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Van Peebles wrote the music to Watermelon Man himself, in order to have creative control. A soundtrack album was released in 1970, and "Love, That's America", a song from the film and soundtrack, was released as a single in the same year. [8] The single was mentioned as a top pick in Billboard Magazine's October 31, 1970 issue. [9]
Van Peebles's first [citation needed] Hollywood film was the 1970 Columbia Pictures comedy Watermelon Man, written by Herman Raucher. Starring Godfrey Cambridge, the movie tells the story of a casually racist white man who suddenly wakes up black and finds himself alienated from his friends, family, and job.
Watermelon Man may refer to: "Watermelon Man" (composition) , 1962 composition written by Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man (film) , 1970 American comedy directed by Melvin Van Peebles
"Love, That's America" is a song written by Melvin Van Peebles in 1970 for his film Watermelon Man. He re-recorded it for his 1971 album As Serious as a Heart-Attack.In 2011, the song became associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement due to being used on videos featuring footage from the movement.
Godfrey's memorable film roles include The Last Angry Man (1959), in which he played a character called "Nobody Home", The President's Analyst (1967), where he plays a depressed government agent, and Watermelon Man (1970), in which he played the lead character, a white bigot who one day wakes up and discovers his skin color has turned black.
The legendary Italian filmmaker’s explicit and exquisite romance, about three young people exploring the far reaches of desire in Paris during the spring of 1968, almost didn’t make it into ...
Gallagher, a comedian who earned '80s fame for his wild stand-up shows in which he smashed watermelons with a giant sledgehammer, has died at 76.
The Black Angels (1970) [8] [9] Black Belt Jones (1974) [10] Black Belt Jones II – The Tattoo Connection (1978) Black Brigade, a.k.a. Carter's Army (1970) [9] The Black Bunch (1973) Black Caesar (1973) [11] Black Cobra (1987) The Black Connection, a.k.a. Run Nigger Run (1974) Black Devil Doll (2007) Black Devil Doll From Hell (1984) Black ...