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Synopsis: Bigger Thomas, an African American who lives in an impoverished neighborhood, is employed by a prosperous white family who live in the suburbs of a major city. The money Bigger makes at his new job will be used to supplement his mother's income. As a chauffeur, he is directed by the father of the family to take Mary, the daughter, to the university. Instead, Mary decides to pick up her Socialist boyfriend, Jan, and to spend the time drinking and partying. Jan and Mary portray a young liberal couple who venture into a black neighborhood with Bigger for the sole purpose of being entertained at Ernie's, a black nightclub. On the way home, Mary becomes inebriated and Bigger must get her to her bedroom without being detected. Mary's mother, who is blind, enters the room and Bigger panics at the thought of being caught with a white woman. He accidentally kills Mary by placing a pillow over her head to keep her quiet. Still frightened, Bigger disposes of the body in the furnace, possibly beca
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jerrold Freedman
Production: Live Home Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
PG
Year:
1986
111 min
620 Views


that he heard about Mary's dead yes but

you told him to read these communist

laws I gave them but you did not expect

that he would go so far as to raise

objects and murder Mary blowhole I mean

I did not expect anything

[Music]

It's just an ordinary color with basic

amenities talk objection your honor T is

the objection you ask me

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Don't can you identify the object I'm

placing innocent yes

my grandmother gave these earrings to my

mother for 18 for a bit Who am I the

cable play on my left ear I can't

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Society has a right to protect itself

from those who would destroy it our

children have the right to walk the

streets safe from harm and in order for

us to ensure those right we must

safeguard them through the fullest to

execution of the law

killing bigoted comments on the same

conditions that spawned the existing

streets of this very moment and if we

allow those conditions to persist into

future generations will come to see a

bigger Thomas murder in on every street

corner

[Music]

Jagr Thomas will you rise in number 666

893 indictment the verdict the sentence

of this Court is that bigger Thomas

shall die Honor before midnight Friday.

March the 3rd in a manner described by

the laws of this state

[Music]

Anything we can do for you.

No

I'm sorry we

question you ask what questions the day

my day they asked me questions about

myself

you ask me questions nobody ever asked

me to fall we got done but you treating

me like a man of course sometimes

hseyin ask me questions because

maintain they can seem scared.

I saw I saw Afghan night and I saw the

other people too

mr. Maddox I know two foxes that need

you to die they hated me they hated me

like I hated them so I thought all sit

around you scared death each other

I saw him say as I saw me instead.

I'm alright now

speaking

I go back

they would let me live kill I do so now

come on Oman was alright because I was

already and I wasn't found

maybe

tonight snow this math tell mister tell.

Jan I said hello I will take it goodbye

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley (born July 11, 1945) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is an associate professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Wesley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to George and Gertrude Wesley, and grew up in the Ironbound section. After finishing high school, he studied playwriting and dramatic literature at Howard University and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1967.He is married to author Valerie Wilson Wesley. As of 2000, he was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. more…

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