Summary
Martel Gordone is a hitch-hiker who gets into a fight with a pair of bikers over a prostitute. One of the bikers dies and Martel finds himself in prison with the moniker "Too Sweet" because of his love for candy bars. Soon he is a hardened but pragmatic inmate who joins the prison boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole. But standing in his path is Half Dead Johnson, a member of the prison's most violent gang. Half Dead's sadistic cruelty and Too Sweet's raw determination culminate in a brutal and shocking climax.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Prisons
-- Drama.
Male prisoners -- Drama. Prison gangs -- Drama. Boxing -- Drama. Boxers (Sports) -- Drama. African Americans -- Drama. Feature films. Prison films. Sports films. Blaxploitation films. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | Santa Monica, CA :Distributed by Xenon Pictures,2006 |
| Edition | Special ed., Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Jamaa Fanaka's penitentiary |
| Contributors |
Fanaka, Jamaa,
1942-2012, screenwriter, director. Jamaa Fanaka Productions (Firm), production company. Xenon Pictures, publisher. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from container. At head of title: Jamma Fanaka's. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Special features: chapter selection; original trailer; commentary from legendary writer/director Jamaa Fanaka. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1597880795 9781597880794 |
| Other | Classic View |