Friday, July 31, 2009

‘They killed Cornbread!’

Speaking of Laurence Fishburne, here’s a 10-minute clip from “Cornbread, Earl and Me,” the 1975 movie in which young Master Fishburne first distinguished himself.

By 1976, Fishburne had grown up enough to be cast as a soldier in Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam epic “Apocalypse Now.”

(This one’s for you, bklyn6.)

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4 comments:

  1. bklyn6July 31, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    "They killed Cornbread!" That's about all I know about the movie.

    But, wow. All those familiar faces! Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Madge Sinclair, Moses Gunn...and that was just in ten minutes! :-)

    And I haven't seen Tyree (sp?) Turner (kid wearing #16 jersey)in ages.

    Thanks for posting!

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  2. Undercover Black ManJuly 31, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    ^ You're welcome, bklyn6.

    You know who doesn't get enough dap? Antonio Fargas. A skilled actor, and always poppin' on screen. How about that look he gives when he walks away from the shooting?

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  3. Dollar BillAugust 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    And a killer title cut on the soundtrack.
    Movie feels like a after school special though.

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  4. bklyn6August 1, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    You know who doesn't get enough dap? Antonio Fargas.

    Word.

    One thing I really liked about "Everybody Hates Chris" was that familiar/character actors always had a supporting role. Antonio Fargas played Chris's boss Doc on the show. :-)

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