![]() It's a shame, because Priest was one of the best characters to come out of the blaxploitation wave. O'Neal may not have been the best director, but there wasn't much to direct. Yep, we're laying this failure at literary icon Alex Haley's feet. While O'Neal's direction isn't scintillating, the main problem is that the script was written by someone who understood history, politics, and anthropology perfectly, but didn't have a firm grasp of cinematic pace and action. Eventually he's asked to help the struggling African nation of Umbria stockpile guns for a revolution and decides this could be his higher cause. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Buddah Records - LP, Album, Gat - 2318 087, includes T.N.T. That's what makes them different.”īut Priest is directionless. His novelist pal tells him, while the two are strolling in the city center, “These people are all walking around living right here in the middle of thousands of years of history. And living there has given him some perspective. the African-Caribbean-styled musical soundtrack for TNT, performed by Osibisa. He eats in nice restaurants and nobody throws him attitude. A young Robert Guillaume makes his movie debut in Superfly TNT as Jordan. But in Rome he has friends from all walks of life. There's too much invested in the status quo of racism. as a whole is a place he understands will never change. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Vinyl LP - 1973 - US - Original at great prices and variety online HHV - Worldwide. he's living in Rome off the proceeds of his big score, and the ghetto is just a bad memory. Soul Music Songs is about Soul Music, Funk, Gospel, Northern Soul, Disco, Southern Soul, Blues, Rap, R&B, Hip Hop, Hot New Tracks and Soul Music Discoveries. is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed and starring Ron ONeal. In Super Fly the character of Priest wanted out of the drug business.
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