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Great movie

posted 16 years ago by apregister08
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I thought this movie was the most complete and complex of any biopic on King. I loved it.

[–] tyshimah3 16 years ago

me too!
I'm watching it right now!
It's so good.

[–] ReelofFortune 16 years ago

This movie is phenomenal!

[–] speedolitec 15 years ago

definitely love this movie

[–] Lonesdale 15 years ago

A Great Bio depiction by a Great actor. It should be re-released in theaters on the 15th! If I’m ever rich I'll hand out this movie to kids like Rockefeller used to hand out dimes to kids. When you sit still for a moment, watch this movie and ponder this man's convictions to bring about peace and equality for ALL men and women, it's humbling and truly awe inspiring. I'm a grown man and I could not seem to stop the liquid from falling down my cheeks. Happy B,Day Mr. MLK, America owes you a Great debt of gratitude.

[–] speedolitec 15 years ago

Just got my copy on dvd today. Very happy about that! It's sad that both Dr. King and Paul Winfield are gone.

[–] Seanpdineen 14 years ago

Excellently done.
I don't think Malcolm is meant to be seen as evil, just frustrated.
I would like to have seen the famous Hoover-King meeting after the feud.
Thurgood Marshall, who maintained a friendship with both, says
it was a manner of mutual frustration and impatience

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[–] WarpedRecord 13 years ago

Amazing performance by Paul Winfield here. Like a lot of TV miniseries, this feels a bit too regimented at times, but Winfield is always dynamic and watchable as MLK.

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[–] WarpedRecord 13 years ago

Yeah, at this point it feels like a lot of "important" TV biopics of the era. Paul Winfield is excellent. The script, not so much.

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[–] WarpedRecord 13 years ago

This one totally escaped my awareness when it aired. I remember all the other fact-based miniseries of the era like "Roots" and "Manson," but not this. I must have been off having a dream or something.

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[–] WarpedRecord 13 years ago

Woops. indeedy: "Helter Skelter." Somehow I always get the titles of Steve Railsback films wrong; I always used "Ed Gein" instead of "In the Light of the Moon" – it's since been retitled.