In fact, I will host it as well as cook…Im serious.
Now, I’m on a mission. I will have Dolemite VCD’s in 3 weeks time.
Who’s the man?
It might be a few weeks, but Dolemite shall be yours. (Touch wood)