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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 1970 | Redd
Star of Tomorrow Female | 1971
Budget 1,200,000 USD
During Deke O'Mally's opening speech, Demond Wilson (who played Lamont Sanford) appears as a background rally attendant.
Film featured nine people that would later appear on Sanford and Son, They include the stars of that show, Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson (as an extra), Lou Jacobi, Wally Taylor, Helen Martin, Teddy Wilson, Emily Yancy, Judy Pace, and Don Bexley. For the record, Cleavon Little was one of the early choices to play Lamont Sanford.
Judy Pace agreed to do the long nude scene even though she had never done one before. But it was her first chance to be in a film role and she would do anything to get it, including taking her clothes off and standing around naked in front of a room full of male crew. She said in an interview that it wasn't a big deal because she felt nudity in films was almost the new norm at that time so it was expected of her and other actresses.
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
This film features five actors that appeared on TV show Good Times. They include Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Teddy Wilson, Helen Martin and Vernee Watson.
"Gravedigger Jones: One more word, soul brother. You had it made. Black folks would have followed you anywhere. You could've been another Marcus Garvey or even another Malcolm X. But instead you ain't nothin' but a pimp with a chicken-shit backbone."
"[Coffin slaps the fancy cigarette lighter from Deke's hand as he tries to light a cigarette] Rev. Deke O'Malley: That's police brutality. Gravedigger Jones: No, brother, that's cancer prevention."
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