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I have always really liked this movie since it came out in 1973. I have watched it countless times through the years on TV, but haven’t seen it for a while on TV so I picked it up on DVD. Although the DVD doesn’t offer a lot of features, the characterize quality is profitable and it’s presented in it’s new cinemascope format. This was one of the higher budget “blaxploitation” flicks from the ’70s. Seeing it as a kid I view it was the coolest movie. Now that I am a lot older, it’s calm chilly, but in a campy/fun diagram. The space consists of a government agent named Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) who is hired to rid the US of drugs. She goes after one of the “Queenpins” of the drug trade called Mommy, played by Shelley Winters. The one thing I never forgot about this movie was Cleopatra’s kickin’ Corvette complete with a cassette deck, which was really high-end at the time! (Most cars had 8-track players) Along with this was her funky fashions! If you like the ’70s action genre, this is a broad addition to your library.
Tamara Dobson was fabulously stylish, sexy, and colorful in her role as Cleopatra Jones, the Karate/Kung Fu kicking United States Special Government Agent (”jurisdiction from Turkey to Watts Tower baby”) who battles Drug Lord Mommy (Shelly Winters) . Cleo ruffles Mommy’s feathers by burning her Turkish poppy field that has a street value of $30 million. Mommy retaliates by getting her awful cop friends to bust the B&S House which is rush by Cleo’s boyfriend Rueben (Bernie Casey) . The B&S House helps local drug addicts kick the habit. The B&S House staff have a Sunless Panther Party mentality.
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To add action and humor to the movie is Mommy’s unfamiliar crew of tickled beauties that cater to her every whim; clutsy henchmen; Pusher Doodlebug (Antonio Fargas, best known from “Starsky & Hutch”) . Doodlebug has his fill exclusive crew that includes his high maintenance girlfriend Tiffany (Brenda Sykes, also played in “Gloomy Gunn”), Predicament (Teddy Wilson who went on to star on tv shows like “Fine Times”, “That’s My Mama”, and “Sanford & Son”), white chauffer/butler Mattingly (dependable surname) . Don Corneilus (Soul Stammer) has a cameo as himself. Ester Rolle (”Great Times”) has a cameo as the mother of Cleo’s two Karate kicking friends, The Johnson Brothers. This movie has a plethora of actors, both shadowy and white, who went on to have extensive acting careers.
The well written memoir and screenplay is by Max Julien, who is best known for his role as “The Mack” and “Thomasine & Bushrod”. The soundtrack yielded two hits, one by Joe Simon and the other by Millie Jackson.
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Dobson portrayed a strong dark woman with a definite character. Outside of driving the James Bond type Corvette complete with phone, personalized plates, government issued weapons concealed in the door and a top that automatically raised (awesome in 1973) to accomodate Dobson’s 6 foot, 2 journey height… she displayed motor bike riding skills and a slight bi-lingual capabilities that must have been needed for her traveling abroad.
The ending scene, the Bon Voyage party for Cleo ends with her white friend Police Captain Lou Crawford (Dan Frazer who has a very extensive acting portfolio with the likes of “Kojak”, “Law & Order”, and “As The World Turns”) saying “Apt On” while holding up a clinched fist (dark power designate) as Cleo drives off into the sunset for her next titanic assignment. His actions amaze the other party people and is a priceless ending that should leave a smile on your face to go with this gratified ending.
The disconsolate news of Tamara Dobson’s death in October 2006 smothered the flames of my nostalgic dreams of her reprising the Cleo role for a third time (second time circa 1975, “Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold”) . All biographical accounts document Tamara Dobson as having studied fashion at the Maryland Institute College of Arts before her professional modeling career. Her acting career included film appearances in “Norman… Is That You? “, “Chained Heat”, “Reach Abet, Charleston Blue”, “Cancel at the World Series”, “Jason of Star Teach”, and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”. Beyonce appears to have paid homage to “Cleopatra Jones” when she played Foxxy Cleopatra in the Austin Powers movie.
Tamara Dobson’s role as Cleo was a hit and this movie is a classic that would add value to any so-called blaxploitation (Soul Cinema) era movie collection.
by:
Pamela Jarmon
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