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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Super Fly]]''' ([[:Category:1972|1972]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Blaxploitation|Blaxploitation]]- [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. It is followed by [[Super Fly T.N.T.]].
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Super Fly]]''' ([[:Category:1972|1972]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Blaxploitation|Blaxploitation]]- [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] film directed by [[:Category:Gordon Parks Jr|Gordon Parks Jr.]] It is followed by [[Super Fly T.N.T.]].
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] |  [[/DVD|DVD]] | [[Superfly (1972)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] |  [[/DVD|DVD]] | [[Superfly (1972)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[/DVD/Review|DVD Review]]
*'''Featured in''': [[TCM Underground]]
*'''Featured in''': [[BaadAsssss Cinema]] | [[American Grindhouse]] | [[Inside Deep Throat]] | [[Blaxploitation (Soundtrack)]]
*'''Included in''': [[The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20]]
*'''Featured on''': [[TCM Underground]]
*'''More from Sig Shore''': [[That's the Way of the World]]
*'''Included in''': [[The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20]] | [[Top 10 Baadassss Blaxploitation Soundtracks]]
*'''More from Sig Shore''': [[That's the Way of the World]]  
[[File:Super fly poster 01.jpg|Super Fly]]
[[File:Super fly poster 01.jpg|Super Fly]]
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====Main Details====
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* Released in 1972
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===Main Details===
* Released on August 4. 1972
* Color
* Color
* Running Time 93 Min.  
* Running Time 93 Min.  
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* Cinematography by James Signorelli
* Cinematography by James Signorelli
* Film Editing by Bob Brady
* Film Editing by Bob Brady
====Also Known As====
 
===Plot Summary===
*The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
 
===Also Known As===
* Odlot (Poland)
* Odlot (Poland)
* Superfly - alamaailman kuningas (Finland)
* Superfly - alamaailman kuningas (Finland)
====Taglines====
 
===Taglines===
* Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
* Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
* All He Needed Was One Last Deal...
* All He Needed Was One Last Deal...
====Super Cool Info====
This film is known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul singer Curtis Mayfield (see Super Fly (soundtrack). Super Fly is one of the few films ever to have been outgrossed by its soundtrack. Leading man O'Neal reprised his role as Youngblood Priest and directed a sequel to the film that was released a year later in 1973, Super Fly T.N.T. Super Fly producer Sig Shore directed a second sequel in 1990, The Return of Superfly
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Main Details

  • Released on August 4. 1972
  • Color
  • Running Time 93 Min.
  • Production Co: Sig Shore Productions | Superfly Ltd. | Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Distribution Co: Warner Bros. Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.
  • Written by Phillip Fenty
  • Starring: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris
  • Produced by Sig Shore
  • Original Music by Curtis Mayfield
  • Cinematography by James Signorelli
  • Film Editing by Bob Brady

Plot Summary

  • The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

Also Known As

  • Odlot (Poland)
  • Superfly - alamaailman kuningas (Finland)

Taglines

  • Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
  • All He Needed Was One Last Deal...
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