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2. Super Fly (1972 film) - Wikipedia

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   Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. The film is well known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. It was released on August ...

3. Gordon Parks Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Parks was born to Sally Alvis and photographer and director Gordon Parks in Minneapolis in 1934. [1] The younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit Shaft (1971).

4. Ron O'Neal - Wikipedia

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   Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York City cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972) and its sequel Super Fly T.N.T. (1973).

5. Super Fly T.N.T. - Wikipedia

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   Super Fly T.N.T. is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by and starring Ron O'Neal. O'Neal reprises his role of Youngblood Priest from the 1972 film Super Fly. The film was both a critical and commercial failure. The film was released on VHS in 1993, but it has not been released on DVD or Blu-ray.

6. List of American films of 1972 - Wikipedia

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   Butterflies Are Free: Columbia Pictures: Milton Katselas (director); Leonard Gershe (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, Edward Albert, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael Warren: 12 Now You See Him, Now You Don't: Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution

7. Sig Shore - Wikipedia

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   Shore's biggest hit was 1972's Super Fly, directed by Gordon Parks Jr. Filmed on a budget of only US$300,000, it later made over US$30,000,000, and helped spawn the blaxploitation craze of the 1970s. Shore directed as well as produced the less-successful 1990 sequel, The Return of Superfly .

8. Superfly (song) - Wikipedia

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   "Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following " Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly ) ", and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. [ 4 ]

9. Freddie's Dead - Wikipedia

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   "Freddie's Dead" was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31). The 1988 Fishbone album Truth and Soul features a cover of the song. Master P recorded "Kenny's Dead", a parody of Mayfield's song for the television show South Park , featuring the character Kenny McCormick , for Chef Aid: The South Park Album .