Another backflap sellingpoint if you can call it that is the claim that this film is. Fight for life is a 1987 american made for television drama film starring jerry lewis in his television film debut, patty duke and morgan freeman. They seek refuge at the home of an africanamerican minister and his family. Fight for your life 1977 posters the movie database tmdb. Endelson on allmovie this outrageous sleazefest released by. There is no greater violence than a fathers revenge for the rape of his daughter.
He is ready to fight back very early on in the movie and even though he isnt the biggest guy in the world he is more than willing to stand up for himself and his family regardless of the fact that the odds are stacked against him. In the end the minister turns the tables on the 3 convicts and gives them. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic. It was originally broadcast on march 23, 1987 on the abc. Censored in america, banned in britain, and previously only available to grind house completists as ironically an incomplete bootleg, fight for your life 1977 is now available, uncut, on a new dvd that boasts an allnew look at one of the most disturbing and depraved exploitation films ever made. Fight for your life was first released on november, 1977, in the united states this was fortytwo 42 years ago. At the end of season 6, the drama between the junior elite moms and abby reached its boiling point, as the junior elites left the aldc and entered the. Fight for your life is a mediocre and meanspirited raperevenge film thats full of more colorful derogatory epithets than a kkk vs. This actionadventure film focuses on kane, a bigoted redneck who manages to escape from jail, accompanied by two other convicts, one mexican and the other asian. Fight for your life is more politically ambitious than the lhotl imitators it is commonly lumped in with, transposing the race roles of slave times the master is a moneyed man who cracks a mean whip. Find movie and film cast and crew information for fight for your life 1977 robert a. Fight for your life certainly lives up to its infamy in terms of content and thoroughly plays the race card like a drum.
By the end of the film, sanderson has emptied the tank of pretty much every conceivable racial epithet imaginable and treats his captives like subhuman dirt. Fight for your life has been ranked 2048 times, wins 45. Fight for your life 1977 aka staying alive horror cult films. During its limited theatrical run, it reportedly caused near riots in theaters wherever it was shown. Fight for your life 1977 r 1h 22min crime, thriller 16 may 1980 west germany a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who. There are a few nasty scenes where the ministers family is being repeatedly terrorized by the thugs. Aug 08, 2011 theres tough films, then theres fight for your life which will punch you in the stomach then shove a six shooter in your mush until you do what they say. A movie rated r for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the pg rating would permit. There are a few nasty scenes where the ministers family is being. There isnt quite as much brutality in this film as there has been in many similar films made before or after this one, but the way that the director puts the focus on. Fight for life is a 1987 american madefortelevision drama film starring jerry lewis in his television film debut, patty duke and morgan freeman.
Fight for your life is the type of exploitation film that certainly wouldnt be. If there was ever a movie that could push the audiences buttons, it was fight for your life. Fight for your life a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. Fight for your life is a 1977 american grindhouse action film directed by robert a. Robert judd, catherine peppers, lela small, yvonne ross, reggie rock bythewood, ramon saunders, william sanderson, daniel faraldo director. Theres a few nasty scenes where the ministers family are being repeatedly terrorised by the thugs. I thought that everyone that appeared in the movie did a great job. Fight for your life movie trailer and videos tv guide.
Viseo nasty list keywords dpp director of public prosecutions bbfc british board of film censors british board of film classification banned in the united kingdom banned in the uk banned in england banned movies mary whitehouse lowbudget horror movies lowbudget horror films strict codes of censorship the uks video recordings. The most recent season of dance moms may have just ended, but abby lee miller, her dancers and their mothers are back for another round of fierce competitions and intense fights, starting with the season 7 premiere, titled fight for your life. Kcmone on bad boys for life 2020 joshgonzales on book girl 2010 joshgonzales on movie requests. All fight for your life movie posters,high res movie posters image for fight for your life. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politicallyincorrect films of all time. No movie is more hilariously racist than fight for your life 1977 user info. I watched fight for your life some years ago on a nth generation videotape and despite the atrocious picture quality it made an enormous impression on me. Watch fight for your life movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. One of them was fight for your life 1977 and after they showed it to me i thought that it was quite awesome. A racist group of criminals break free from a prison bus, rob a store and hold a black family hostage. Fight for your life 1977 trivia 3 add new the marketing of this film was unique and unusual.
Luckily there is now this definite uncut edition of this 1977 grindhouse classic available on a great looking dvd from blue underground, so i did not hestitate to upgrade. Oh, and no cannibal films, because i already own all of those. A mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. It was presented at the quentin tarantino film festival in the qt six lineup showing held in october 2005. For example, there was a theatrical trailer for the film that was. No movie is more hilariously racist than fight for your. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
Fight for your life 1977 plot summary 1 a mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. Hatefilled redneck convinct jessie lee kane william. Fight for your life the 1977 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. This is a grindhouse classic that was released multiple times under many different names. Trailer for the 1977 exploitation film fight for your life. The story is essentially a riff on desperate hours, a hardcore, violent, and nasty riff. Fight for your life 1977 out of 4 downright insane exploitation film has three convicts a white, asian and a hispanic breaking free from a van carrying them to prison where theyre about to serve life sentences. The last movie 1971 rescue force 1990 season of the witch 1972 black sunday 1977 supermarkt 1974 subwaystories tales from the underground 1997 radio inside 1994 appointment at eleven 1959 memories of murder 1990 uno koichiro no nurete noru 1982 cat girls gamblers naked flesh paid into the pot 1965 domination 1994. They end up at the house of a black preacher and his family who they take hostage and abuse. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a pg movie would admit. For example, there was a theatrical trailer for the film that was geared toward caucasian audiences, and another theatrical trailer for the film that was geared towards africanamerican audiences using the alternate title of the movie, stayin. Fight for your life is a controversial 1977 exploitation film directed by robert a.
Find out if alternate versions exist for fight for your life, 1977, directed by robert endelson, with william sanderson, robert judd, catherine peppers. Overview of fight for your life, 1977, directed by robert endelson, with william sanderson, robert judd, catherine peppers, at turner classic movies. I watched it again last night for the first time since id. In this very odd special episode of unboxed watched and. A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage. The story revolves around three criminals a white, mexican, and asian male who hold a black family hostage and forces them to fight for their lives. If you dont mind politically incorrect grindhouse movies then youll enjoy this more than others would. Not that fight for your life was intended to start any violence in real life, but it did have you wondering what the appeal was supposed to be, a few unintentionally.
Fight for your life, which was recommended on the back cover for fans of the last house on the left and i spit on your grave even if the plot of this film is far not a rape and revenge its a hostage film. Matt burgesss rating of the film fight for your life matt burgess like its cowardly racist main villain, this grindhouse flick and notorious video nasty is a lot more talk than actual bite but worth a watch for its sheer balls the kind of raw, angry filmmaking that only the 70s could have produced. Fight for your life 1977 this video is mostly taken up by talking about vengeance rather than getting. Fight for your life 1977 william sanderson, robert judd, dan faraldo, peter yoshida. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. Endelson and starring william sanderson and robert judd.